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A&B students attempting to delay CXC sitting to a later date
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Scores of students at the secondary and tertiary levels, who were scheduled to sit examinations administered by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) between June and July, have opted to defer until further notice out of fear that they are “simply not ready”.
President of the Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (A&BUT) Kimdale Mackellar made that disclosure in an exclusive interview with Observer media on Wednesday.
“A lot of children have decided that they want to defer to another year and not just one subject. They have outrightly said that they do not want to do the exams this year,” Mackellar said.
Remote learning through the eyes of educators
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Tuesday evening was just another busy night for one prolific and enthusiastic educator, who was still up way past 11pm, clicking away at her computer as she searched for and compiled information for the next day’s lesson for her grade three class at Villa Primary School.
This has become the normal routine for Karrie Knight and hundreds of teachers across the country who are now working from home and school to provide lessons remotely to students from primary to tertiary levels.
Admitting that the past four weeks have been quite difficult, fraught with several challenges, Knight said she is better prepared now than she was in March 2020 when schools were closed for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic.