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The Group of Concerned Parents, Barbados
The Regional Coalition for CXC Exam Redress
The COVID-19 Pandemic has served to reveal pre-existing inequities and challenges within our societies. It has ripped the scab off of the wound that is our societal ills.
Similarly, the 2020 CXC Exam Fiasco from September 2020′, has revealed to the entire region what teachers and principals have been combating for years: evidence of CXC’s inadequate core values, governance, performance targets, technical competence, quality assurance, communications, stakeholder engagement and accountability.
There have been flawed grades which have seen entire classes of students disadvantaged (Communication Studies, 2018 and thereafter, Caribbean Studies, 2020), intransigence and arrogance, poor and even non-responsive communications. The grade review process prior to 2020 appeared to penalise students who asked for grade reviews: some ended up with even worse grades on review, with no recourse! The revie
March 2, 2021
The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) will embark on this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) in the traditional face-to-face format from June 14th to July 16th, even as Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases soar throughout the region and in-person attendance at school remains suspended.
Details of this year’s plan were revealed during a virtual press conference that included Minister of Education for The Bahamas Jeffrey Lloyd who is Chair of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), CXC Registrar Dr Wayne Wesley, and Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus Professor Clive Landis.
According to media reports, a law firm in Barbados has agreed to represent the affected students.
The so-called Group of Concerned Parents of Barbados announced in a press release issued on Monday that it had secured the services of Aegis Chambers, which will represent the students interests “free of costs, with only nominal charges for disbursements”.
The Group said it had decided on legal action against CXC after getting no satisfaction from the Council about its concerns about exam grading and in the subsequent grade review process.
Following protests by students region wide, triggered by concerns about inconsistencies and discrepancies in the CSEC and CAPE grades, CXC agreed to a review. However, some students have expressed dissatisfaction with the re-grading.