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10 September 2009
CXC and Ian Randle Publishers Sign Contract
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and Ian Randle Publishers signed a publishing
agreement on Monday 7 September 2009 giving Ian Randle Publishers the rights to publish and
market certain CXC materials.
The agreement was signed at the Courtleigh Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica by Ms Christine Randle,
Managing Director, Ian Randle Publishers and Mr Glenroy Cumberbatch, Pro Registrar of the
Caribbean Examinations Council.
The contract gives Ian Randle Publishers exclusive publishing rights for syllabuses
and past examination question papers with syllabus abstracts for all Caribbean Advanced
Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)
subjects.
The agreement also gives the Jamaica-based publishers non-exclusive publishing rights
for the subjects’ reports, related Specimen Papers and Mark Schemes for all CAPE and CSEC
subjects.
"A decision was taken that we would go with regional publishers where ever the opportunity provides. Wherever they have the capacity and technology to meet the needs," Glenroy Cumberbatch, CXC Pro-Registrar stated during the signing.
"We are delighted to enter this partnership with the CXC. From its base in Kingston, Ian Randle Publishers operates full editorial, design, production, marketing and order fulfillment departments, ensuring quality control at all points of the publishing process," Christine Randle, Managing Director of Ian Randle Publishers said.
Under the agreement CXC has retained the responsibility of distributing syllabuses to ministries of
education in its Participating Territories.
“Strategic partnership is a critical objective of the Council’s new vision and the agreement with Ian
Randle fits neatly into that objective,” commented Dr Didacus Jules, CXC Registrar. “In the coming
months the Council will announce other partnerships which will benefit the region’s students in terms of
their preparation for examinations.”
Last year CXC met with publishers from the Caribbean and the United Kingdom to discuss the need for
collaboration between the publishers and CXC as well as the need for adequate resources to support the
examinations the Council offers.
For further information, please contact Cleveland Sam, CXC Public Information Officer, (246) 227 1892
or via e-mail at CSam@cxc.org.
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