The announcement was made by Brenda Thanacoody-Soborun, director of the Mauritius Examinations Syndicate, this Friday. She said that it’s better to compare with 2019 as for 2020 and 2021 Cambridge applied special consideration. In 2019, the success rate was 70.93%. This represents an increase of 2.78 points. For 2023, 9,522 candidates (5,368 girls 4,154 boys) have passed the exams of School Certificate.
A total of 5,210 candidates obtained at least 5 credits, including those of took Kreol Morisyen. 2023 was the first year where candidates could take part in exams in Kreol Morisyen for which the University of Mauritius was the awarding body.
For Mauritius, the success rate is 74% compared to 71.71% in 2019. This means that 7,088 girls and 5,831 boys have succeeded on the total of 12,919 candidates.
Mrs Soborun recalled that the Kreol Morisien (KM) exams have been carried out for the first time for the SC exams by the NEB adding that students from the ‘Academies’ have also sat for the SC exams for the first time. She indicated that in Mauritius, 12,140 students sat for the SC exams, among whom 8,984 have passed (5,066 girls and 3,018 boys). For Rodrigues, 777 candidates were examined among whom 538 succeeded, which represents a pass rate of 69,24%.
Speaking about the overall performance school-wise, Mrs Soborun observed that several colleges have obtained a 100% pass rate, including Queen Elizabeth College, Dr Maurice Curé State College, Droopnath Ramphul State College, Forest Side State Secondary School, GMD Atchia State College, Mahatma Gandhi Institute Moka, Rabindranath Tagore Secondary School, Royal College Curepipe, Royal College Port Louis, and Sodnac State Secondary School.
For his part, Professor Naeck underlined that out of the 188 school candidates who took part in the SC exams in KM in 2023, 181 were successful resulting in a percentage pass rate of 96,28%. He indicated that 10 school candidates achieved Distinction A+, 15 achieved Distinction A, and 129 achieved Credits B and C. The pass rate, he added, stands for 98% for girls and 93,75% for boys.
