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Teachers unions and lobby group say pandemic, volcano should force exam delay

Get the Apps Home / Top Featured Article / Teachers’ unions and lobby group say pandemic, volcano should force exam delay Teachers’ unions and lobby group say pandemic, volcano should force exam delay Article by May 26, 2021 The two main teachers’ trade unions are banking on the expression of concern from UNICEF about this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) to push the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to reform the exams as they have been prescribing for more than a year. The Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) on Tuesday noted that while Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw has recently been advocating for much-needed adjustments to the structure of this year’s exams, she has failed to attract the support of her regional counterparts.

CXC delays exams by two weeks

A combination of the continued challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic within the region and the volcanic eruption in St. Vincent has resulted in the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) taking the decision to push back its suite of exams by two weeks. CXC registrar Dr. Wayne Wesley said the regional examinations body took the decision following consultations with the ministers of education of the participating territories and input from the Caribbean …

Full stop : UNICEF tells CXC don t set CSEC, CAPE, urges ministers intervention

May 24, 2021 United Nations children’s agency  (UNICEF)  on Monday urged the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) not to proceed with this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations in their current form and has called on education ministers to intervene urgently. In a strong statement, Four UNICEF representatives –  Aloys Kamuragiye, for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Alison Parker of Belize, Jamaica’s Mariko Kagoshima and Nicolas Pron for Guyana and Suriname –  recommended that the regional examining body make adjustments to the content and administration of the exams to ensure students are not disadvantaged. They declared: “These are unprecedented times and will collectively require us to adapt and recreate normalcy and routine, for the many lives disrupted. A moment like this calls for innovative approaches, to stem the effects of COVID-19 on generations to come.”

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