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Today, Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Technology, Francis Fonseca welcomed Dr. Wayne Wesley, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC); Dr Eduardo R. Ali, PRO Registrar and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, CXC; and Richard Rose, Corporate Communications Manager, CXC, for a courtesy visit to the Ministry's headquarters in Belmopan.

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On the occasion that the best performances across the region were being recognised, a senior official at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) lamented the number of children who left secondary school with no certificates. Speaking at the 2022 CXC Top Awards Ceremony, which was streamed live from the Turks and Caicos Islands on Thursday, Chief Executive Officer and Registrar Dr Wayne Wesley said they were working with the local ministries …

By Jenique Belgrave The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is seeking to reduce the numbers of students leaving secondary school without any certification. Expressing concern on the matter, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the examinations body, Dr Wayne Wesley said the council is working to create qualifications and opportunities for all students exiting the secondary education system. “We look with great determination and

By Carlena Knight Carlena.knight@antiguaobserve.com Discussions are underway to expand the foreign language curriculum in schools. This expansion will see Mandarin being taught in other schools beside the Sir Novelle Richards Academy, which to date is the only public school in Antigua and Barbuda that has an official Mandarin department. According…

As the school year looms just over two weeks away, weighty decisions are in the hands of education authorities.Students, parents and teachers are waiting with bated breath to hear whether there will be a full return to classrooms especially in light of the recent removal of several COVID-19 restrictions including the three-feet distancing rule.When one considers that the country has been moving on with a return to various public gatherings and the like, a full return to face-to-face instruction ...

With the increasing number of students leaving school without certification in the Caribbean, the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) has shared plans to mitigate that. The Citizenship and Technical Education Certificate (CTEC), which is currently being piloted in Montserrat, Jamaica and Guyana, will be the main tool, said CXC Registrar Dr…

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is reporting signs of a return to normalcy for students from Barbados and other Caribbean states and its chief executive officer is calling for an end to confrontation between stakeholders, for students’ sake.Following delays in the sitting of exams, concerns over matriculation to external universities, and challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years, Director of Operations Dr Nicole Manning said on Monday that increased use o...

TOO MANY STUDENTS are leaving school without certificates, says chief executive officer and registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr Wayne Wesley. However, he said the agency was doing its best to encourage more students to consider their citizenship and technical education certificate (CTEC) programme, which so far has been piloted in Montserrat, Jamaica and Guyana. “We are concerned that there are a great number of students leaving the …

Castries – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) expressed its concern on Monday at “the great number of students” leaving the education system without certification. CXC registrar Dr Wayne Wesley said at the ceremony in St Lucia for the official release of May-June 2022 CXC regional examinations that it was moving towards developing a programme to deal with the situation. “We will continue at the CXC to ensure that a …