The sitting of the 2018 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations begin on Monday May, 7. According to information received from the Superintendent of Examinations within the Ministry of Education, Ms. Sauda Kadir, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty-six (12,266) candidates have been registered to sit the examinations this year as compared to twelve thousand six hundred and eighty-four (12,684) candidates in 2017.