Caribbean Examinations Council® Announces Strategy for the Administration of 2021 Regional Summer Examinations
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados– The Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) has announced its strategy for the administration of the 2021 regional summer examinations, following a meeting with the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) – Education, on 26 February and 1 March 2021. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Hon. Jeffrey L. Lloyd, Minister of Education of the Bahamas. After reviewing CXC’s proposal, consensus was reached by the meeting’s attendees, which included Ministers of Education, senior Ministry of Education officials and pertinent stakeholders from across The Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
CXC’s proposal was formulated following extensive consultations, led by the Ministries of Education at the national level and inclusive of local stakeholders in education. The primary focus was to ensure that the administration of the regional
The COVID-19 Crisis in Education: No Exception in Saint Lucia
February 6, 2021
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THERE is a COVID-19 crisis in Education throughout the world today. And St. Lucia is no exception. I have been following the local experience or situation very closely and want to take the opportunity to commend the Ministries of Education and Health for what they have been able to achieve in our system thus far.
Indeed, with proper, timely and effective consultation or communication with stakeholders the atmosphere could have been a lot less ‘charged.’
Prior to COVID-19, our students were taught in classrooms, in school with teachers interacting with them in person or what we often refer to nowadays as face-to-face. But with the intrusion of the virus, that method of teaching and learning has now been changed to part face-to-face and part virtual, or completely virtual.