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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.
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.
CAPE and CSEC exams to follow original format for 2021 sittings
Students sitting Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations this year will write all three papers.
This means, that examinations will revert to their original format as students will be expected to do a paper 1, paper 2 and paper 3 (SBA) instead of just the paper 1 (multiple choice) and paper 3 (SBA) format that was implemented last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This was revealed during a recent press conference with officials from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) registrar, and media personnel from across the Caribbean.
The decision was made following two-day consultations by the Caricom Council for Human and Social Development (COHSAD) with Caricom Ministers of Education and other regional education officials, including the CEO and other representatives of the CXC over the “administration of the 2021 CAPE and CSEC examinations�
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