So true. I caught the last end of O'Levels in High School after my class took it. O'Levels were dropped. Fingers are being pointed in every direction except the government. I think the educational system in the country needs to be reevaluated.

> Still the Ministry of Education noted these results were better than anticipated.

What a quote - Need more be said???!!!

I can't believe Education Minister Jeff Lloyd actually said, “There is no way to camouflage it", implying the Minnis-led FNM government would have somehow manipulate the very dismal results if they could. But in fact the Ministry of Education did just that by combining the results of the public schools with the private schools. The public school results are much too frighteningly dismal to have been presented alone.

Truth be told, the unsustainable weight of the overwhelming numbers of illegal Haitian aliens in our country, including those who have fraudulently obtained 'official' papers of one kind or another from our corrupt immigration officials and other corrupt government officials, has all but wiped out our public education system and our public health system. Many of these Haitian nationals have infiltrated our defense force, our police force, our public school teachers, and now, to an inceasing extent, our parliamentarians.

The overall '***D*** minus' grade, that many of our students are now praised by education officials for achieving, stands for increasing ***D***oom.

Many nations in our region of the world, and of course the many international organizations that monitor such education results and factor them into their various country rankings of one kind or another, are naturally left to wonder how our national anthem could possibly start with the words "Lift up your {dumb} head"!!

**My, my how a minister became so ineffective!**
Regardless whatever spin most high comrade Imperialists minister de-education attempts to insulate heself from the serial failures of government operated schools - it just ain't looking good minister remain substantively seated at cabinet table, yes, no .... The Constitution must makes some mention on how best such failure on job - makes they exit out of cabinet ....

Alfred Sears was just as bloody damn ineffective when he was Minister of Education and caused us 'true' Bahamian taxpayers to be saddled with over $150 million dollars of worthless student debt, most of which was paid to unaccredited or otherwise sub-standard colleges and universities in the U.S. that were only too willing to enroll our D minus high school graduates in a four year vacation abroad useless degree program.

A D-average and that is better than expected WOW.
D-average = Dangerous, and it's seen all around, a country with a lot of Dumb Dangerous citizens doing dumb and dangerous things.

I wonder how the government schools fared against the private schools ? That might tell us something !

Apples and Oranges

Why? Both have teachers and both have pupils. I would assume they both have similar or identical curriculum's too. It's not the type of building that impacts a pupils ability to learn or a teachers ability to teach. It's either the pupil themselves (probably a direct correlation to their home environment) or the standard of the teacher themselves.

Are you serious????? ........ Private schools have the best brains, best parents and best alumni with the best money .............. public schools are the poor plantations. Hope you send yours there (if there is no difference).

I agree with what you're saying, but why should private schools have the best brains etc. We are all born more or less equal. It's what goes on around us that shapes our ability to learn and to want to learn. Look at government schools in India for example, they are probably as poor, if not poorer, than the ones in The Bahamas, but they churn out smart well educated kids, who want to learn and do well.

First ....... understand HOW private schools operate in this country and then try and compare them with public schools. For the record, only a FEW private schools are producing excellent results as well ...... many are NOT. That is why the Government should publish ALL of the exam results for EVERY exam centre (public & private).

Thanks for answering my original question. I sincerely didn't know how the 2 compared. And yes, the government should publish results from both.
My next question would be to see when the decline in grade average started, and if anything can correlate to that. I'd be surprised if a D average has been the norm for the past 20-30 years, but who knows?

They cant use the government as an excuse when they try to find a job, we need to stop this nonsense. It that is the case let them put that on a resume, and see where it will get the. The government has its education already in every teacher who teaches. They must have at least a BA, the students are the losers. They skip school, do foolishness. make sure your children understand what getting a good education means. I made sure mines did.

Most public school parents do not really KNOW or CARE about what happens behind the gates of Junior or Senior Public High Schools ......... They may show up when there is a report card to collect or when their child is suspended from school. Many do not ensure that their children are equipped to succeed in school. Many do not know the names of their children's teachers or school administrators.

Mostly well-trained teachers teach at school .......... but mostly dysfunctional parents do not know how to parent at home.

Herein lies the bulk of the problems in the education system (minus the physical state of many schools).

My child graduated this year and finished with 7A's and 4B's.I graduate with 5 O levels, 1A,1B,3 c's. I think the present exams are very much watered down. If our students were given an objective measurement it would be worst.

Spot on ...... O Levels catered to 10% ....... BGCSEs cater to 85%

Reading this article I can spot at least 6 mistakes. Adults are writing these articles. It's obvious they don't proofread or they don't know any better. Then you wonder why the test results are so low. Maybe some of the teachers aren't doing enough and aren't making corrections as they should.