Queen’s College (QC) has garnered the best local performance at this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) with Jonelle James the top performer with five grade ones.

Her passes were in Biology; Caribbean Studies; Chemistry; Food and Nutrition and Pure Mathematics.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand, who revealed the top performers on Wednesday at a news briefing, stated that Guyana’s overall performance has bettered that of 2011.

“When you look at the fact that in 2011 we had less candidates writing less subjects and in 2012 we had more candidates writing more subjects, the margin for error was greater and that didn’t happen. What we saw instead was a four percentage point [increase].

Out of 740 candidates that wrote 86.2 percent passed with acceptable matriculation,” she said.

Other top performers from QC were Navindra Baldeo (four Grade Ones, one Grade Three); Christopher Chinnatambi (four Grade Ones, two Grade Twos); Kelly Ann Persaud (four Grade Ones, one Grade Two); Melodie Lowe (four Grade Ones, one Grade Two); and Raphel Bascom (four Grade Ones, one Grade Two).

Manickchand stated that nine other QC students; three from Bishops’ High; three from St. Rose’s High and one each from President’s College and the Adult Education Association secured three Grade One passes.

According to the information provided by the minister, females accounted for 60.7 percent of those who passed.

The other schools that presented candidates were Mackenzie High; New Amsterdam Multilateral; St. Stanislaus’ College; Mae’s Secondary and St. Joseph’s High.

The full results are available on the CXC website. Meanwhile, CXC results are expected to be released by Friday.