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The Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) is not in favour of a decision by the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development on Education to allow students to sit the Caribbean Examinations Council-administered exams in July.<\/p>\nThe Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) is not in favour of a decision by the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development on Education to allow students to sit the Caribbean Examinations Council-administered exams in July.<\/p>\n
At the meeting, which was held virtually, it was stated that the Barbados-based CXC would be setting exams for students in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).<\/p>\n
But in a statement on Tuesday, the CUT said it was calling for Caribbean governments to be mindful not to rush the process for the reopening of schools to facilitate the writing of CXC examinations unless they have instituted all measures outlined by the reopening of school protocol.<\/p>\n
It said that it believes the unfortunate decision taken by COHSOD places the lives of thousands of students and teachers at risk, as all the issues surrounding the administering of the examinations have not been addressed.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the CUT said it had written to the\u00a0CXC registrar in April indicating that its members\u00a0were \u201cvehemently opposed to the administration of the CXC examinations any time before September 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n
The letter outlined several reasons including health and safety issues, the need for greater engagement on the format of the examinations,\u00a0as well as the validity issues associated with the proposed format of the examinations.<\/p>\n
The CUT had also pointed to the technological capacity and infrastructural limitations of many of the educational institutions throughout the region.<\/p>\n
They say they are not confident that the governments of the region have demonstrated the level of preparedness for the planned reopening of schools in order to create a safe environment for students and teachers to effectively operate.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile CUT says a decision by some Caribbean government to reopen schools is reckless.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are aware that there are governments in the region which\u00a0have reopened schools and some will in short order. We consider such a move to be reckless unless the requisite health provisions have been made. We must understand that teaching and learning must take place in an environment that is conducive for such activities\u201d, the statement added.<\/p>\n
It said that the health and well-being of students and teachers must take precedence over all other considerations at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) is not in favour of a decision by the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development on Education to allow students to sit the Caribbean Examinations Council-administered exams in July. At the meeting, which…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":249814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[265,282,16,11,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-covid-19-news","category-educationyouth","category-general","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n