More pupils achieved passes in all four subjects of the 2026 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), according to the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) Director of Operations, Dr Nicole Manning, on Friday.
Dr Manning made the statement during the official release of the NGSA results at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) in Liliendaal.
The overall percentage of pupils attaining 50 per cent or more increased across all subject areas when compared to 2025. English Language recorded the highest pass rate at 73.08 per cent, up from 69.25 per cent last year.
Social Studies increased from 64.77 per cent to 65.28 per cent, Science improved from 63.70 per cent to 65.38 per cent, while Mathematics recorded the largest gain, rising from 55.51 per cent to 59.80 per cent.
Dr Manning also highlighted a significant increase in the number of pupils attaining full marks across the subjects, particularly in English, Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics.
She noted further that no candidate received zero marks in English or Social Studies this year, while Mathematics recorded the lowest number of zero scores in the past five years.
She explained that the improved performance occurred despite enhanced quality assurance measures throughout the marking process.
“We maintained rigorous standards through a three-tiered monitoring system, continuous remarking where necessary, and post-marking quality reviews to ensure the integrity of the results,” Dr Manning stated.
“This gradual improvement that you are seeing year-on-year is something you should be happy about because it is saying that whatever interventions you are doing. It is having an impact,” Dr Manning added.
CXC engaged approximately 350 examiners to mark this year’s assessments. Multiple layers of quality assurance were also undertaken, including standardisation, independent reviews and forensic checks before the results were finalised.