CSEC results climb to 73 per cent in the year after Melissa
Maud McLeod recorded an overall CSEC pass rate of about 73 per cent this year, up from roughly 63 per cent the year before. English Language rose from 62 to 83 per cent. Social studies moved from 13 to 45 per cent. Mathematics, which had stood at zero two years ago and 35 per cent last year, reached 43 per cent. Five subjects — physical education, information technology, visual arts, electronic document preparation and management, and Caribbean history — recorded full passes.
The context makes those numbers remarkable. Hurricane Melissa had damaged the school, displaced families across eastern Westmoreland and cut contact with students weeks before the examinations. Principal Beverley Feare launched an effort her team called Rescue 2.0, going out into White House, Beeston Spring and Darliston with food and care packages to physically locate students, some of whom had lost their phones. Grade eleven students were back in class by 24 November. For younger students who could not return, teachers printed lessons and set up community distribution points, delivering work, collecting it, marking it and carrying it back.
The Gleaner reported the results on 20 August 2026 alongside similar recoveries at Cornwall College, Mount Alvernia and Grange Hill. Read the full report at the Jamaica Gleaner.
The Association exists for moments like this. See the Rescue and Rebuild appeal.