Local students given new dates for CXC exams EDUCATION MINISTER, Curtis King Social Share Vincentian students will now sit Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in July/August instead of June/July, and Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) tests in late July of 2021 instead of late May. Also, the Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC) examinations will be done four days after the CSEC examinations, while the audit for the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ), would now be done in October instead of August. Minister of Education Curtis King, relayed this information to SEARCHLIGHT on Thursday and noted that the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) had pushed back their examinations in keeping with the challenges that the entire region is facing with COVID-19, but has now done further adjustments for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), because of explosive eruptions of at La Soufriere.