Minister: No issues on first day of CXC
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Students from Queen s Royal College walk down Abercromby Street in Port of Spain after doing their CSEC exams on Monday. - Photo by Sureash Cholai
Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said no issues or incidents were reported to the ministry on Monday following the Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXC) oral examinations.
Principal of Fatima College Father Gregory Augustine said the first day of examinations went smoothly.
The council’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Entrance Certificate (CSEC) oral exams for French and Spanish began on Monday.
Different rules for different schools as some students return Monday
Saturday 6 February 2021
San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation workers sanitise a classroom at Success/Laventille Secondary School in preparation for classes on Monday. Forms four to six students at secondary schools are due to resume classes in the first instance for practical learning, the Education Ministry has advised. File photo
Principals are having mixed feelings about students return to schools on Monday.
Students have been engaged in virtual classes since March of last year after the covid19 virus breached TT borders.
On January 28, Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly announced that students preparing for examinations will be allowed to return to physical classrooms. Secondary school students in forms four, five, and six preparing for Certificate in Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) will return to school labs to complete their School