Only 37 per cent of SEA pupils scored more than 50 percent: No top ranking will be revealed

Learning loss resulting from the lack of face-to face classes has resulted in a drop in SEA (Secondary Entrance Assessment) performances in 2022.

Speaking at an SEA news conference on Friday, Minister of Education Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly announced a reduction in overall achievement in this year’s exam scores.

Of the total of 19, 079 students who wrote the exam, she said, the number of those who scored above 50 per cent totaled to 37.06 per cent, a decrease from the 2021 percentage of 52.49.

The percentage of those who were placed in secondary schools but scored under 50 per cent increased from 44.9 per cent in 2021 to 52.6 per cent in 2022 while those placed scoring under 30 rose from 11.8 per cent in 2021 to 7.5 per cent in 2022.