Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Chairman Sir Hilary Beckles has convened a high-level team to review grievances that have arisen, including grading, from its administration of this year’s Carib-bean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) assessments.
There have been widespread complaints in Guyana and across the Caribbean about CSEC and CAPE results and the handling of School-Based Assessments (SBAs).
In a statement on Friday, CXC said the team will review the modified approach for the administration of the July/August 2020 CSEC and CAPE examinations, the moderation process applied to the SBAs for the examinations, and the grading process for the examinations, among other related matters.
The 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 Sir Hilary on Friday and to commence work immediately and report to him by Friday, October 16th, 2020.
