{"id":8127,"date":"2021-03-03T14:02:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=8127"},"modified":"2021-03-03T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:02:50","slug":"caribbean-examinations-council-announces-strategy-for-the-administration-of-2021-regional-summer-examinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/03\/caribbean-examinations-council-announces-strategy-for-the-administration-of-2021-regional-summer-examinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Examinations Council Announces Strategy For The Administration Of 2021 Regional Summer Examinations"},"content":{"rendered":"

(CXC)\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 The\u00a0Caribbean Examinations Council\u00ae (CXC\u00ae)\u00a0<\/b>has announced its strategy\u00a0 for the administration of the 2021 regional summer examinations, following a meeting with the\u00a0 Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) \u2013 Education, on 26 February and 1 March\u00a0 2021. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Hon. Jeffrey L. Lloyd, Minister of\u00a0 Education of the Bahamas. After reviewing CXC\u2019s proposal, consensus was reached by the meeting\u2019s\u00a0 attendees, which included Ministers of Education, senior Ministry of Education officials and\u00a0 pertinent stakeholders from across CARICOM.<\/p>\n

CXC\u2019s proposal was formulated following extensive consultations, led by the Ministries of Education\u00a0 at the national level and inclusive of local stakeholders in education. The primary focus was to\u00a0 ensure that the administration of the regional examinations would not disenfranchise the region\u2019s\u00a0 students, in light of the ongoing disruptions to the education system caused by the COVID-19\u00a0 pandemic.<\/p>\n

COHSOD-Education has approved the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. a) That CXC\u00ae will administer the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination\u00ae (CAPE\u00ae),\u00a0 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate\u00ae (CSEC\u00ae) and Caribbean Certificate of Secondary\u00a0 Level Competence\u00ae (CCLSC\u00ae) Examinations in their original format; that is, for CAPE\u00ae and\u00a0 CSEC\u00ae Papers 01, 02 and 031 (School-Based Assessments [SBA]) or Paper 032 for private\u00a0 candidates, and for CCSLC\u00ae, Papers 01 and 02;<\/li>\n
  2. b) That the examinations will be scheduled during the period June\/July 2021, CSEC\u00ae and CAPE\u00ae\u00a0 written examinations commence on 14 June and end on 16 July 2021. Results will be made available to the Ministries of Education in the last week of September 2021;<\/li>\n
  3. c) That an extension will be given for the deadline by which students can decide to defer the\u00a0 sitting of the 2021 examinations. All Candidates will be required to indicate their intent for\u00a0 deferral by 1 May 2021; and<\/li>\n
  4. d) That taking into consideration the loss of learning many students experienced, that CXC\u00ae will share with Ministries of Education for communication to Candidates, the Broad topics to be\u00a0 assessed on Paper 02, five (5) weeks in advance of the start of examinations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    COHSOD-Education also approved the dates of 27 \u2013 28 May 2021 for the Caribbean Primary Exit\u00a0 Assessment\u2122 (CPEA\u2122) examinations, 19 \u2013 22 July 2021 for CCSLC\u00ae examinations and that the online\u00a0 Training and Assessment Quality Audits for the Caribbean Vocational Qualification* (CVQ*) will be<\/p>\n

    conducted during the period May to August 2021, with dates determined by individual participating\u00a0 territories. Timetables for all examinations are available on CXC\u2019s website, www.cxc.org.<\/p>\n

    Candidates experiencing hardships may seek approval from their school (in-school candidates) or\u00a0 from the CXC\u00ae Local Registrar (private candidates), to defer their examinations until the January\u00a0 CSEC\u00ae 2022 sitting or May\/June CAPE\u00ae, CSEC\u00ae or CCSCLC\u00ae 2022 sitting, for any subject offered for\u00a0 which they were previously registered, in the June\/July 2021 examination session. Candidates must\u00a0 indicate their intent for deferral by 1 May 2021. Once an indication of intent to defer to an\u00a0 alternative exam cycle is received, the candidate\u2019s current registration will be put on hold.\u00a0 Submitted SBAs and scores can also be deferred for use in the next examination sitting. There will be\u00a0 no fee charged for the deferral of examinations, even if the deferred subjects are spanned across the\u00a0 January and May\/June 2022 examination sessions.<\/p>\n

    There have been calls for CXC\u00ae to consider the revision of requirements for syllabus coverage due to\u00a0 disruptions brought about by COVID-19. However, it was determined that any change, at any level, to the programme of studies offered by CXC\u00ae can prove disadvantageous to stakeholders and impact\u00a0 CXC\u2019s ability to compare results across years in terms of equivalence of certification. Therefore, the\u00a0 one-month delay in the schedule of this year\u2019s examinations will allow for additional instructional<\/p>\n

    time as teachers and students prepare for examinations. Additionally, submission deadlines for SBAs\u00a0 have been extended by one month.<\/p>\n

    Following consultations with external resource persons, representatives from the Ministries of\u00a0 Education, school administrators and teachers, it was also determined that rather than alter the\u00a0 syllabuses, changes would be made to the SBA requirements, that is, a reduction in the number of\u00a0 practicals\/assignments and to the approach to the implementation of the SBA. CXC\u00ae will maintain\u00a0 the strategy of 100% SBA moderation, across all centres, for all subjects in 2021. Details of the\u00a0 modified SBA strategy were provided to CXC\u00ae Local Registrars in November 2020 and a \u201cTreatment\u00a0 of Syllabuses and the School-Based Assessment for Administration of Examinations in 2021\u00a0 Handbook for Students\u201d was published on the CXC\u00ae website in December 2020.<\/p>\n

    CXC\u00ae and the University of the West Indies (UWI), also presented a joint strategy to address\u00a0 matriculation requirements for CAPE\u00ae applicants, applying for admission to the UWI in 2021. Students who have passed at least two (2) CAPE\u00ae subjects either at Unit 1 or 2 at Grades I \u2013 IV, who also have the requisite CSEC\u00ae subjects and who are currently registered for either Unit 1 or 2, can qualify as normal matriculants to the UWI.<\/p>\n

    The management and staff of CXC\u00ae have worked assiduously to develop an examination strategy\u00a0 that will minimise the disruption to the education system while ensuring that the region\u2019s\u00a0 candidates are given the best opportunity to succeed.\u00a0While a schedule has been set for the\u00a0\u00a0June\/July 2021 examinations, CXC\u00ae continues to be guided by national protocols across the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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