The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exam season is officially underway, with Local Registrar Magalie Celestine announcing that more than 900 candidates will sit the exams this year.
“This year, our exam season began on April 13 with music practicals, which have already been completed,” Celestine said. She noted that Physical Education and Sports practicals, along with French and Spanish oral exams, are currently ongoing and will conclude on April 30.
Written exams are scheduled to begin on May 4—May Day, a public holiday—and will run until June 9 for CSEC students. CAPE and CCSLC candidates will continue until June 16.
“We have a long six-week period of exams, and I must say that I am very satisfied with our progress thus far,” Celestine stated. “All our invigilators have been trained, and we have 70 of them this year.”
Exams will be administered across 17 centres islandwide. This year, 965 candidates are registered for CSEC, including 222 private candidates and 743 school candidates. In addition, 119 CAPE candidates and 641 CCSLC candidates are registered. Celestine also confirmed that the centres will host GCE A-Level Cambridge Exams.
She highlighted the introduction of a new pilot program—the Caribbean Targeted Education Certificate (CTEC). While not a new exam, CTEC offers a modular approach compared to the traditional linear CSEC model.
“For example, in Mathematics, the syllabus is broken down into three modules,” Celestine explained. “Candidates will sit Paper 1 alongside CSEC students, but instead of 60 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes, they will answer 20 questions in 30 minutes. Paper 2 is also shorter, with four structured questions in 50 minutes.”
Fifty private candidates are registered for the CTEC exams, marking the first time the program is being piloted in the region.
“It is the very first in the Caribbean,” Celestine stated. “Eventually, all 33 CSEC subjects will be modularized, giving students the option to choose between the linear version or the modularized version.”
Talking syllabus, in History of Dominica (!) the manual should be Lennox Honychurch’s ‘The Dominica Story’.
Hard covers and clear colour images, it can be also splitted into modules.
It’s perfect as a manual, it has everything in it, and it’s truthfully and beautifully written.
Want to wish every student/candidate the greatest success in their upcoming exams. Hope you have prepared well so you enter the exam room brimming with confidence. Anticipating the beast results ever. God bless!