THE waiting is over for students who sat the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations during May and June as the Ministry of Education is set to announce the results for the 2014 CSEC and CAPE examinations today.

A press conference is scheduled today at 11:00 hrs in the auditorium of the National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD) for the announcement of the results by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand.
With more than 13,000 students writing the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination in Guyana, the Education Ministry is expecting a better performance from students this year. From the grand total of 13,721 students, 12,366 sat Mathematics while 11,384 wrote English Language A.
The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) is designed to provide certification of the academic, vocational and technical achievement of students in the Caribbean who, having completed a minimum of five years of secondary schooling, wish to further their studies.
The Ministry of Education reported that 795 candidates sat the CAPE examinations this year, with the highest subject entries being 365 for Caribbean Studies and 400 for Communication Studies.
The sittings of the two regional examinations, CSEC and CAPE, began on May 5 and concluded on June 13.