CXC re-mark advocates mark six months since controversial grades
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In this file photo, CXC students joined their parents to protest the results around the Red House in Port of Spain. - Photo by Sureash Cholai
Advocates for the re-mark of the Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXCs) 2020 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Entrance Certificate (CSEC) examinations are continuing their efforts six months after grades were first released.
In a joint statement from student and parent advocates from Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Barbados, the group said they still have not received the justice they have been fighting for.
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What students are saying about remote learning – the finale to an Observer 3-part series
Their friends, teachers, sports, extracurricular activities, “the loud and crazy lunchroom” and sharing their snacks, are some things children say they miss most since they are not physically at school.
However, some of them at the primary and secondary levels have discovered that they are now getting to enjoy working at their own pace, on strict schedules, of course, and be free from “the stressful environment of school”.
Others, though, recounted the challenges of remote learning, from struggling to directly interact with teachers in a timely manner, getting easily distracted, a hectic schedule, to not having reliable internet access and not knowing when completed assignments will be graded.
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BTColumn – Seize this golden opportunity
Article by February 17, 2021
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today.
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It’s funny how thoughts collide. This has been that kind of week for me.
I read an article about how difficult learning is now in some parts of the world for students who have no access to internet and intermittent teaching available.
The global concern is that we are facing the likelihood of losing a generation.
I also re-watched a splendid movie,
Under the Tuscan Sun, which had a memorable conversation.