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Written by Staff Writer — Aug 6, 2009   

Changes are coming to your Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) syllabus in the coming year as CXC and the University of the West Indies (UWI) have signed an agreement to conduct a comprehensive review of the administration of the exams.

According to a release from UWI, Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie said the mandate of the project was "to conduct a comprehensive review of all syllabuses examined by CXC and to make recommendations for the redesign and reconfiguration of the examinations and evaluation system for each subject with a view to ensuring that pedagogical approaches to preparation for examinations are infused with critical thinking."

A pilot project will be conducted focusing on eleven subjects: mathematics, physics, biology, integrated sciences, economics, Caribbean history, geography, social sciences, principles of business and English language at the CSEC level and literatures in English at CAPE.

Dr. Tewarie, who signed the agreement on behalf of UWI, said they would seek to draw on subject experts and education specialists from the university with a view to engaging teachers from the secondary system over the next year.

Following which they would "work with Dr. Jules and his CXC team as they review the recommendations, proposals and specific measures, to implement the actions and initiatives agreed upon."

He also said, "upon implementation, the entire process will be reviewed for each of the eleven subjects and adjustments, modifications etc., as may be required, will be made in the context of stakeholder consultations to strengthen approaches and processes for each subject as a follow up to the initial pilot."

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written by vash , August 07, 2009

cxc had already made some minor n major changes in different subjects areas/syllabus TOWARDS the year 2O10 !!!!!! I SEE DAT THE SAY" Changes are coming to your Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) syllabus in the coming year "HOPE IT DOESN'T affect students who are writing exams in 2010.

the cxc syllabus is already long n tedious!!!!!!!!!!!!.............most students / teachers are able to finish the syllabuses but with many obstacles along the wayyyyyy!!!!!!!!! time is one major factor !!!!!!!!! students don't like when they know dat there syllabus becomes longer n more difficult!!!!!!!! but time=change and what we have to do is adopt these changes!!!!!!!!
BUT these changes in the syllabus must not only be fro cxc but should bee moved way down to form 1 so that most of the work can be covered over the five year period!!!!
technology is becoming more and more advanced!!!!!!! so as more and more complicated!!!! the job market is also becoming more and more challenging!!!!!!!! and the only wayyyy to get into that vacuum is 2 associate ourselves with it!!!! over the next few years i am sure that degrees will in turn be like ah cxc result and masters will now become the major certification in getting ah job!!!!!! it will be hard for individuals with degrees to get a job!!!!!!
my point is as much as we don't like our syllabus to be long n tedious n complicated!!!!!!! we have to move up in the advancement of the world! but we don't only have to do it in form 4 n 5.........the ministry of education should instill it throughout the 5 years from form 1 to 5 so that more work can be covered and there will be more time for students to understand the work!


Change in the coming YEAR
written by shema , July 06, 2010

May I ask the question what YEAR is this referred to?

The fact is students attend Secondary school to sit CXC therefore this should start the time students attend secondary then at Grade 10 or 4th form they are allowed to choose. One of the major problem is that students are choosing subjects they are not totally familiar with and hence not aware what the work load will be.



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