Education Minister: Mixed reactions to CXC exam, SBA deferrals
Education Minister Nyan Gadsby-Dolly - SUREASH CHOLAI
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.
Fatima head: Best young minds suffered over low grades
Thursday 31 December 2020
Principal of Fatima College Fr Gregory Augustine has said the re-marking of Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXC) June exams had only affected a small percentage of the student population.
Speaking to Newsday by phone on Wednesday, Augustine said when the overall numbers are examined, only a specific group of students were truly affected, primarily the region’s top performing Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) students.
Students and parents across the region erupted in protest after receiving what they considered unfair CAPE and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) grades in exams which took place in June, demanding their papers be re-marked.
Protesters across the region join forces against CXC
Sunday 13 December 2020
Members of the group Justice for CSEC & CAPE 2020 protest aloong Queen s Park Savannah opposite Queen s Royal College on November 28. PHOTO BY VIDYA THURAB -
Teachers, students, and parents across the region have banded together in their fight against the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) over Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) grades.
The Caribbean Coalition for CXC Exam 2020 Redress held a regional press conference on Thursday.
Students across the region were left outraged by what they say was an unfair assessment of their work, igniting protests in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.