Academic Grading System in Barbados

The present Barbados educational system of various institutions, schools and colleges, is based on the British model of education. This is one of the prime factors in growing as well as stabilizing the model of education in the country. This has also helped to focus on English language as the main subject and medium of instruction all across. The system has also produced students who can match their skills and performances with various top institutions outside the country.

 Higher Education Grading System

The grading system constitutes of grade A onwards for outstanding to G for unsatisfactory. However the Universities and colleges have percentage marking systems. Caribbean Examination Council holds most examinations.

Grade	Description
I	A (Outstanding)
II	B (Good)
III	C (Fairly Good)
IV	D
V	E
VI	F (Poor)

Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)

The CAPE Examinations use seven overall grades as mentioned below:

Grade	Grade Description	US Grade
I	A (Excellent performance)	A
II	A (Very good standard of performance)	A
III	C (Good standard of performance)	B
IV	D (Satisfactory standard of performance)	C
V	C (Acceptable level of performance)	C
VI	F (Weak performance)	D
VII	G (Unsatisfactory performance)	F

   

Others

Grade Description	Division	US Grade
First Class Honours		A
Second Class Honours	Upper Division	A- / B
Second Class Honours	Lower Division	B
Pass		C

University Level Grading

Grade	Scale	US Grade	Notes
A	85.00 - 100.00	A
A-	80.00 - 84.99	A-
B	75.00 - 79.99	B
B	70.00 - 74.99	B
B-	65.00 - 69.99	B-
C	60.00 - 64.99	C
C	55.00 - 59.99	C
C-	50.00 - 54.99	C-
D	40.00 - 49.99	F	Fail
E	0.00 - 39.99	F	Fail

These tables give a comprehensive summary of the educational marking and grading system in Barbados.