May 19, 2021
Alicia Riley knew from the tender age of 11-years-old that she wanted to be a hairdresser. Riley said that she realized she had a passion for hairdressing after watching her mother braid her sister’s hair.
“When I was an infant, my mother used to call me her little hairdresser. It was like she saw it in me before I saw it in myself. Looking back, I think I became engrossed in the art of hairdressing from watching my mom plait my sister’s hair for school,” she said.
The 23-year-old past student of the Springer Memorial School pursued her passion for hairdressing by studying cosmetology at her alma mater before going on to receive her Caribbean Certificate of Cosmetology.
Local students given new dates for CXC exams
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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.
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Education Minister: Mixed reactions to CXC exam, SBA deferrals
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Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said the reactions by education stakeholders to the Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXC) announcement on Thursday, allowing students to defer their examinations and SBAs, have been mixed.
Gadsby-Dolly was responding to Newsday via WhatsApp message on Friday.
She said. “There is no doubt that this cohort has faced challenges, to which some would have been able to adjust better than others.”
She said further to CXC s decisions, the situation in St Vincent and the Grenadines, since the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano last Friday, is a new development and any further adjustments deemed necessary to accommodate students on the island should be considered.
CXC announces changes to SBAs for June/July exams
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The Caribbean Examination Council has announced changes to the School Based Assessments (SBAs) for this year’s June/July examination.
In a statement, the council said it made the changes considering the many challenges faced by students across the region, including the impact of covid19 and the recent volcanic activity on La Soufriere in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
“CXC stands in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in SVG at this time, and all our stakeholders across the region affected by the ongoing covid19 pandemic,” it said.
It said the council recognises that some candidates across the region may not be ready for assessment for the June/July 2021 examination cycle. “Given these circumstances, CXC has reduced the SBA requirements by as much as 50 per cent in some subjects.”