MATRICULATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS 2003
STATISTICAL REPORT
This statistical report provides comprehensive and detailed information about
various aspects of the examination, with special emphasis on registrations
and results. This information includes an analysis by gender, age and locality;
the popularity of the Advanced and Intermediate level subjects; the pass
rates and grade distributions for the Matriculation Certificate overall and
for each subject individually as well as the general trends over the past
seven years.
This report is of interest to students, teachers, parents, researchers and
educational policy makers. Especially meaningful are the registration data
and the results of the 1985 cohort as they allow one to determine the preferences
and performance of the eighteen-year-olds who succeeded in obtaining university
entrance qualifications after thirteen years of schooling. This bench mark
has implications for educational planning and the economic and social development
of our country.
This report is available from the MATSEC Support Unit. Interested persons
may contact Dr Grace Grima, the Principal Research and Development Officer
at MATSEC, on her email address: grace.grima@um.edu.mt