Every year we report on the PSE - and this year, it was about how the grades may be trending up - ever so slightly.
But we haven't told you about the C-SEC, what used to be call the CXC exam for those finishing high school.
All over the Caribbean - the results have raised alarms because only 33 per cent of the those sitting the Mathematics exam achieved Grades I - III. This is down from 35 percent in 2011, and 41 percent in 2010.
That downturn was also evident in Belize where grades were down in English A, Mathematics and Principles of Accounts where the results were also down from the previous two years. We can't say down by how much, because the Ministry of Education has not provided comparative figures - nor has it disclosed what percentage of students passed and with what grade.
But in Jamaica that figure is 31.7% - which has caused the Education minister in that country to point out that there is a gross deficiency in trained teachers.
Kalilah Enriquez from CEEN TV in Jamaica has that story:...
THWAITES TEACHER from 7News Belize on Vimeo.
Across the region and across subjects, performance IN THE CSEC has declined for the third year in a row with 62 per cent of the candidates achieving Grades I - III, compared with 66 per cent in 2011 and 69 per cent in 2010.
We note that the regional average of 62% is significantly lower in Belize where the Ministry of Education reports that Seventy four percent (74%) of the 19,405 graded entries earned between grades I and III.
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