CXC independent review team to deliver report in two weeks
Published:Friday | October 2, 2020 | 4:10 PM
Chairman of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has convened a team that will review the modified approach for the administration of the regional examinations and the grading process, among other related matters.
Hundreds of students have decried what they deemed ‘unacceptable’ results in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC).
They have raised concerns about anomalies with some grades issued by CXC.
Preliminary CSEC and CAPE results were released last week.
The review team is being chaired by Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald, Professor Emerita and retired Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Open Campus, The University of the West Indies.
Other members of the team are Professor Andrew Downes, retired Pro Vice-Chancellor, Planning and Development, The University of the West Indies; Professor Francis De Lanoy, President of the University of Curacao; Harrilal Seecharan, retired Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education of Trinidad and Tobago; and Michael S. Browne, Minister of Education in Antigua and Barbuda and Chair of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD).
The team will meet with the CXC chairman today and will commence work immediately.
The review team is expected report to Beckles by Friday, October 16.
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