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2013
Pass Percentage (previous years)
Total Sat
Total Passed Pass %
2012
2011
2010
26,489
16,870
63.7
52.0
67.9
70.8
Mathematics
2013
Pass Percentage (previous years)
Total Sat
Total Passed Pass %
2012
2011
2010
22,870
9659
42.2
37.5
40.0
44.7
Notably, these figures don’t differentiate between the various kinds of secondary schools in Jamaica. Dr. Ralph Thompson (the education
activist) suggested that by failing to disaggregate pass-data on the basis of the type of secondary school, one engenders the possibility of mistaking
the actual state of education in Jamaica.