The Ministry of Education is notifying schools/students/parents that it is in receipt of a memorandum from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) which states that as it relates to the spread of COVID-19 in Barbados, the Council has suspended the printing of the July/August 2020 candidate certificates until restrictions are lifted in the country.
The ministry stated that the Council also provided an update in relation to the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) reviews for Guyana. In processing the reviews, the Council further considered borderline cases, for which six thousand two hundred fifty-one (6251) subject entries were positively affected. According to the Council a total of one thousand two hundred fifty-eight (1258) subject reviews were submitted for CSEC by five hundred (500) candidates of which approximately 90% have been completed and one hundred twenty-eight (128) are currently being processed.
Grade changes were awarded to four hundred fifty-six (456) grade reviews while six hundred seventy-four (674) grades remained the same. A check of the pending reviews showed a number of candidates could receive review changes that may likely affect the list of candidates with the highest number of Grade Ones, the release stated.
As it relates to the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) 2020, there are still 33 reviews outstanding. As a result of these precautionary measures, CXC has informed the ministry that urgent requests for a printed preliminary slip can be submitted to CXC’s Western Zone Office in Jamaica at its email address: cxcwzo@cxc.org.
Below is a summary of entries for the past two years; entries were offered in thirty-five (35) subject areas (Data supplied by CXC):
