The maths conundrum
Top Stories Tamfitronics Commentarymarinasb2 Hrs Ago - THE alarming headline in this newspaper on August 21 announced “64% fail maths” in CSEC exams, across the region. According to the Caribbean Examinations Council, only six per cent of Caribbean children passed five subjects or more at CSEC level, and fewer than one in 20 pupils got five passes that included both English and maths. That leaves nearly all our young people – 94 per cent – without a full certificate that includes those two vital subjects among the compulsory five, unable to move onto advanced study and the road to professional success. Still more worrying, each year since 2018, 11,500 do not matriculate at all and are therefore unemployable, except as unskilled labour or in the organised crime industry. With that trend, the Caribbean is...
