CXC Chairman Sir Hilary Beckles has convened a high-level team to review a spate of grievances that has arisen in the wake of the release of results for this year’s CSEC and CAPE exams.
There have been widespread complaints in Guyana and across the Caribbean about the results and the handling of SBAs.
A statement from CXC follows:
Chairman of the Caribbean Examinations Council, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has convened a team that will review the modified approach for the administration of the July/August 2020 CSEC and CAPE Examinations; the moderation process applied to the School-Based Assessment (SBA) for the July/August 2020 CSEC and CAPE Examinations, and the grading process for the July/August 2020 CSEC and CAPE examinations, among other related matters.
Chair of the review team is Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald, Professor Emerita and retired Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Open Campus, The University of the West Indies. Other members of the team are Professor Andrew Downes, retired Pro Vice-Chancellor, Planning and Development, The University of the West Indies; Professor Francis De Lanoy, President of the University of Curacao; Harrilal Seecharan, retired Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; and Michael S. Browne, Minister of Education in Antigua and Barbuda and Chair of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). The team was to have met with the Chairman of CXC today. They will commence work immediately and report to the Chairman, CXC by Friday, 16 October 2020.
