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The examination papers for nine Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) subjects have been stolen from fireproof cabinets at a school in Jamaica. CXC did not name the institution. The exams were scheduled to be administered this week. The regional...

THE EDITOR: First up, let me thank that youngster for being brave enough to give us a student's perspective on the impact of CXC's decision to scrap the math Paper II exam due to the leak in Jamaica. This action disenfranchised many thousands of students across the region who would have worked countless hours, day

THE EDITOR: Several weeks have passed since the decision was made. However, since CSEC and CAPE exams are still ongoing, it is my belief that the Caribbean Examinations Council's (CXC) decision to throw out the maths Paper II exam is still topical, still relevant and, to those thousands of students across the Caribbean directly affected

THE police Counter-Terrorism & Organised Crime Investigations Branch (C-TOC) is set to be called in to probe the leak of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics Paper ...

ONE week after CXC announced it was investigating a major CSEC exam leak from an examination centre in Jamaica, there is still no word about who is responsible for the leak. On May 17, the day of the exam, photos of CSEC Math Paper II began circulating online. Two days later, CXC registrar Wayne Wesley

THE EDITOR: The CXC maths leakage is pointing us to digital examinations. Who knows, there may have been previous leaks and no action taken. Many grades out there may not be true. Here are the positives of going digital: * Immediate test results give students peace of mind. * Immediate feedback supports a formative assessment

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THERE is a big question mark over whether the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC)’s choice of action in the wake of the leak of its Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics Paper II is the correct one. CXC on Friday announced it would simply scrap Paper II, which is traditionally the longer theory paper, and generate

EIGHTEEN girls and a five-year-old boy were killed in a fire at a secondary school dormitory in Guyana, shortly before midnight on Sunday, in a tragedy that has left the region in mourning. The girls were students of the Mahdia Secondary School, living on the compound in a dormitory. The boy, Adonijah Jerome, lived in

High school students sit exams (file photo) (CNS): Investigations by officials at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) into a leaked maths exam paper have led them to an examination centre in Jamaica as the source. The paper was said to have been leaked all across the region ahead of the secondary school exam last week.…