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Florida Sunshine Tour

As an examination board, international recognition of its qualifications is an important issue for CXC. Interacting with stakeholders in higher education is therefore a vital component of the strategy for recognition. As a result, CXC participated in the Florida Sunshine Tour for the first this year. The tour ran from 6-14 February and visited 14 private universities in central and south Florida.

During the visits, AR – Public Information and Customer Services spoke with representatives from various universities about CSEC and CAPE and specifically about credits and exemptions for CAPE and articulation agreements.

He also interacted with Caribbean students on the campuses of some of the universities.

During the year, CXC interacted with several universities and colleges, mainly about CAPE and the New Generation subjects. The links to the new syllabuses were sent to colleges and universities.

Discussions also commenced with two schools about articulation agreement.

UK NARIC

The Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC), one of the newer qualifications from CXC was benchmarked by the United Kingdom National Academic Recognition Information Centre (UK NARIC) in 2014. CXC commissioned UK NARIC to conduct the benchmarking of CCSLC with programmes at similar levels in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and United States.

Saba Comprehensive School Visit

CXC hosted a two-member team from the Saba Comprehensive School for a three-day visit from 10-13 March.

The members of the team were Ms Constance Patricia Clement, Deputy Principal and Department Head of the Academic Stream, and Ms Jill Yearwood, Career Guidance Counselor at the school.

While in Barbados, the team held discussions with officials of CXC on various issues including examinations administration, school based assessment, curriculum development, teacher training and professional development, and CXC’s examinations system.

The team also visited two secondary schools in Barbados, Harrison College and St Leonard’s Boys School. At Harrison College team members would observe the administration of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), while at St Leonard’s they would observe both the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) and the Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC), and interact with teachers who deliver these programmes.

Visit of delegation from Lesotho

CXC hosted a delegation from the Ministry of Education and Training of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Southern Africa from Monday 25 to Wednesday 27 August at its Headquarters in Barbados.

The five-member delegation was led by Honourable Makabelo Mosothoane, Minister of Education and Training and includes Mrs Keratile Thabana, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education; Mrs Mabakubung Seutloali, Director of Education and Training; Dr Mathabo Tsepa, High Commissioner to Canada and the Caribbean Territories; and Dr Litsabako Ntoi, Registrar, Examinations Council of Lesotho (ECoL).

While in Barbados, the delegation held wide-ranging discussions with CXC officials, paid a courtesy call on Senator Harcourt Husbands, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, and signed a memorandum of understanding with CXC at Divi Southwinds Hotel on Tuesday 26 August.

Visit of Netherlands Education Inspectorate

A four-member delegation from the Netherlands Education Inspectorate visited CXC on 10 November to discuss CXC examinations’ processes and procedures.

The analysis included a thorough review of CCSLC English, Mathematics, Integrated Science and French and a comparison with these subjects offered at similar levels in the four markets.

The comparative analysis has revealed clear similarities between the CCSLC curriculum in English, Mathematics, Integrated Science and modern languages (French) with subjects in the first two or three years/grades of secondary education in schools in Queensland [Australia], Ontario[Canada], UK and New York [USA], UK NARIC reported.

The report concluded, “As such, UK NARIC confirms that individuals certified in the CCSLC demonstrate the overall knowledge, skills and competencies required to enter secondary education at Key Stage 4 (Year 10) in the UK, Year 10 in Australia, Grade 10 in Ontario and Grade 10 in the USA.

College Fairs

CXC participated in the Trinidad and Tobago College fair held on 15 and 16 November at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Institutions from the United States, Canada and the Caribbean participated in the fair and well over four thousand students and parents visited the fair over the two-day period.

During the fair, representatives from several universities and colleges interacted with CXC, mainly about CAPE and awarding transfer credits for CAPE Units.

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