Queen’s College student, Christian Pile has secured 19 Grade Ones, making him the top performer at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Exams.
A total of 12,269 candidates were registered for 2018 CSEC, compared to 12,684 registered for 2017. Subject entries for 2018 were 69,194. An analysis of the 2018 results revealed that the overall pass rate at the General and Technical proficiencies for Grades One to Three was 69.1%. The overall pass rate has improved from 2017 where a pass rate of 63.68% was attained.
Improved performance was evident in 16 subjects, constant in 7 subjects and declined in 12 subjects. Outstanding performances were noted in 7 subjects where 90% and over gained acceptable Grades (Gr 1 – 3). Some subjects with outstanding performances were Agricultural Science (Double Award) with 96.14%, Information Technology with 97.5%, Religious Education with 96.69%, Physical Education & Sports with 99.92% and Industrial Technology – Mechanical with 98.57%.
A list of candidates who have secured Grade Ones in eight or more subjects was requested from the Caribbean Examinations Council by the Ministry of Education. In response, a list of two hundred and thirty three (233) candidates was received.
Of these, thirty nine (39) candidates secured twelve (12) Grades One or more. These candidates are listed below
| School | Name | Grades Obtained | ||
| Ones | Twos | Threes | ||
| Queen’s College | Christian Pile | 19 Ones | ||
| Anna Regina Secondary | Shakira Bholo | 18 Ones | 2 twos | |
| ISA Islamic | Salma Majeed | 18 Ones | ||
| Queen’s College | Areeb Ali | 17 Ones | 3 twos | 1 three |
| Anna Regina Secondary | Camecia De La Cruz | 17 Ones | 2 twos | 1 three |
| Queens’ College | Haema Dasrath | 17 Ones | 1 two | 1 three |
| Queen’s College | Aarti Hooblall | 17 Ones | 3 twos | |
| Queen’s College | Reseda Hack | 15 Ones | 3 twos | 1 three |
| Queen’s College | Leshanna Bindah | 15 Ones | 2 twos | 2 threes |
| Queen’s College | Reseda Hack | 15 Ones | 3 twos | 1 three |
| Queen’s College | Yashoda Samaroo | 15 Ones | 2 twos | |
| Anna Regina Secondary | Begum Baksh | 15 Ones | 1 two | |
| J C Chandisingh Sec | Darshanie Jadubir | 15 Ones | 1 two | |
| Queen’s College | Reseda Hack | 15 Ones | 1 two | |
| Anna Regina Secondary | Vishal Narine | 14 Ones | 1 two | |
| Queen’s College | Krystal Cummings | 14 Ones | 4 twos | |
| Skeldon Line Path Sec | Yugeeta Kumar | 14 Ones | 2 twos | |
| Queen’s College | Sushmita Mangru | 14 Ones | 1 two | |
| St Stanislaus College | Sherlock Langevine | 14 Ones | ||
| Queen’s College | Kirsten Caesar | 13 Ones | 4 twos | |
| Skeldon Line Path Sec | Pravena Bhoge | 13 Ones | 3 twos | |
| Berbice High | Renee Bisnauth | 13 Ones | 2 twos | |
| Queen’s College | Navindra Persaud | 13 Ones | 2 twos | |
| Queen’s College | Daniel Baldeo-Thorne | 13 Ones | 1 two | |
| Queen’s College | Shania Smith | 13 Ones | ||
| Saraswati Vidya Niketan | Jasmattie Parbhu | 13 Ones | ||
| Queen’s College | Jaishree Persaud | 12 Ones | 4 twos | 1 three |
| Queen’s College | Ansonette Thomas | 12 Ones | 3 twos | 1 three |
| Skeldon Line Path Sec | Sarveena Persaud | 12 Ones | 3 twos | 1 three |
| Abram’s Zuil Secondary | Lariel Narain | 12 Ones | 3 twos | 1 three |
| Anna Regina Secondary | Alexander Westford | 12 Ones | 3 tows | |
| Saraswati Vidya Niketan | Jayaram Sanasie | 12 Ones | 3 twos | |
| Mae’s Secondary | Sayyid AAbidi | 12 Ones | 2 twos | |
| Queen’s College | Brandon Chanderban | 12 Ones | 2 twos | |
| Queen’s College | Mikayla De Freitas | 12 Ones | 1 two | 1 three |
| Mackenzie High | Zoe Sills | 12 Ones | 1 two | |
| Queen’s College | Trisha Heeralall | 12 Ones | 1 two | |
| Saraswati Vidya Niketan | Rowena Gordon | 12 Ones | 1 two | |
| Saraswati Vidya Niketan | Ryan Ramkirath | 12 Ones | 1 two | |
