65% Year 12 Pass Rate, 130 Students Assessed For Compassionate Pass
The Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts has recorded a 65 per cent pass rate for the 2021 Year 12 Certificate Examination. Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts Premila Kumar said the release of Year 12 results on Friday closed a learning chapter of the 2021 academic year.
Sunday 03 April 2022 | 12:44
Athina Yee is congratulated by her mother, Stephanie Yee for passing her Year 12 Examination on April 1, 2022. Photo: Ronald Kumar.
The Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts has recorded a 65 per cent pass rate for the 2021 Year 12 Certificate Examination.
This was 10 per cent less of the pass rate recorded in 2020.
Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts Premila Kumar said the release of Year 12 results on Friday closed a learning chapter of the 2021 academic year.
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I made it...Navesau Adventist High School year 12 students proudly shows his year 12 marks on April 1, 2022. Photo: Ronald Kumar.
Ms Kumar said previous pass rates for Year 12 were always lower than Year 13.
“This is expected because students who pass Year 12 progress to Year 13 whereas there is no screening of students from Year 11 to Year 12,” she said.
“2021 has been an unprecedented year for all; our students have had to endure enormous learning loss.
“The drop in the 2021 Year 12 pass rate does not come as a surprise because it has been a disruptive year and we acknowledge that.”
Ms Kumar confirmed that 12,195 students sat for the Year 12 examination this year with 130 students applying for compassionate assessment.
She added that the average attrition rate in Year 12 was 16 per cent.
This, she said, was an increase of four per cent compared to previous years.
She said the ministry did not allow leeway for students who failed Year 12 to progress to Year 13.
“For those students who did not pass their exam, please be rest assured that this is not the end,” Ms Kumar said.
“It is only a setback, which will benefit you to do better.
“Be more determined to achieve what you plan to achieve and go for it.”
She added the results released on Friday were provisional and a 30-day window was open for students who wished to recount their marks.
“There are two students who scored the highest mark in the Year 12 exams with 398 out of 400 and both these students are from Jai Narayan College,” Mrs Kumar said.
“The top five students, three of them are from Jai Narayan, one from Natabua and another one from Xavier, they are all science students.
“The national highest marks in maths, biology, chemistry and physics are 100 per cent.
“I congratulate these students who have made us proud
