Due to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, in early 2020, Grenada was unable to accommodate students for the sitting of the external component of the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) in May of that year. However, the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Religious Affairs, and Information utilized the CPEA internal assessment scores and the Minimum Competency Test (MCT) Grade 5 scores to assist in the assignment of students to a secondary school, in a ratio of 2:1, respectively. 

In 2021, however, Grenada administered both components of the examination. The 2021 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) officially commenced with the internal component in September 2020 and culminated on Thursday, May 27 and Friday, May 28, 2021, with the external component. The assessment was opened to all students who were eleven (11) on or will be before Sept. 1, 2021.