The lockdown of the Caribbean Examinations Council’s headquarters in St Michael, Barbados, due to the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the delay in announcing the top performers at its CAPE and CSEC examinations.
This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, during a virtual press conference on Wednesday. She said that the delay of the official release of the names of the top performing students is due to CXC being restricted from continuing its review process because Barbados is in a lockdown caused by the pandemic.
Manickchand said any announcement by the Ministry at this time of the top performing students would be premature. She added that it would be clumsy to do so when there is a possibility that those students’ grades which are yet to be reviewed can change the overall outcome.