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No. 55 JANUARY 2015 MATSEC SUPPORT UNIT
MMAATTRRIICCUULLAATTIIOONN AANNDD SSEECCOONNDDAARRYY
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONN CCEERRTTIIFFIICCAATTEE
EEXXAAMMIINNAATTIIOONNSS BBOOAARRDD
Matriculation
and
Secondary Education Certificate
Examinations Board
Newsletter Number 55
January 2015
MATSEC SUPPORT UNIT
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
MALTA
JANUARY 2015
ii
Table of Contents
THE MATSEC BOARD ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014 ---------------------------------------------------- 1
MATTERS DISCUSSED BY THE MATSEC BOARD DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-
2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
MATSEC BOARD ACTIVITIES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
PUBLICATIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
THE MATSEC SUPPORT UNIT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
MATSEC WEBSITE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
PRIZES AND HIGH ACHIEVEMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
MISTOQSIJIET PARLAMENTARI FIS-SENA 2014 --------------------------------------------------------- 8
MILL-PARLAMENT: MISTOQSIJIET PARLAMENTARI GĦAS-SENA 2014 ------------------------- 9
DISSERTATIONS AND LONG ESSAYS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
STATISTICS: SEC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13
Secondary Education Certificate – May 2014 Session ------------------------------------------------------ 14
Secondary Education Certificate – September 2014 Session----------------------------------------------- 18
STATISTICS: MATRICULATION EXAMINATION -------------------------------------------------------- 21
Matriculation Examination – May 2014 Session ------------------------------------------------------------- 22
Matriculation Examination – September 2014 Session ----------------------------------------------------- 27
Revision of Papers – May 2014 and September 2014 ------------------------------------------------------- 32
Page 1 MATSEC Support Unit
THE MATSEC BOARD
ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014
Chairman……………………………………...…….………
Registrar …………..………………………………….…….
Senate Representative (Faculty of Arts)……...........…….…
Senate Representative (Faculty of Education)……….……..
Senate Representative (Faculty of Science)…………..….…
Ministry of Education Representative……………………...
Ministry of Education Representative……………………...
Ministry of Education Representative……………………...
Private Schools Association Representative ……………….
Observers:
Executive Director and Principal Subject Area Officers –
Examinations Department Representative
Junior College Principal
MUT Representative
Prof FrankVentura
Ms Veronica Grech
Dr Odette Vassallo
Prof Sandro Caruana
Prof Alfred Vella
Mr Ian Mifsud
Mr Gaetano Bugeja
Mr Raymond J Camilleri
Mr Norbert Zahra
MATSEC Support Unit
MATTERS DISCUSSED BY THE MATSEC BOARD DURING THE ACADEMIC
YEAR 2013-2014
The following were the main matters discussed:
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Approval of Examiners for SEC, Advanced and Intermediate examinations in 2014
Regulations for the Matriculation Certificate Examination
Spelling in non-language examinations
Review of Syllabi and Approval of Syllabi: IM French, IM Economics, AM and
IM Philosophy, IM Chemistry, IM Russian, AM Russian, SEC Russian
Maltese Syllabi offered by European Schools
Report on MATSEC Concerns
Report on Coursework, School-based Assessment and Moderation
Proposed Examinations in Vocational Subjects by MCAST
New Composition of the MATSEC Board (Amendment of Statute 4)
Developments regarding Vocational subjects at SEC Level
Approval of Syllabus Panels: IM and AM Marketing
Amendments to the SEC Regulations (2005) to incorporate Vocational Subjects
Syllabuses for review: SEC Accounting, SEC Physical Education, SEC Religious
Knowledge
Appointment of Additional Markers
Learning and Assessment Programmes (LAPs) and Assessment Procedure for
SEC (Vocational) Subjects
New Registration and Subject Fee structure for MATSEC Examinations
Page 2 MATSEC Support Unit
MATSEC BOARD ACTIVITIES
Seminar on Revision of Papers
A training seminar for Revisers was held at the MATSEC office on the 4th
August 2014. The seminar
discussed issues relating to the procedure for revision of papers and the details that should or should
not appear in the report.
Training Seminars for Paper Setters’ Panels
Training seminars on paper setting entitled ‘Framework for setting examination papers’ were held at
the Institute for Physical Education and Sports, Main Hall, University of Malta. The seminars were
held on the 17th
December 2013 and the 8th
January 2014.
PUBLICATIONS
The following publications were issued on-line during the academic year 2013-2014:
MATSEC Support Unit (2014). SEC Examinations 2013 Statistical Report.
www.um.edu.mt/matsec/statistical report.
MATSEC Support Unit (2014). Newsletter No. 54. www.um.edu.mt/matsec/newsletter.
MATSEC Support Unit (2014). Matriculation Examinations 2013 Statistical Report.
www.um.edu.mt/matsec/statistical report.
Page 3 MATSEC Support Unit
THE MATSEC SUPPORT UNIT
Director……………………….………………………………..…………...
Principal Subject Area Officer (Arts & Languages)…………..……………
Principal Subject Area Officer (Science Subjects)…………… …………...
Principal Subject Area Officer (Humanistic & Commercial Subjects) ……
Principal Area Officer (Access Arrangements)……………….……………
Principal Assessment Research & Development Officer…………………..
Administrative Officer ……………...………………………...……………
Administrative Assistant……………………………………………………
Administrative Assistant……………………………………………………
Administrative Assistant……………………………………………………
Administrative Assistant ……………………………………...……………
Administrative Assistant……………………………………………………
Administrative Assistant ……………………………………...……………
I.T. Officer III………………………………………………...…………….
Clerk…………………………………………………………..…………….
Clerk…………………………………………………………..…………….
Clerk…………………………………………………………..…………….
Senior Beadle………………………………………………….……………
Domestic Staff………………………………………………………………
Mr Dario Pirotta
Ms Carole Mizzi
(vacant)
Mr Sean Pollacco
Mr Edward Mazzacano Damato
(vacant)
Ms Margaret Borg
Ms Carmen Bezzina
Ms Anna Carabott
Ms Bernice Cutajar
Ms Ramona Darmanin
Mr Norman Deguara
Mr Martin Micallef
Mr Leander Borg
Ms Claire Debono
Mr Christian Attard
Ms Leanne Said
Mr Adrian Farrugia
Ms Mary Grace Cassar
Postal Address: MATSEC Support Unit, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080
E-mail Address: [email protected]
Website: www.um.edu.mt/matsec/
Telephone Numbers: 23402815, 23402816
The MATSEC Support Unit acknowledges the valuable cooperation of the staff of the
Examinations Department, Floriana and the Examinations Centre, Victoria, Gozo. They are
responsible for the registration of candidates, allocation of examination centres and invigilation
of MATSEC Examinations.
Newsletter Editor: Prof Frank Ventura
Compilation and Formatting: Ms Ramona Darmanin
Page 4 MATSEC Support Unit
MATSEC WEBSITE
The website of the MATSEC Examinations Board can be accessed through the University of Malta
homepage (www.um.edu.mt) or directly with the following address www.um.edu.mt/matsec/. The
website contains the useful information outlined hereunder. New items are printed in bold.
A Brief History of MATSEC examinations
Developments in the Matriculation Certificate Examination
REGULATIONS
2014 Statute for the Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate Examinations
(English and Maltese versions)
2014 Secondary Education Certificate Regulations (English and Maltese versions)
2014 Matriculation Examination (Amendment) Regulations (English and Maltese versions)
2013 Matriculation Certificate Regulations (English and Maltese versions)
2013 Conduct of the Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate Examinations Regulations
(English and Maltese versions)
2013 Matriculation Examination (Amendment) Regulations (English and Maltese versions)
SYLLABI
Secondary Education Certificate syllabi 2011-2017
Advanced Matriculation level syllabi 2011-2017
Intermediate Matriculation level syllabi 2011-2017
CODE OF PRACTICE
General information about MATSEC procedures
STATISTICAL REPORTS
SEC Examinations Report 2004-2013
Matriculation Certificate Examinations Report 2004-2011
EXAMINERS’ REPORTS
Secondary Education Certificate Examiners’ Reports 2006-2014
Advanced Matriculation level Examiners’ Reports 2006-2014
Intermediate Matriculation level Examiners’ Reports 2006-2014
RESOURCES
Guidelines for IM PE Rules, Techniques and Tactics
IM Theatre and Performance - Solo Presentation Logbook
IM Theatre and Performance - Devised Collective Presentation Logbook
IM P.E. Exam Section A: 2015 - notice
Listening Comprehension Audio Samples
SEC Environmental Studies School Based Assessment 2015 & 2016
Powerpoint presentation used during a Training Seminar for Chairpersons and Paper Setters in
December 2010
Glossary of terms used in MATSEC examination papers
MATSEC leaflet (Maltese and English versions)
SEC Computing 2013 – Java resources
Intermediate Physics 2013 Data and Formulae Booklet
Advanced Physics 2013 Data and Formulae Booklet
AM English Oral Examination Rating Scale Criteria
Design and Technology Assessment Criteria Form
Systems of Knowledge Project Booklet
Page 5 MATSEC Support Unit
ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS
Revised DCD/Dyspraxia Chapter with effect from 1st August 2013
Revised SpLD Section in effect from 1st August 2012
Guidelines for Persons Assisting Candidates with an Access Arrangement under Examination
Conditions
Guidelines for the reconsideration by the referral board of decisions of the ADSC
Section A- General form to be completed by the School and/or candidate
Section B- Application form for Candidates with Specific Learning Difficulties
Section C- Application form for Candidates with ADD/ADHD
Section D- Application form for Candidates with ASD/AS
Section E- Application form for Candidates with DCD/Dyspraxia
Section F- Application form for Candidates who are Deaf or Hearing Impaired
SPECIMEN PAPERS
Advanced Art Specimen Paper for 2014
Advanced Spanish Specimen Paper for 2014
Advanced Biology Paper 2 Specimen Paper for 2011-2013
Advanced Biology Paper 3 and 4 Specimen Paper for 2008-2010
Advanced Geography Paper 1 Specimen Paper for 2008
Advanced German Paper 1 Specimen Paper for 2012
Advanced Maltese Paper 1, 2 and 3 Specimen Paper for 2012-2014
Advanced Philosophy Paper 1 and 2 Specimen Paper for 2012
Advanced Religion Paper 2 Specimen Paper for 2012
Intermediate Art Specimen Paper for 2014
Intermediate Classical Studies Specimen Paper for 2013
Intermediate Economics Specimen Paper for 2015
Intermediate German Specimen Paper for 2012
Intermediate Maltese Specimen Paper for 2012-2014
Intermediate Physical Education Specimen Paper and video clip for 2014
Intermediate Psychology Specimen Paper for 2013
Intermediate Religious Knowledge Specimen Paper for 2012
Intermediate Spanish Specimen Paper for 2015
Systems of Knowledge Specimen Paper for 2008
Intermediate Theatre and Performance Specimen Paper for 2013
SEC Economics Paper 1 Specimen Paper for 2010
SEC English Language Exemplar Paper for 2011
SEC English Literature Paper 1, 2A, 2B Specimen Papers for 2013
SEC Environmental Studies Paper 1 Specimen Paper for 2011
SEC Geography Paper 1, 2A and 2B Specimen Papers for 2011
SEC History Paper 1, 2A and 2B Specimen Papers for 2009
SEC Maltese Paper 1, 2A and 2B Specimen Papers for 2014
SEC Music Paper 1, 2A and 2B Specimen Papers for 2014
SEC Physics Paper 1, 2A and 2B Specimen Papers for 2012
SEC Religion Paper 1, 2A and 2B Specimen Papers for 2011
NEWSLETTER
Newsletter No. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55
Page 6 MATSEC Support Unit
MARKING SCHEMES
Marking Schemes of some of the subjects at Advanced, Intermediate and SEC Examinations
held in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
CHECKLIST FOR COURSEWORK MODERATION
Guidelines to the candidates and their teacher of how the courseworks are assessed
FORMS
Call for applications for examiners to conduct SEC Oral examinations during the May 2015
session
Online form to be used by MATSEC Examiners
Authentication Form
Waiving of Fees Form
Request to sit for Examinations abroad Form
NEWS ON CAMPUS
Newsletter of the University of Malta
TIMETABLE
Timetable and Instructions for May 2015
Timetable for September 2015
APPLICATION DATES AND FEES
Fees of the Examinations
COPYRIGHT – MATSEC QUESTIONS
Use of MATSEC Examinations Board questions – Copyright Issues
NOTICES
Important notices
Page 7 MATSEC Support Unit
PRIZES AND HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
SEC Examinations
The MATSEC Board congratulates the following students for their excellent results:
Jake Schembri of Żurrieq from Saint Aloysius College, B’Kara who obtained passes in the
following 13 subjects at SEC Level with Grade 1 in 12 subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Computer
Studies, English Language, Environmental Studies, French, Maltese, Mathematics, Music,
Physics, Religious Knowledge and Social Studies and Grade 3 in English Literature.
Gabriel Pace of Santa Luċija from De La Salle College, Cottonera who obtained passes in the
following 10 subjects at SEC Level with Grade 1: Biology, Chemistry, English Language, English
Literature, French, History, Maltese, Mathematics, Physics and Religious Knowledge.
Nadine Zammit of Attard from Saint Joseph School, Blata l-Bajda who obtained passes in the
following 10 subjects at SEC Level with Grade 1: Biology, Chemistry, English Language, English
Literature, French, Italian, Maltese, Mathematics, Physics and Religious Knowledge.
Paula Briffa of Żejtun from Saint Margaret’s College, Żejtun, Ryan Cachia of Siġġiewi from
Savio College, Dingli, and Jake Schembri of Żurrieq from St Aloysius College, B’Kara, shared
equally the Anna Muscat Azzopardi Prize, worth €70.00. This prize is awarded annually to the
candidate who obtains the highest number of marks in the Maltese examination at SEC Level.
Maria Masini of Munxar Gozo from Gozo College Girls’ Secondary School, Rabat Gozo, was
awarded the Dom Maurus Caruana Prize, worth €47.00. This prize is awarded annually to the
candidate who obtains the highest number of marks in the Religious Knowledge examination at
SEC Level.
Matriculation Examination
The MATSEC Board congratulates the following candidates for their outstanding achievement in their
Advanced and Intermediate Level Examinations in May 2014. They have passed their two Advanced
Levels and the four Intermediates with Grade A.
Luisa Madeleine Fenech of Naxxar from Giovanni Curmi, Naxxar.
A Level: Geography, German; Int. Level: Biology, Economics, English, Systems of Knowledge
Andrew Richard Hall of Pembroke from Saint Aloysius College, B’Kara.
A Level: Biology, Chemistry; Int. Level: English, Physics, Religious Knowledge, Systems of
Knowledge
Maria Laura Vella of Żabbar from Saint Aloysius College, B’Kara.
A Level: Biology, Chemistry; Int. Level: French, Geography, Physics, Systems of Knowledge
Daniel Xuereb of Ibraġġ, Swieqi from Saint Aloysius College, B’Kara.
A Level: Physics, Pure Mathematics; Int. Level: English, Information Technology, Philosophy,
Systems of Knowledge
Page 8 MATSEC Support Unit
MISTOQSIJIET PARLAMENTARI FIS-SENA 2014
1. PQ 8282 L-Orali tal-Eżami tal-Malti fil-Livell taċ-ĊES
2.
3.
PQ 10868
PQ 10869
Eżamijiet tal-MATSEC – Marki miksuba minn Studenti Residenti f’Għawdex
Eżamijiet tal-MATSEC – Revision of Paper mitluba minn Studenti Residenti
f’Għawdex
4. PQ 12085 Ħlas tal-Invigilators
5. PQ 12199 Applikazzjonijiet għall-Eżamijiet tal-MATSEC
6. PQ 12080 Dħul mill-miżati tal-Eżamijiet tal-MATSEC
Page 9 MATSEC Support Unit
MILL-PARLAMENT: MISTOQSIJIET PARLAMENTARI GĦAS-SENA 2014
1. Domanda Parlamentari: 8282, Data: 04/03/2014
L-ORALI TAL-EŻAMI TAL-MALTI FIL-LIVELL TAĊ-ĊES
L-ONOR. CHARLÒ BONNICI staqsa lill-Ministru tal-Edukazzjoni u x-Xogħol: Jista’ l-Ministru
jassigura lil din il-Kamra li l-kandidati li se jagħmlu l-eżami fil-livell ordinarju tal-Malti (Sec) fir-
Rebbiegħa 2014 se jkollhom allokata lilhom kwarta kull wieħed għall-parti orali tal-eżami?
Tweġiba
Seduta: 127, Data: 10/03/2014
ONOR. EVARIST BARTOLO:
Ninsab infurmat li l-eżaminaturi tal-orali tal-Malti fil-livell tas-SEC li se jsir bejn it-2 u d-9 t’April
2014 ingħataw taħriġ dwar dan l-eżami u struzzjonijiet biex jallokaw kwarta għal kull kandidat.
2. Domanda Parlamentari: 10868, Data: 23/09/2014
EŻAMIJIET TAL-MATSEC – MARKI MIKSUBA MINN STUDENTI RESIDENTI
F’GĦAWDEX
L-ONOR. CHRIS SAID staqsa lill-Ministru tal-Edukazzjoni u x-Xogħol: Jista’ l-Ministru jgħid
x’kienu l-marki miksuba f’kull suġġett, minn studenti li jirrisjedu f’ Għawdex u li qagħdu għall-
eżamijiet tal-MATSEC fil-livell Avvanzat u Intermedju fis-sessjoni ta’ Mejju/Ġunju 2014?
Tweġiba
Seduta: 186, Data: 14/10/2014
ONOR. EVARIST BARTOLO:
Ninsab infurmat li r-riżultati miksuba minn studenti residenti f’Għawdex fl-eżamijiet tal-Matrikola fil-
Livell Avvanzat u fil-Livell Intermedju fis-sessjoni ta’ Mejju/Ġunju 2014 huma kif jidhru
rispettivament fit-Tabelli I u II li qed inpoġġi fuq il-Mejda tal-Kamra. [Din l-informazzjoni tinsab fuq
is-sit elettroniku: http://www.parlament.mt/file.aspx?f=48680] In-numru totali ta' kandidati kien ta'
229.
Kull tabella turi l-gradi li kisbu l-istudenti kif ukoll kemm studenti kienu assenti għall-eżamijiet u t-
totali ta’ studenti li rreġistraw għal kull suġġett.
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3. Domanda Parlamentari: 10869, Data: 23/09/2014
EŻAMIJIET TAL-MATSEC – REVISION OF PAPER MITLUBA MINN STUDENTI
RESIDENTI F’GĦAWDEX
L-ONOR. CHRIS SAID staqsa lill-Ministru tal-Edukazzjoni u x-Xogħol: Jista’ l-Ministru jgħid wara
r-riżultat tal-eżamijiet tal-MATSEC tas-sessjoni ta’ Mejju/Ġunju 2014 fil-livell Avvanzat u Intermedju
kemm kien hemm studenti li jirrisjedu Għawdex li talbu revision of paper? X’kien is-suġġett u l-livell
li fih intalbet din ir-revision of paper u x’kien l-eżitu f’kull każ?
Tweġiba
Seduta: 186, Data: 14/10/2014
ONOR. EVARIST BARTOLO:
Ninsab infurmat li, wara r-riżultat tal-eżamijiet tal-MATSEC tas-sessjoni ta’ Mejju/Ġunju 2014 fil-
livell Avvanzat u Intermedju, n-numru ta’ studenti li jirrisjedu Għawdex li talbu revision of paper kien
kif jidher fit-Tabella I parti (a) li qed inpoġġi fuq il-Mejda tal-Kamra. It-tabella turi n-numru suġġett
suġġett u l-livell li fih intalbet din ir-revision of paper. L-eżitu jidher fil-parti (b) tat-tweġiba
mqiegħda fuq il-Mejda tal-Kamra. [Din l-informazzjoni tinsab fuq is-sit elettroniku:
http://www.parlament.mt/file.aspx?f=48681]
4. Domanda Parlamentari: 12085, Data: 10/11/2014
ĦLAS TAL-INVIGILATORS
L-ONOR. ANTOINE BORG staqsa lill-Ministru tal-Edukazzjoni u x-Xogħol: Jista’ l-Ministru jgħid
meta huwa mistenni li jitħallsu dawk il-persuni li servew ta’ invigilators fl-eżamijiet tal-MATSEC ‘O’
Levels f’Mejju 2014?
Tweġiba
Seduta: 200, Data: 17/11/2014
ONOR. EVARIST BARTOLO:
Ninsab infurmat li l-ħlasijiet tal-invigilators ta’ Mejju li jitħallsu mis-sistema komputerizzata saru fil-
ġimgħat li għaddew. Bħalissa qed isiru l-ħlasijiet tal-emendi li ser jitlestew din il-ġimgħa.
5. Domanda Parlamentari: 12199, Data: 12/11/2014
APPLIKAZZJONIJIET GĦALL-EŻAMIJIET TAL-MATSEC
L-ONOR. JOSEPH CASSAR staqsa lill-Ministru tal-Edukazzjoni u x-Xogħol: Jista’ l-Ministru jgħid
kemm applikaw kandidati biex jagħmlu l-eżamijiet tal-MATSEC u kemm kien hemm applikazzjonijiet
għal kull suġġett fit-tliet livelli, jiġifieri dak ordinarju, intermedju u avvanzat? Peress li għolew kemm
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ir-reġistrazzjoni kif ukoll it-tariffi għal kull eżami, il-ġenituri kemm kellhom iħallsu aktar flus
minħabba dan l-għoli fil-prezzijiet għal kull livell?
Tweġiba
Seduta: 200, Data: 17/11/2014
ONOR. EVARIST BARTOLO:
Ngħarraf lill-Onor. Interpellant li d-Dipartiment tal-Eżamijiet għadu jaċċetta applikazzjonijiet u mit-
Tnejn 17 ta’ Novembru, jibda jirċievi applikazzjonijiet ta’ dawk li japplikaw tard. Għalhekk għadu
kmieni biex wieħed jindika kemm daħlu applikazzjonijiet.
L-informazzjoni dwar in-numru ta’ applikazzjoniijiet għal kull suġġett tkun lesta f’Jannar 2015 wara li
l-applikanti jingħataw il-Candidate Numbers.
L-ammont ta’ flus addizzjonali kienu dawn:
Ħlas ta’ reġistrazzjoni: żieda ta’ €3.35 – minn €11.65 għal €15.
Is-suġġetti tas-SEC għolew b’€7.02 minn €13.98 għal €21.
Tal-Intermediate għolew b’€6.37 minn €18.63 għal €25.
Tal-Matsec (livell avvanzat) b’€7.04 minn €20.96 għal €28.
Ġie introdott ħlas għall-prattiku tas-SEC ta' €10.
Il-prattiku tal-Intermediate u tal-MATSEC (Livell Avvanzat) minn €6.99 sar jiswa €20.
6. Domanda Parlamentari: 12080, Data: 10/11/2014
DĦUL MILL-MIŻATI TAL-EŻAMIJIET TAL-MATSEC
L-ONOR. MARIO DE MARCO staqsa lill-Ministru tal-Edukazzjoni u x-Xogħol: Jista’ l-Ministru
jagħti paragun ta’ kemm kien id-dħul totali tal-Gvern u l-Università mill-miżati tal-MATSEC f’sena
sħiħs u kemm se jkun l-istess dħul f’perjodu ta’ sena issa li għolew il-miżati?
Tweġiba
Seduta: 201, Data: 18/11/2014
ONOR. EVARIST BARTOLO:
Ninsab infurmat li d-dħul mill-eżamijiet tal-Matsec li saru fl-2014, eskluż l-applikazzjonijiet ta’
Settembru, kien ta’ €963,086.49. Wieħed irid jistenna sal-aħħar ta’ Jannar 2015 biex ikun jista’ jgħid
kemm ser ikun id-dħul li jkopri wkoll l-applikazzjonijiet li jidħlu tard. Id-dħul mill-eżamijiet tal-
Matsec għall-2015 għadu mhux magħruf.
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DISSERTATIONS AND LONG ESSAYS
The MATSEC system of examinations has been a source of research for dissertations and long essays
by University students following courses at different levels. The research completed in 2014 was as
follows:
Caruana, Mariosa and Treeby, Rachel-Marie (2014), Fieldwork at Xrobb l-Għaġin Nature Park: A
Teachers’ manual for SEC Level Biology. Unpublished B.Ed. (Hons.) dissertation, Faculty of
Education, University of Malta.
Mercieca, Luana (2014), Advanced Level Biology from 1998 to 2011. Unpublished B.Ed. (Hons.)
dissertation, Faculty of Education, University of Malta.
Mifsud, Kevin (2014), A teachers’ handbook accompanying Advanced Level Biology Studies on
Biological Diversity. Unpublished B.Ed. (Hons.) dissertation, Faculty of Education, University of
Malta.
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STATISTICS: SEC
» SEC Examinations - May 2014 - Registrations by Gender and Type of School
» SEC Examinations - May 2014 - Results by Gender
» SEC Examinations - September 2014 - Registrations by Gender and Type of School
» SEC Examinations - September 2014 - Results by Gender and Type of School
» Revision of Papers May and September 2014
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Secondary Education Certificate – May 2014 Session
SEC Registrations by Gender and Type of School – May 2014 Subject State Schools Church Schools Independent
Schools
Post-Secondary
Schools
Private Cands. Gozo Schools Gozo Private
Candidates
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
Accounting 2 9 189 219 64 56 8 17 65 150 18 21 4 11
Arabic 3 4 0 0 5 7 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0
Art 153 201 44 139 31 72 5 10 21 25 18 32 0 7
Biology 93 269 201 418 85 137 24 54 25 66 44 78 0 3
Business Studies 99 165 59 0 14 3 5 6 12 13 1 31 1 1
Chemistry 54 120 203 178 56 66 11 14 13 19 33 30 0 0
Class. Cult. & Civil. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Commerce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0
Computer Studies 268 100 322 116 95 14 14 2 19 8 36 17 1 1
Design & Techn. 151 33 27 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 36 9 0 0
Economics 0 1 104 85 23 17 2 1 6 1 8 7 0 0
English Language 928 1083 727 664 235 198 49 56 314 455 167 189 40 41
English Literature 403 729 478 555 196 176 11 15 23 22 77 133 1 0
Environmental St. 313 411 335 220 118 70 5 2 9 14 55 39 1 0
European Studies 25 36 2 34 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 8 0 0
French 103 235 288 417 58 87 2 6 15 20 41 51 1 1
Geography 39 73 59 17 33 15 8 4 7 4 4 19 1 0
German 62 69 100 49 12 14 2 5 13 13 20 18 1 0
Graph. Comm. 117 30 228 1 52 27 2 2 8 3 52 18 0 0
Greek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
History 47 26 52 7 27 28 5 3 8 4 18 1 0 0
Home Economics 163 450 32 164 13 32 4 6 4 10 33 58 2 0
Italian 377 437 326 345 82 63 9 12 44 70 89 66 2 2
Latin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 903 1052 720 655 194 177 56 29 178 153 168 183 16 18
Mathematics 891 1021 724 658 235 199 93 155 263 391 165 193 32 29
Music 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0
Physical Education 101 62 59 51 53 27 6 1 8 1 8 8 0 0
Physics 744 923 693 402 206 134 58 72 111 88 146 158 8 5
Religious Know. 701 905 700 633 192 164 28 24 78 81 135 155 7 15
Russian 4 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
Social Studies 266 450 202 274 17 18 7 13 33 57 17 42 2 2
Spanish 59 129 14 1 3 5 3 11 19 27 9 19 1 1
Textiles & Design 0 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0
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SEC Results by Gender – May 2014 (page 1 of 3) Papers I & IIA Papers I & IIB
Subject 1 2 3 4 5 U Absent Register 4 5 6 7 U Absent Register Total
Accounting 48 108 130 81 66 134 55 622 44 45 15 14 39 54 211 833
Males 19 52 45 38 24 65 14 257 18 21 7 4 21 22 93 350
Females 29 56 85 43 42 69 41 365 26 24 8 10 18 32 118 483
Arabic 0 3 1 2 3 12 3 24 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 28
Males 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
Females 0 2 1 2 0 9 2 16 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 19
Art 17 53 118 102 91 88 10 479 33 82 50 40 49 25 279 758
Males 5 19 40 34 35 32 5 170 12 28 19 12 19 12 102 272
Females 12 34 78 68 56 56 5 309 21 54 31 28 30 13 177 486
Biology 84 143 208 249 139 205 10 1038 37 46 83 59 205 29 459 1497
Males 32 56 66 72 40 58 4 328 11 15 28 27 54 9 144 472
Females 52 87 142 177 99 147 6 710 26 31 55 32 151 20 315 1025
Business Stud. 32 40 58 62 37 15 7 251 31 34 19 15 43 17 159 410
Males 7 17 27 38 18 6 3 116 12 20 10 8 19 6 75 191
Females 25 23 31 24 19 9 4 135 19 14 9 7 24 11 84 219
Chemistry 76 135 131 124 71 97 6 640 14 21 20 19 77 6 157 797
Males 33 63 61 53 33 53 4 300 6 9 7 11 35 2 70 370
Females 43 72 70 71 38 44 2 340 8 12 13 8 42 4 87 427
Class Cult & Civil 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Males 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Commerce 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Males 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Computer Studies 61 173 211 153 78 45 4 725 44 91 64 39 34 16 288 1013
Males 41 121 160 110 62 42 2 538 33 62 51 32 26 13 217 755
Females 20 52 51 43 16 3 2 187 11 29 13 7 8 3 71 258
Design and Techn. 5 14 21 26 4 62 3 135 18 51 34 10 13 7 133 268
Males 2 7 13 23 3 51 2 101 17 48 32 10 12 6 125 226
Females 3 7 8 3 1 11 1 34 1 3 2 0 1 1 8 42
Economics 10 20 33 54 35 24 4 180 7 21 14 15 14 4 75 255
Males 4 10 13 35 21 16 4 103 2 11 6 14 5 2 40 143
Females 6 10 20 19 14 8 0 77 5 10 8 1 9 2 35 112
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SEC Results by Gender – May 2014 (page 2 of 3) Papers I & IIA Papers I & IIB
Subject 1 2 3 4 5 U Absent Register 4 5 6 7 U Absent Register Total
English Language 188 578 747 675 474 300 29 2991 143 405 427 509 608 63 2155 5146
Males 70 235 336 319 237 138 10 1345 74 207 211 269 320 34 1115 2460
Females 118 343 411 356 237 162 19 1646 69 198 216 240 288 29 1040 2686
English Literature 144 207 526 473 275 235 17 1877 119 212 170 150 249 42 942 2819
Males 31 60 158 199 133 129 5 715 45 95 86 71 155 22 474 1189
Females 113 147 368 274 142 106 12 1162 74 117 84 79 94 20 468 1630
Env. Studies 36 135 190 194 187 291 10 1043 23 76 118 99 201 32 549 1592
Males 12 51 87 100 94 168 2 514 11 43 71 56 126 15 322 836
Females 24 84 103 94 93 123 8 529 12 33 47 43 75 17 227 756
European Studies 13 21 19 12 11 13 2 91 4 4 6 4 4 1 23 114
Males 0 2 6 2 2 5 1 18 3 1 4 3 1 0 12 30
Females 13 19 13 10 9 8 1 73 1 3 2 1 3 1 11 84
French 108 220 296 154 90 62 5 935 69 92 90 58 67 14 390 1325
Males 25 79 116 70 34 16 1 341 23 38 43 26 30 7 167 508
Females 83 141 180 84 56 46 4 594 46 54 47 32 37 7 223 817
Geography 27 35 49 46 19 16 5 197 17 20 9 7 21 12 86 283
Males 9 18 27 27 9 7 3 100 9 15 5 6 9 7 51 151
Females 18 17 22 19 10 9 2 97 8 5 4 1 12 5 35 132
German 25 34 47 45 56 53 2 262 11 33 29 17 25 1 116 378
Males 4 9 24 23 34 36 0 130 4 18 24 13 20 1 80 210
Females 21 25 23 22 22 17 2 132 7 15 5 4 5 0 36 168
Graph. Comm. 38 54 79 97 84 61 5 418 14 25 26 26 26 5 122 540
Males 34 49 64 84 73 45 5 354 12 20 22 25 24 2 105 459
Females 4 5 15 13 11 16 0 64 2 5 4 1 2 3 17 81
Greek 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Males 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
History 8 24 34 22 19 44 7 158 7 16 13 6 15 11 68 226
Males 6 18 15 17 11 34 4 105 4 12 9 6 13 8 52 157
Females 2 6 19 5 8 10 3 53 3 4 4 0 2 3 16 69
Home Economics 49 180 203 130 29 56 0 647 72 78 100 28 40 6 324 971
Males 1 15 34 37 10 11 0 108 27 36 41 15 20 4 143 251
Females 48 165 169 93 19 45 0 539 45 42 59 13 20 2 181 720
Italian 124 196 319 213 84 65 6 1007 173 237 190 100 177 40 917 1924
Males 47 81 157 104 43 30 0 462 80 124 91 53 99 20 467 929
Females 77 115 162 109 41 35 6 545 93 113 99 47 78 20 450 995
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SEC Results by Gender – May 2014 (page 3 of 3) Papers I & IIA Papers I & IIB
Subject 1 2 3 4 5 U Absent Register 4 5 6 7 U Absent Register Total
Latin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Males 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Maltese 114 426 552 770 381 199 23 2465 330 405 291 195 693 123 2037 4502
Males 31 141 220 352 207 121 10 1082 140 210 178 107 449 69 1153 2235
Females 83 285 332 418 174 78 13 1383 190 195 113 88 244 54 884 2267
Mathematics 289 397 538 378 356 109 20 2087 215 563 559 515 817 293 2962 5049
Males 166 208 265 173 165 52 10 1039 115 263 228 223 402 133 1364 2403
Females 123 189 273 205 191 57 10 1048 100 300 331 292 415 160 1598 2646
Music 6 5 3 1 1 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19
Males 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8
Females 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11
Physical Education 19 40 57 58 46 60 3 283 11 22 21 13 27 8 102 385
Males 11 22 30 34 28 33 2 160 10 13 17 8 22 5 75 235
Females 8 18 27 24 18 27 1 123 1 9 4 5 5 3 27 150
Physics 197 362 422 690 271 217 7 2166 164 269 422 215 467 45 1582 3748
Males 121 183 219 369 146 89 2 1129 90 142 213 112 255 25 837 1966
Females 76 179 203 321 125 128 5 1037 74 127 209 103 212 20 745 1782
Religious Knowledge 89 375 646 438 373 349 28 2298 121 336 313 276 356 118 1520 3818
Males 19 121 258 208 197 215 8 1026 41 161 169 165 218 61 815 1841
Females 70 254 388 230 176 134 20 1272 80 175 144 111 138 57 705 1977
Russian 8 6 0 0 2 0 0 16 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 21
Males 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 9
Females 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12
Social Studies 10 53 80 112 193 246 25 719 87 168 90 54 229 53 681 1400
Males 1 9 17 23 63 110 9 232 20 78 46 36 121 11 312 544
Females 9 44 63 89 130 136 16 487 67 90 44 18 108 42 369 856
Spanish 22 29 38 35 35 20 8 187 15 30 21 18 23 7 114 301
Males 5 4 12 14 14 9 1 59 8 15 6 6 11 3 49 108
Females 17 25 26 21 21 11 7 128 7 15 15 12 12 4 65 193
Textiles & Design 3 3 4 4 4 9 0 27 0 3 7 2 2 4 18 45
Males 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3
Females 3 3 4 4 4 9 0 27 0 3 7 2 2 1 15 42
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Secondary Education Certificate – September 2014 Session
SEC Registrations by Gender and Type of School – September 2014 Subject State Schools Church Schools Independent
Schools
Post-Secondary
Schools
Private Candidates Gozo Schools Gozo Private
Candidates
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
Biology 7 19 7 75 5 12 3 20 4 16 2 7 0 0
Chemistry 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
English Lang. 262 237 52 62 13 10 17 21 66 129 42 54 18 21
Maltese 244 148 59 41 40 18 9 4 31 22 34 29 3 3
Mathematics 266 302 51 115 26 36 29 61 65 118 33 53 12 8
Physics 145 205 39 34 22 11 16 20 20 27 23 21 3 2
SEC Results by Gender and Type of School – September 2014 (Page 1 of 2) School Type Males Females
4 5 6 7 U Abs. Total 4 5 6 7 U Abs. Total
Biology State Schools 1 1 3 1 1 0 7 2 4 3 3 6 1 19
Church Schools 0 2 2 0 3 0 7 9 23 12 10 20 1 75
Independent Schools 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 3 4 3 1 0 1 12
Post-Secondary Schools 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 4 4 4 0 6 2 20
Private Candidates 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 4 2 3 2 5 16
Gozo Schools 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 7
Gozo Private Candidates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chemistry State Schools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Church Schools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Independent Schools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Post-Secondary Schools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Private Candidates 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
Gozo Schools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gozo Private Candidates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
English Language State Schools 0 27 78 97 49 11 262 0 36 68 85 41 7 237
Church Schools 1 10 17 18 5 1 52 1 16 16 15 13 1 62
Independent Schools 0 3 6 2 1 1 13 0 5 3 1 0 1 10
Post-Secondary Schools 0 6 6 2 3 0 17 0 3 6 5 5 2 21
Private Candidates 0 7 20 18 18 3 66 0 26 32 37 24 10 129
Gozo Schools 1 23 9 7 2 0 42 3 20 13 12 2 4 54
Gozo Private Candidates 0 4 7 5 2 0 18 0 5 7 3 3 3 21
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SEC Results by Gender and Type of School – September 2014 (Page 2 of 2) School Type Males Females
4 5 6 7 U Abs. Total 4 5 6 7 U Abs. Total
Maltese State Schools 42 68 44 27 54 9 244 33 30 30 18 26 11 148
Church Schools 14 21 15 1 7 1 59 3 11 18 2 6 1 41
Independent Schools 6 4 11 5 9 5 40 1 5 5 0 3 4 18
Post-Secondary Schools 4 1 2 0 1 1 9 1 2 0 1 0 0 4
Private Candidates 5 10 1 9 2 4 31 4 4 3 3 6 2 22
Gozo Schools 5 9 9 5 6 0 34 2 8 7 4 6 2 29
Gozo Private Candidates 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
Mathematics State Schools 38 94 68 32 16 18 266 56 107 66 38 16 19 302
Church Schools 12 22 10 3 1 3 51 19 53 28 12 2 1 115
Independent Schools 7 15 1 2 0 1 26 7 16 10 1 0 2 36
Post-Secondary Schools 5 16 3 0 1 4 29 11 32 12 2 0 4 61
Private Candidates 7 34 15 4 0 5 65 23 50 22 6 2 15 118
Gozo Schools 6 18 7 2 0 0 33 9 26 9 5 2 2 53
Gozo Private Candidates 3 5 4 0 0 0 12 0 7 1 0 0 0 8
Physics State Schools 29 38 46 11 10 11 145 50 55 59 15 11 15 205
Church Schools 6 15 11 2 3 2 39 11 12 7 1 2 1 34
Independent Schools 5 10 4 1 0 2 22 0 10 0 1 0 0 11
Post-Secondary Schools 1 7 4 1 1 2 16 2 5 10 2 1 0 20
Private Candidates 7 7 1 1 3 1 20 2 11 9 3 0 2 27
Gozo Schools 1 7 8 4 1 2 23 3 7 6 3 2 0 21
Gozo Private Candidates 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Page 20 MATSEC Support Unit
SEC Level: Revision of Papers – May 2014 and September 2014 May 2014 September 2014
Subject* Requests Upgrades % Requests Upgrades % Accounting 14 0 0.0
Art 14 0 0.0
Biology 60 0 0.0 9 0 0.0
Business Studies 2 0 0.0
Chemistry 30 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Computer Studies 11 0 0.0
Design and Technology 8 2 25.0
Economics 9 0 0.0
English Language 60 0 0.0 22 0 0.0
English Literature 58 1 1.7
Environmental Studies 12 0 0.0
European Studies 1 0 0.0
French 3 0 0.0
German 2 0 0.0
Graphical Comm. 9 0 0.0
History 8 0 0.0
Home Economics 3 0 0.0
Italian 10 1 10.0
Maltese 83 7 8.4 18 0 0.0
Mathematics 83 0 0.0 16 0 0.0
Physical Education 5 0 0.0
Physics 59 0 0.0 4 0 0.0
Religious Knowledge 23 6 26.1
Social Studies 22 4 18.2
Textiles & Design 1 0 0.0
Total 590 21 3.6 70 0 0.0 * Subjects with no registrations are not included in this table
Page 21 MATSEC Support Unit
STATISTICS: MATRICULATION EXAMINATION
» Matriculation Examination – May 2014 – Registrations by Subject and Gender
» Matriculation Examination – May 2014 – Results by Subject and Gender
» Matriculation Examination – September 2014 – Registrations by Subject and Gender
» Matriculation Examination – September 2014 – Results by Subject and Gender
» Intermediate and Advanced Level – Revision of Papers – May and September 2014
Page 22 MATSEC Support Unit
Matriculation Examination – May 2014 Session
Matriculation Examination Registrations by Subject and Gender May 2014 Subject* Advanced Level Intermediate Level
Males Females Total Males Females Total
Accounting 209 329 538 53 52 105
Applied Mathematics 2 2 4 35 18 53
Arabic 2 1 3 1 1 2
Art 27 71 98 7 21 28
Biology 219 443 662 50 212 262
Chemistry 189 312 501 18 21 39
Classical Studies - - - 6 11 17
Computing 124 56 180 83 41 124
Economics 101 100 201 37 39 76
Engineering Drawing 1 0 1 - - -
Eng. Draw. & Graph. Com. - - - 66 29 95
English 188 462 650 703 777 1480
Environmental Science - - - 158 266 424
French 17 76 93 43 82 125
Geography 30 30 60 56 45 101
German 9 21 30 10 11 21
Graphical Communication 14 10 24 - - -
Greek 1 0 1 0 0 0
History 60 56 116 44 36 80
Home Econ. & Human Ecol. 16 160 176 13 50 63
Information Technology 40 25 65 140 128 268
Italian 65 125 190 72 44 116
Latin 2 0 2 0 0 0
Maltese 169 348 517 143 294 437
Marketing 223 258 481 122 142 264
Music 11 7 18 1 3 4
Philosophy 73 108 181 245 348 593
Physical Education - - - 67 30 97
Physics 292 134 426 301 384 685
Psychology - - - 174 501 675
Pure Mathematics 387 182 569 287 407 694
Religious Knowledge 60 92 152 137 149 286
Russian 1 3 4 1 0 1
Sociology 61 185 246 71 150 221
Spanish 10 24 34 9 11 20
Systems of Knowledge - - - 932 1275 2207
Theatre and Performance - - - 8 24 32
* Subjects with no registrations are not included in this table
Page 23 MATSEC Support Unit
Advanced Level Matriculation Examination Results by Subject and Gender – May 2014
(page 1 of 2) Subject* A B C D E F Abs Total
Accounting 20 69 151 66 78 100 54 538
Males 8 31 67 23 29 32 19 209
Females 12 38 84 43 49 68 35 329
Applied Mathematics 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
Males 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Females 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Arabic 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Males 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Females 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Art 3 11 21 11 28 15 9 98
Males 0 2 5 2 11 4 3 27
Females 3 9 16 9 17 11 6 71
Biology 85 149 158 113 75 51 31 662
Males 35 54 52 31 22 15 10 219
Females 50 95 106 82 53 36 21 443
Chemistry 42 94 147 66 62 78 12 501
Males 19 42 47 20 28 26 7 189
Females 23 52 100 46 34 52 5 312
Computing 11 29 51 41 20 24 4 180
Males 8 24 36 23 11 18 4 124
Females 3 5 15 18 9 6 0 56
Economics 19 33 58 26 21 26 18 201
Males 12 14 31 16 12 10 6 101
Females 7 19 27 10 9 16 12 100
Engineering Drawing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Males 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
English 25 73 215 126 91 74 46 650
Males 5 14 65 32 31 28 13 188
Females 20 59 150 94 60 46 33 462
French 5 15 25 24 10 12 2 93
Males 1 0 3 8 1 3 1 17
Females 4 15 22 16 9 9 1 76
Geography 5 15 22 5 3 9 1 60
Males 1 6 11 5 1 5 1 30
Females 4 9 11 0 2 4 0 30
German 10 5 6 1 5 2 1 30
Males 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 9
Females 9 3 4 1 2 1 1 21
Graphical Communication 3 5 7 4 3 2 0 24
Males 2 3 5 3 0 1 0 14
Females 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 10
Greek 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Males 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Page 24 MATSEC Support Unit
Advanced Level Matriculation Examination Results by Subject and Gender – May 2014
(page 2 of 2) Subject* A B C D E F Abs Total
History 5 16 39 15 13 12 16 116
Males 4 9 20 7 8 5 7 60
Females 1 7 19 8 5 7 9 56
Home Econ. & Hum. Ecol. 6 23 59 32 32 18 6 176
Males 1 0 4 1 6 1 3 16
Females 5 23 55 31 26 17 3 160
Information Technology 3 18 21 10 4 6 3 65
Males 2 10 15 6 2 3 2 40
Females 1 8 6 4 2 3 1 25
Italian 12 23 56 27 19 38 15 190
Males 4 6 19 7 8 16 5 65
Females 8 17 37 20 11 22 10 125
Latin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Males 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maltese 22 93 191 80 68 40 23 517
Males 6 33 56 33 17 15 9 169
Females 16 60 135 47 51 25 14 348
Marketing 23 61 135 97 58 42 65 481
Males 6 28 63 46 33 22 25 223
Females 17 33 72 51 25 20 40 258
Music 3 4 5 3 0 1 2 18
Males 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 11
Females 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 7
Philosophy 10 33 49 21 17 32 19 181
Males 4 12 15 8 9 16 9 73
Females 6 21 34 13 8 16 10 108
Physics 22 58 126 96 59 40 25 426
Males 15 40 79 68 43 28 19 292
Females 7 18 47 28 16 12 6 134
Pure Mathematics 39 106 146 34 66 134 44 569
Males 24 68 100 23 44 99 29 387
Females 15 38 46 11 22 35 15 182
Religious Knowledge 12 25 41 26 16 10 22 152
Males 5 10 17 11 8 4 5 60
Females 7 15 24 15 8 6 17 92
Russian 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Males 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Females 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Sociology 9 31 59 45 41 32 29 246
Males 2 4 13 13 9 7 13 61
Females 7 27 46 32 32 25 16 185
Spanish 5 8 8 7 0 2 4 34
Males 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 10
Females 4 7 6 5 0 2 0 24
* Subjects with no registrations are not included in this table
Page 25 MATSEC Support Unit
Intermediate Level Matriculation Examination Results by Subject and Gender – May 2014
(page 1 of 2) Subject* A B C D E F Abs Total
Accounting 10 15 21 21 18 16 4 105
Males 3 11 13 8 7 10 1 53
Females 7 4 8 13 11 6 3 52
Applied Mathematics 5 8 15 7 7 7 4 53
Males 3 8 7 6 5 4 2 35
Females 2 0 8 1 2 3 2 18
Arabic 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Males 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Females 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Art 1 5 10 8 2 1 1 28
Males 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 7
Females 1 5 8 5 1 0 1 21
Biology 27 46 78 44 24 13 30 262
Males 6 7 12 7 7 1 10 50
Females 21 39 66 37 17 12 20 212
Chemistry 1 4 8 7 5 10 4 39
Males 1 3 5 2 2 3 2 18
Females 0 1 3 5 3 7 2 21
Classical Studies 0 1 2 2 5 6 1 17
Males 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 6
Females 0 1 0 0 4 5 1 11
Computing 5 22 42 29 13 11 2 124
Males 5 13 26 21 11 5 2 83
Females 0 9 16 8 2 6 0 41
Economics 4 11 13 16 8 19 5 76
Males 0 4 8 12 4 6 3 37
Females 4 7 5 4 4 13 2 39
Eng. Draw. & Graph. Com. 7 10 23 20 13 16 6 95
Males 5 8 14 15 10 11 3 66
Females 2 2 9 5 3 5 3 29
English 117 182 438 288 239 180 36 1480
Males 53 88 227 134 107 77 17 703
Females 64 94 211 154 132 103 19 777
Environmental Science 20 41 92 116 68 58 29 424
Males 4 17 31 50 26 19 11 158
Females 16 24 61 66 42 39 18 266
French 7 18 28 34 20 16 2 125
Males 3 6 10 10 8 5 1 43
Females 4 12 18 24 12 11 1 82
Geography 5 17 33 19 8 14 5 101
Males 2 11 16 12 4 9 2 56
Females 3 6 17 7 4 5 3 45
German 4 5 9 2 1 0 0 21
Males 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 10
Females 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 11
History 5 8 27 14 10 8 8 80
Males 3 5 12 8 6 5 5 44
Females 2 3 15 6 4 3 3 36
Page 26 MATSEC Support Unit
Intermediate Level Matriculation Examination Results by Subject and Gender – May 2014
(page 2 of 2) Subject* A B C D E F Abs Total
Home Econ. & Hum. Ecol. 6 10 19 9 10 7 2 63
Males 1 2 1 2 5 1 1 13
Females 5 8 18 7 5 6 1 50
Information Technology 20 71 89 36 26 20 6 268
Males 14 29 44 20 16 13 4 140
Females 6 42 45 16 10 7 2 128
Italian 7 17 29 26 17 20 0 116
Males 3 12 17 17 11 12 0 72
Females 4 5 12 9 6 8 0 44
Maltese 13 58 139 89 66 66 6 437
Males 2 11 46 36 21 24 3 143
Females 11 47 93 53 45 42 3 294
Marketing 24 52 71 34 34 40 9 264
Males 8 17 29 19 23 22 4 122
Females 16 35 42 15 11 18 5 142
Music 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4
Males 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Females 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
Philosophy 52 77 148 77 59 139 41 593
Males 21 27 52 31 24 71 19 245
Females 31 50 96 46 35 68 22 348
Physical Education 5 13 25 19 10 24 1 97
Males 3 7 18 13 7 18 1 67
Females 2 6 7 6 3 6 0 30
Physics 30 88 187 133 74 137 36 685
Males 14 44 81 54 31 59 18 301
Females 16 44 106 79 43 78 18 384
Psychology 51 72 186 132 70 122 42 675
Males 10 12 37 38 18 42 17 174
Females 41 60 149 94 52 80 25 501
Pure Mathematics 42 64 140 124 99 183 42 694
Males 8 21 52 44 46 95 21 287
Females 34 43 88 80 53 88 21 407
Religious Knowledge 17 40 78 69 30 36 16 286
Males 12 14 35 31 17 22 6 137
Females 5 26 43 38 13 14 10 149
Russian 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Males 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sociology 9 28 60 38 24 45 17 221
Males 3 7 19 13 8 15 6 71
Females 6 21 41 25 16 30 11 150
Spanish 1 3 5 4 2 5 0 20
Males 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 9
Females 1 1 5 1 1 2 0 11
Systems of Knowledge 81 350 807 398 207 331 33 2207
Males 28 122 325 164 113 161 19 932
Females 53 228 482 234 94 170 14 1275
Theatre & Performance 0 4 6 8 4 8 2 32
Males 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 8
Females 0 3 5 7 3 4 2 24
* Subjects with no registrations are not included in this table
Page 27 MATSEC Support Unit
Matriculation Examination – September 2014 Session
Matriculation Examination Registrations by Subject and Gender – September 2014 Subject* Advanced Level Intermediate Level
Males Females Total Males Females Total
Accounting 41 94 135 11 16 27
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 12 3 15
Art 3 16 19 4 3 7
Biology 22 43 65 17 80 97
Chemistry 26 34 60 3 4 7
Classical Studies 1 3 4
Computing 23 15 38 13 6 19
Economics 14 15 29 9 12 21
Engineering Drawing 1 0 1
Eng. Draw. & Graph. Com. 14 9 23
English 53 101 154 351 435 786
Environmental Science 66 75 141
French 4 13 17 7 32 39
Geography 3 3 6 15 19 34
German 1 2 3 3 4 7
History 12 9 21 9 2 11
Home Econ. & H. E. 3 28 31 1 29 30
Information Technology 3 1 4 37 24 61
Italian 15 24 39 41 31 72
Maltese 42 92 134 64 91 155
Marketing 70 67 137 52 60 112
Music 2 2 4 0 1 1
Philosophy 25 15 40 71 74 145
Physical Education 24 9 33
Physics 63 30 93 82 98 180
Psychology 57 161 218
Pure Mathematics 93 43 136 142 107 249
Religious Knowledge 15 28 43 52 68 120
Sociology 8 36 44 21 45 66
Spanish 2 6 8 3 0 3
Systems of Knowledge 173 192 365
Theatre & Performance 2 5 7
* Subjects with no registrations are not included in this table
Page 28 MATSEC Support Unit
Advanced Level Matriculation Examination Results by Subject and Gender – September
2014 (page 1 of 2) Subject* A B C D E F Abs Total
Accounting 0 5 34 22 28 28 18 135
Males 0 1 11 4 8 7 10 41
Females 0 4 23 18 20 21 8 94
Art 1 2 3 4 5 4 0 19
Males 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
Females 1 2 3 2 5 3 0 16
Biology 0 1 18 12 11 16 7 65
Males 0 0 9 4 4 2 3 22
Females 0 1 9 8 7 14 4 43
Chemistry 0 1 8 5 15 25 6 60
Males 0 0 3 2 6 9 6 26
Females 0 1 5 3 9 16 0 34
Computing 1 5 11 15 3 3 0 38
Males 1 2 8 8 2 2 0 23
Females 0 3 3 7 1 1 0 15
Economics 0 2 9 5 5 4 4 29
Males 0 2 3 3 2 2 2 14
Females 0 0 6 2 3 2 2 15
Engineering Drawing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Males 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
English 0 3 34 47 28 29 13 154
Males 0 1 9 15 10 14 4 53
Females 0 2 25 32 18 15 9 101
French 0 0 6 6 1 3 1 17
Males 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 4
Females 0 0 4 5 1 3 0 13
Geography 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 6
Males 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
Females 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
German 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Males 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Females 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
History 0 0 4 2 3 8 4 21
Males 0 0 3 1 3 4 1 12
Females 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 9
Home Econ. & H. E. 1 5 13 6 1 5 0 31
Males 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3
Females 1 5 11 6 1 4 0 28
Info. Technology 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4
Males 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Females 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Page 29 MATSEC Support Unit
Advanced Level Matriculation Examination Results by Subject and Gender – September
2014 (page 2 of 2) Subject* A B C D E F Abs Total
Italian 1 0 8 6 6 15 3 39
Males 1 0 4 4 0 5 1 15
Females 0 0 4 2 6 10 2 24
Maltese 10 20 53 26 9 4 12 134
Males 1 7 16 9 4 3 2 42
Females 9 13 37 17 5 1 10 92
Marketing 4 11 27 30 14 27 24 137
Males 1 3 16 14 7 17 12 70
Females 3 8 11 16 7 10 12 67
Music 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4
Males 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Females 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Philosophy 1 1 10 6 4 8 10 40
Males 1 0 6 4 4 4 6 25
Females 0 1 4 2 0 4 4 15
Physics 2 2 29 30 8 13 9 93
Males 1 1 19 21 5 9 7 63
Females 1 1 10 9 3 4 2 30
Pure Mathematics 0 14 41 20 17 35 9 136
Males 0 7 30 13 14 25 4 93
Females 0 7 11 7 3 10 5 43
Religious Knowledge 2 7 21 5 4 1 3 43
Males 1 2 10 1 0 0 1 15
Females 1 5 11 4 4 1 2 28
Sociology 1 3 7 8 14 8 3 44
Males 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 8
Females 1 2 7 7 11 7 1 36
Spanish 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 8
Males 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Females 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 6
* Subjects with no registrations are not included in this table
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Intermediate Level Matriculation Examination Results by Subject and Gender – September
2014 (page 1 of 2) Subject* A B C D E F Abs Total
Accounting 1 2 8 3 2 4 7 27
Males 0 1 4 1 1 2 2 11
Females 1 1 4 2 1 2 5 16
Applied Maths 0 0 4 5 2 2 2 15
Males 0 0 3 4 1 2 2 12
Females 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
Art 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 7
Males 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4
Females 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3
Biology 1 9 25 19 17 13 13 97
Males 0 3 2 3 3 3 3 17
Females 1 6 23 16 14 10 10 80
Chemistry 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 7
Males 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
Females 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Classical Studies 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4
Males 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Females 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Computing 0 1 4 7 1 5 1 19
Males 0 1 3 6 0 2 1 13
Females 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 6
Economics 0 2 5 3 2 6 3 21
Males 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 9
Females 0 1 2 1 0 6 2 12
Eng. Draw. & Graph. Com. 3 4 8 2 4 1 1 23
Males 0 1 6 1 4 1 1 14
Females 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 9
English 17 35 107 98 163 339 27 786
Males 7 23 52 48 67 140 14 351
Females 10 12 55 50 96 199 13 435
Environmental Science 4 15 32 43 14 17 16 141
Males 1 8 16 17 8 11 5 66
Females 3 7 16 26 6 6 11 75
French 0 4 12 10 9 4 0 39
Males 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 7
Females 0 4 9 8 8 3 0 32
Geography 1 4 10 5 5 7 2 34
Males 0 2 5 2 2 3 1 15
Females 1 2 5 3 3 4 1 19
German 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 7
Males 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
Females 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
History 1 1 7 0 0 1 1 11
Males 1 1 6 0 0 0 1 9
Females 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
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Intermediate Level Matriculation Examination Results by Subject and Gender – September
2014 (page 2 of 2) Subject* A B C D E F Abs Total
Home Econ. & H. E. 1 1 6 9 7 3 3 30
Males 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Females 1 1 5 9 7 3 3 29
Information Technology 9 18 16 5 3 7 3 61
Males 4 10 10 3 3 5 2 37
Females 5 8 6 2 0 2 1 24
Italian 0 5 31 12 8 13 3 72
Males 0 5 14 6 5 9 2 41
Females 0 0 17 6 3 4 1 31
Maltese 3 16 52 26 21 27 10 155
Males 1 9 20 13 5 12 4 64
Females 2 7 32 13 16 15 6 91
Marketing 1 14 30 11 23 26 7 112
Males 0 6 11 9 12 11 3 52
Females 1 8 19 2 11 15 4 60
Music 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Males 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Females 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Philosophy 0 6 37 45 18 28 11 145
Males 0 4 18 18 12 15 4 71
Females 0 2 19 27 6 13 7 74
Physical Education 0 1 1 5 2 18 6 33
Males 0 0 1 3 2 14 4 24
Females 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 9
Physics 14 15 41 41 25 26 18 180
Males 10 6 16 19 6 16 9 82
Females 4 9 25 22 19 10 9 98
Psychology 24 18 32 32 24 67 21 218
Males 5 4 8 5 7 24 4 57
Females 19 14 24 27 17 43 17 161
Pure Mathematics 8 11 43 35 36 97 19 249
Males 5 6 17 25 24 56 9 142
Females 3 5 26 10 12 41 10 107
Religious Knowledge 7 14 37 20 19 13 10 120
Males 1 6 16 10 7 8 4 52
Females 6 8 21 10 12 5 6 68
Sociology 1 3 9 12 8 20 13 66
Males 0 1 3 4 4 6 3 21
Females 1 2 6 8 4 14 10 45
Spanish 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
Males 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
Females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Systems of Knowledge 1 22 150 78 42 70 2 365
Males 1 10 67 33 26 34 2 173
Females 0 12 83 45 16 36 0 192
Theatre & Performance 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 7
Males 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Females 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5
* Subjects with no registrations are not included in this table
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Revision of Papers – May 2014 and September 2014
ADVANCED LEVEL May 2014 September 2014
SUBJECT* Requests Upgrades % Requests Upgrades %
Accounting 19 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
Art 17 0 0.0 3 0 0.0
Biology 70 2 2.9 12 0 0.0
Chemistry 101 11 10.9 7 0 0.0
Computing 16 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
Economics 8 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Engineering Drawing 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
English 52 2 3.8 15 0 0.0
French 13 0 0.0 3 0 0.0
History 5 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Home Economics & Human Ecology 8 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
Italian 11 0 0.0 6 0 0.0
Maltese 26 0 0.0 7 0 0.0
Marketing 24 0 0.0 9 0 0.0
Music 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Philosophy 8 1 12.5 2 0 0.0
Physics 31 0 0.0 7 0 0.0
Pure Mathematics 24 2 8.3 6 0 0.0
Religious Knowledge 11 2 18.2 1 0 0.0
Spanish 2 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Sociology 19 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
TOTAL 466 20 4.3 89 0 0.0
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL May 2014 September 2014
SUBJECT* Requests Upgrades % Requests Upgrades %
Accounting 4 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Applied Mathematics 3 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Art 1 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Biology 6 0 0.0 5 0 0.0
Chemistry 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Classical Studies 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Computing 6 2 33.3 2 0 0.0
Economics 2 0 0.0 5 0 0.0
Eng. Draw. & Graph. Com. 1 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
English 60 1 1.7 83 0 0.0
Environmental Science 13 0 0.0 3 0 0.0
French 3 0 0.0 4 0 0.0
Geography 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
History 1 0 0.0 3 2 66.7
Information Technology 5 1 20.0 0 0 0.0
Italian 3 0 0.0 10 0 0.0
Maltese 14 0 0.0 5 1 20.0
Marketing 2 1 50.0 2 0 0.0
Philosophy 26 0 0.0 10 0 0.0
Physical Education 6 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
Physics 20 0 0.0 6 0 0.0
Psychology 44 4 9.1 7 0.0
Pure Mathematics 25 0 0.0 18 1 5.6
Religious Knowledge 13 4 30.8 1 0 0.0
Sociology 7 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
Systems of Knowledge 66 4 6.1 10 0 0.0
Theatre & Performance 2 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
TOTAL 338 17 5.0 184 4 2.2 * Subjects with no registrations are not included in this table
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