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CXC’s Options

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is a Caribbean institution. As Caribbean nationals, we should insist that the integrity of Caribbean institutions be protected. If our institutions provide a high-quality product, their integrity is automatically protected. CXC has one main product – its examinations. There are three basic components of that product. Namely, a syllabus of…

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Grenville Phillips, leader of Solutions Barbados and candidate for St. George North

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is a Caribbean institution. As Caribbean nationals, we should insist that the integrity of Caribbean institutions be protected. If our institutions provide a high-quality product, their integrity is automatically protected.

CXC has one main product – its examinations. There are three basic components of that product. Namely, a syllabus of information for students to understand, an examination that tests the students’ understanding of that syllabus, and correcting and scoring the examinations.

The students are responsible for understanding the syllabus of information, and doing the examination.

The most critically important part of CXC’s product, is correcting and scoring the exams. Therefore, CXC’s integrity is measured by the quality of its examiners.

QUALIFIED EXAMINERS.

Qualified examiners provide confidence in the integrity of CXC’s product, on which its reputation is sustained. The minimum academic qualification required to correct and score CXC examinations, is a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent.

Students studying for a Bachelor’s degree may assist teachers to present and correct tutorials. But they are not qualified to correct CXC secondary school examinations. If they did, then that is the root cause of the current dissatisfaction, and no confidence can be placed in the results of those examinations.

If the CXC Board approved the use of first-degree university student examiners, then that is a regional scandal that can damage CXC’s reputation as a provider of quality examinations.

The obvious solutions are two-fold. First, qualified examiners must review all the examinations corrected and scored by unqualified examiners. Second, CXC should mandate that they will never use unqualified examiners to correct or score CXC examinations in the future.

If CXC maintains its secrecy on whether they used first-degree student examiners, and if they insist on using unqualified examiners in the future, then they would have damaged the integrity of the CXC examinations, and the reputation of the regional institution.

The Ministry of Education needs to tell the CXC Board to come clean. If they do not, then another examination body, with more integrity, should be used until they do.

Grenville Phillips II is a Chartered Structural Engineer and President of Solutions Barbados. He can be reached at NextParty246@gmail.com

113 responses to “CXC’s Options”

  1. ks Avatar
    ks

    “Jamaica will not sugar coat”…… another damming opinion of CXC’s mode of operation!!! No transparency, too much secrecy, no obligation to explain!!!
    I feel for our kids …. and parents, caught up in this fiasco brought on by CXC. Follow the lead of the examining body OFQUAL (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation in England) and exercise leniency and flexibility.

    You have another round of exams coming up in January, a mere three months away. Have you decided if it’s the same ‘mode of operation’? Will it be Paper 1 and SBA’s only, again?? Please tell the students who are now studying and don’t wait until the last minute …. or is Covid under control and Paper 2 is on again??

  2. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    @waru 7:11
    Very good post.
    At several places, the author described what I called attempting to curve the data.

    “In other words, if every year approximately 50 per cent of Jamaican students pass CSEC mathematics, then this year, no matter how easy the exam, grades must reflect the same 50 per cent, plus or minus a few percentage points. And if they don’t, they will be manipulated until they do. “

  3. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    I divided this onto two types:
    1. Issues with grading
    2. Missing and ungraded papers

    It is quite possible that missing and ungraded represent reporting the same issue in two different ways. As the examination is missing it will be marked as Ungraded. If so, this inconsistency in reporting also reflects that there Are some areas in need of further standardization.

    It is not my intention to make light of any situation, but if exams moved from point A to Point B, then possible explanations can be provided for why the examinations went missing.

    I think CXC is shooting itself in the foot of it start changing grades. Can you imagine a university receiving a revised transcript for a student and the transcript has completely different grades? Can the university continue to consider the source as trustworthy?

    It would be better if these examining bodies claim they were hacked, before they change grades.

    Was COVID-19 the cause of a problem or did it magnify an already existing problem… Do we need to go back to past years.

    But I will wait for more reasoned responses…. (That is also one of the reason we are so screwed, we want answers from a select group ….. suffering from a foolish snobbishness)

  4. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Theo…no matter what, CXC Barbados will NOT BE SACRIFICIING OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN in the Caribbean….we will go to the ends of the earth for those fcukers, Barbados government just be aware…..they can all put that in their pipes and smoke it..

  5. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    TheO,

    You have been talking shite for days! The problem has obviously been caused by the removal of Paper Two.
    And you want them to not change grades and kill young people’s futures or claim they were hacked?????

    Mistakes can be made by any institution. The truth is ALWAYS the best option. The integrity is shown when problems are investigated, a report is made and the mistakes are promptly corrected.

    THAT is how you establish integrity.

    WTH is wrong with you?

  6. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    No matter what, even the grades received by kids who did not earn them will be impacted..with all the exposure worldwide…..universities will also be wondering if those grades are accurate…..and ya see the registrar fraud already came out publicly accusing the kids of tampering with and switching grades….so were i these kids, i won’t use those grades period…let CXC WALLOW IN ITS OWN BLOWBACK.

    It will be the ends of the earth for CXC Barbados….either way…

  7. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “or is Covid under control and Paper 2 is on again??”

    misusing the pandemic is the beginning of the END FOR THEM…

  8. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Just let it play out.

    I think CXC is already aware of how a mass chAnging of grades can affect its credibility. This could make some (including tertiary institutions) question what happened in the past and be suspicious of future exam results.

    I can understand how those who has horse in the race feel about this situation, but these organizations must thread very carefully as they go forward. A hurried/immediate solution could be a disaster and no real help tho those who were affected.

    The sentence was to show how serious I consider the situation. Clearly, at this stage it is too late for such a claim to be taken seriously.

    I understand the passion.

  9. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Newsflash!!!!!…already a DISASTER..

  10. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    CXC has always believed that it has government like privileges or is it’s own country…..dumb ass Caribbean governments allowed it and the people accepted this destructive mediocrity…a thorough investigation needs to be extended to include governments who allowed this utter wickedness against Caribbean people to continue for decades.

    “She added that subsequent letters sent from other teachers’ unions across the region to their respective governments and from the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) to the CXC all appeared to have fallen on deaf ears.

    “This year’s [issues] are just a culmination of a set of unaddressed problems that we have been reporting on for a while,” the union leader complained.

    “They behave as if they are completely autonomous; the governments in the region have allowed them to behave in that way. It is a case of the tail wagging the dog and we have been complaining about that for a long time. CXC needs to listen to its customers, and it needs to treat the input of the people who are implementing their programmes in the region with respect and with regard. They have not been doing that for years now.”

  11. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    We will no longer accept MEDIOCRE GOVERNMENTS nor MEDIOCRITY in our children and grandchildren’s lives…don’t give a shit who is vexed or pleased…..the world will know what is going on in Barbados and the Caribbean, governments ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE continue to work against the best interests of our current and future generations..

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/10/01/bstu-promise-of-independent-review-not-enough/

  12. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/10/01/bstu-promise-of-independent-review-not-enough/

    It appears that ‘Mary’ gets it.

    No matter how the examining body responds, it’s image will be (is already) damaged.

    There also seem to be a lot of resentment over CXC behaviour in the past; instead of building a cooperative relationship, CXC was acting in a high-handed manner.

    “They behave as if they are completely autonomous; the governments in the region have allowed them to behave in that way. It is a case of the tail wagging the dog and we have been complaining about that for a long time. CXC needs to listen to its customers, and it needs to treat the input of the people who are implementing their programmes in the region with respect and with regard. They have not been doing that for years now.”

    Though it may appear to be so, now is not the best time to settle old scores.

  13. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    https://youtu.be/jtQwq-s7cwc

  14. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Theo….i hope you read the article twice..

  15. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    I read and reread.
    People are looking for an immediate response. CXC is looking at the long game; the wrong move could damage their reputation even more.

    Everyone wants the quick fix, but what value are changed grades if other universities begin to question the value of these grades.

    The easy and fast answers and the solution that everyone wants could lead to the death of CXC

  16. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    The long game will be over and CXC will close down. How about that?

    An English Examination Board abandoned their unfair algorithm generated grades and used a different method. New grades were awarded. What was wrong was made right. Anybody questioning them?

    You refuse to see sense.

  17. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “The easy and fast answers and the solution that everyone wants could lead to the death of CXC”

    so why would that be a bad thing given their track record and believe that they are either a sovereign government or country because of the immunity given them by idiot governments….no one needs that stupidity in their lives, definitely not our current and future generations.

    “New grades were awarded. What was wrong was made right.”

    and all within 48 HOURS….don’t know why Theo wants to give CXC that much rope, unless it’s to hang them all….

  18. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Why would you want to keep such an entity alive, that believes it can continue mooching tens of millions from taxpayers across the Caribbean annually and NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND NOT BE TRANSPARENT…

  19. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    We can guess which corrupt idiots allowed an examination body to believe that they are special and godlike for so many decades…as*holes..

    “CXC gets legal threat from T&T RC schools over poor exam scores
    by

    3 days ago
    Tue Sep 29 2020

    Sir Hilary Beckles.

    Rhondor Dowlat-Rostant

    A legal letter has been sent to Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) chairman Sir Hilary Beckles demanding that the council call a special meeting to discuss several matters and issues arising from complaints of irregularities in the grading of this year’s CAPE and CSEC results.

    The letter was issued by attorney D.P. Allahar on behalf of the boards of the Dominican Sisters and Holy Ghost Fathers, which runs several Roman Catholic schools in T&T. It called on Beckles, as chairman, to call the special meeting to discuss the issues.

    It listed the following areas as needing to be addressed:

    (a) the respective weights accorded to the External Assessment and the School-Based Assessments;

    (b) the methodology or algorithm used for the moderation of all School-Based Assessments for all subjects;

    (c) the methodology or algorithm used to calculate the final overall grades for all subjects;

    (d) a suspension of the examination regulations (including the time-limits for any reviews and queries) pending a full audit of the process leading up to the award of all final marks in the 2020 examinations by an independent, external auditing firm appointed by the council; and

    (e) that all stakeholders (including ministries, schools and students) be provided in the interim with the information in (a), (b) and (c) above; and the taking of any other measures to preserve the integrity and reputation of the Caribbean Examinations Council while ensuring the transparency and accountability of its operations.

    The letter added, “Chairman, this respectful demand, is based on the inescapable conclusion that the “new” processes utilised by CXC for the 2020 CAPE and CSEC exams were flawed.

    “You would readily agree that these are critical issues that require urgent clarification, audit and resolution before any final grades are issued.”

    It said in the event the request is denied, the attorneys will urge the T&T Government to collaborate with its regional counterparts to urgently convene such a meeting of the council.

    “For too long the CXC has operated without accountability and transparency, immune from judicial review and as a virtual monopoly, in disregard of the rights of students who are ultimately the consumers of its certification services. It is insulting that the CXC Registrar has refused to give our Minister of Education any information on the matriculation of the SBAs until after reviews are conducted; encouraging students to instead use the expensive review process,” the letter stated.

    The letter said the lawyers were prepared to take the matter to the Caribbean Court of Justice to get redress.”

  20. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Theo…we have been saying for years that all the mediocre governments in Barbados and the Caribbean are capable of and excel at is copying the worse aspects of colonialism and other crimes to practice on their own people, but as this CXC mess has shown us, all of them walk around in 5 year increments with INFLATED chests and EMPTY heads, as public nuisances…but don’t know how to fix anything, just as they don’t know how to copy the positive aspects of anything from any country to improve their people’s lives….

    self-serving pretenders and frauds……over 10 days later and nothing is resolved re the kid’s grades….UK with a population of 67 MILLION people, and am sure at least ten million students….had their examination issue resolved in 48 hours…..but the ones in the Caribbean must act as though it’s brain surgery and rocket science that needs to be performed and will try to drag something that can be done in hours, into months or 5-7 years if they are allowed to get away with that review shite, that is CXC evil track record…….they all want suing…am glad the catholics in TT are going after them, they don’t have any devil agreement with them like the backward governments, have so private entitles are free to sue.

    ..CXC is a money sucking joke, a parasitic money pit greedily sucking on the lives of Caribbean taxpayers for decades, something has to be done about them and all their impish, pimping hangerson… period.

  21. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    It appears that there is disgust throughout the Caribbean at how CXC behaves and how it responds to request for information.

    “For too long the CXC has operated without accountability and transparency, immune from judicial review and as a virtual monopoly, in disregard of the rights of students who are ultimately the consumers of its certification services. It is insulting that the CXC Registrar has refused to give our Minister of Education any information on the matriculation of the SBAs until after reviews are conducted; encouraging students to instead use the expensive review process,” the letter stated.

  22. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    At this time my only interest is how CXC responds to this imbroglio.

    You seem to be covering this situation from several different news sources. You are not waiting on the reasoned reports or the Sunday’s cut and paste from the Barbadian news. Good for you.

  23. David Avatar
    David

    Why don’t you stop posting nonsense. The CXC agreed to an independent review based on protests and a meeting with regional education ministers. Everything else is noise until the report comes in. You want the blogmaster topull down a regional institution that has served the region well for years? Missteps will occur, the constructive thing to do is to correct and move on. This is where we are today. Instead the solution coming from you et al is to return to matriculation managed by the colonists.

    Steuspe

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  24. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Quote from myself.
    “At this time my only interest is how CXC responds to this imbroglio.’

    Nowhere, can you show me where I have said that we return to exam from external sources.

    Having shot down the two big lies, let me add ‘any fool can see that I am more interested in preserving CXC than destroying it. Indeed. That has been the charge leveled against me.

    But for your type, sense comes from only a few. Your psuedo ‘intellectual’ snobbishness is showing.

    Take your own damn advice and scroll.

  25. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    @wura
    We may diverge on a few points, but
    keep up your efforts.

    We don’t all have to be on the same page, we are not running for office, and we are not looking for likes

    Throw it in, let them pick and choose what they want. To hell with their opinions. Just voice yours.

  26. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Even more pronounced is the DEAFENING SILENCE coming from regional governments except for Guyana and Grenada who put CXC on notice…..tells us even more about the the silent governments relationship to this leaching organization that obviously fancies itself a sovereign corporation or country…..firmly embedded within Caribbean people and their children’s lives.

  27. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “To hell with their opinions. Just voice yours.”

    can’t agree on everything…trying to open eyes, but some of them belong to the crown so far be it from me to trespass….i have no intention of going out of bounds and they better stay in their corners..

  28. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Is David |BU an intellectual? Please!!!! The guy needs to go back to school.

  29. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “Instead the solution coming from you et al is to return to matriculation managed by the colonists”

    Mia just said that she is unshakling from the crown, so what would colonists be doing managing matriculation in Barbados or the Caribbean going forward for that matter…..and why the hell did your uppity, arrogant corrupt leaders not manage it internally themselves without all the corrupt practices that they are well know for the in last 30 years at least, it would have saved each government some money to further improve the lives of students… ..instead of some faceless trash from CXC sucking tens of millions of dollars and whom NONE OF YOU KNOW WHO HIDES BEHIND THE ENTITY and create destruction in our children and grandchildren’s lives every year….

    i don’t give a shit about CXC especially since TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY THEM…no one has ever begged them for anything and hey would never give anything for free..

  30. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    and why the hell did your uppity, arrogant corrupt leaders not manage it internally themselves without all the corrupt practices that they are well known for, in the last 30 years at least, bet you should they shed CXC now, they would fasten themselves to an equally destructive but notedly corrupt examination body to continue disenfranchising the regions children…everything they do is corrupt, everything they attach themseves to is corrupt…the problems reside INSIDE your leaders…..

  31. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    In all fairness to the CXC , it is a regional body. It will be inopportune to report to individual ministers of education until a comprehensive review of the problem is done.
    One of the recurring dangers in the region , is that while we shout about deconstructing colonialism, with which I agree, we still tend to behave like our former colonial masters, who believed in divide and rule. We need to become more rational in our dealings and problem solving.
    While I agree with all students and parents protesting and having their voices loudly heard; we must still respect that the CXC has to review the entire issue and then make the findings known to all and sundry.
    It’s a regional problem and it must be solved from that perspective.
    Peace.

  32. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    What is wrong with you and Blogmaster this morning William…

    no, it’s not a regional problem…it’s CXCs problem that THEY CREATED…the region did not do anything…the region is CXCs and the respective government’s VICTIMS…yall got it twisted….it negatively IMPACTED the region…that’s it..

    don’t know what the two of you are rambling on and on about colonists for this morning, with cousin Boris giving his impromptu epiphany on Black people, it appears to have rattled yall somewhat…..the only problem i have except for the obvious (more on that later) is he needs to start addressing “black people” as Africans from Africa, THEIR CONTINENT…and acknowledge that it’s not UKs.

    it is clear that Black regional governments are not intellectually capable of doing anything for their people who look just like them, they .always need some white, indian or syrian to be involved at the taxpaying level, whether to consult or just be garden variety parasites in taxpayer’s lives…and yet everything remains the same, the problems are NEVER resolved….things get progressively worse and it’s always contrary to what they say on the election platform..when they promise the earth and the moon and all kinds of elaborate lies….yet, the moment they are elected they start outsourcing their jobs to the tune tens of millions paid by the people and still continue getting their large ministerial salaries for doing squat…..can anyone say Mia and her gang.

  33. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ William

    They are carrying out a review, but do you know who are the members of the review panel and when and how they will report?

  34. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Just bear in mind that all you CXC sympathizers are not the ones now having to comfort and fight on behalf of totally conscious and aware teenagers who are now under severe mental distress…as was PLANNED FOR THEM..

    .so when yall crying for CXC take a moment to acknowledge what these kids are being subjected to by adult bullies.

  35. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    “and yet everything remains the same, the problems are NEVER resolved….things get progressively worse and it’s always contrary to what they say on the election platform..when they promise the earth and the moon and all kinds of elaborate lies….yet, the moment they are elected they start outsourcing their jobs to the tune tens of millions paid by the people and still continue getting their large ministerial salaries for doing squat…..can anyone say Mia and her gang.”

    Now you see why “we” don’t like you.😀😀😀😀😀😗

  36. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    The self-proclaimed mythical godlike nobodies in the Caribbean have been famous for decades….now there will be total and uninterrupted EXPOSURE
    https://trinidadexpress.com/opinion/columnists/students-at-the-centre-fact-of-clich/article_dfb486ca-01ea-11eb-9957-7b4474e6b06c.html
    .

  37. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    The CXC should use this as an opportunity to change its ways. That is the only way it will survive. If the registrar had responded reasonably by acknowledging the concerns and promising to look into them; if he had acknowledged that the new methods were due to the pandemic and were not CXC’s preferred method and therefore not ideal, then the damage to the CXC reputation could have been contained.

    Defending the obviously indefensible does more damage to the reputation than acknowledging fallibility and seeking to self correct.

    It would not have been a big deal if handled like a human instead of a big bulldog.

  38. David Avatar
    David

    @Donna @donna@equitystrategiesinternational.com The registrar is an employee, it will be up to the Board who has regional governments as its shareholders to act.

  39. William Skinner Avatar
    William Skinner

    @ Hal
    It was either in the Nation orBarbados this morning,

  40. David Avatar
    David

    CXC’s exam results review team chosen
    Chairman of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has convened an independent review team to take a look at the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) results.
    The team is made up of chairman Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald, professor emerita and retired provice- chancellor and principal of the Open Campus, The University of the West Indies (UWI); retired pro-vice chancellor, planning and development at UWI, Professor Andrew Downes; president of the University of Curacao, Professor Francis De Lanoy; retired Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Harrilal Seecharan and Michael Browne, Minister of Education in Antigua and Barbuda and chairman of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development.
    The team will review the modified approach for the administration of the July/August 2020 CSEC and CAPE examinations; the moderation process applied to the School-Based Assessment for the July/August 2020 CSEC and CAPE Examinations and the grading process for the July/August 2020 CSEC and CAPE examinations, among other related matters.
    This follows the protest action by parents and students in the region who expressed dissatisfaction
    with the results, with a local parent group hiring an attorney and calling for the resignation of CXC registrar Dr Wayne Wesley.
    The team met with Sir Hilary yesterday and will commence work immediately, reporting back to him in two weeks, on October 16.
    (CA/PR)

  41. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Have a safe day Barbados!
    Wear your masks
    Wash your hands and faces
    Practice social distancing
    Keep your hands away from your face
    Wipe down surfaces with alcohol

    You can talk like trimp, but you do not have the medical resources that is available to him.

    Protect yourself. Stay safe.

    Later.

  42. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “Now you see why “we” don’t like you.”

    lol…par for the course…

    both treacherous black face governments mistreated the majority Black population for over 60 years in their colonial style …copy everything from the colonial country that is negative and practice on the people…everyone is happy…lots to gossip about, but just suggest that only some of the positives from colonial countries be copied to help lift and promote the people to progress, self enrichment, etc…wuh Mia DBLP do it for the minority white and other minority thieves, crooks and criminals on the island for 50 years…….but no, suddenly ya hear how ya want the colonial blah, blah, blah to manage blah, blah, blah…and you are the enemy…am surprised they did not ask me…ya tink we white?????

    the same people who rever and openly proudly celebrate everyone else still adorned in colonial slaves titles..

    the same people who cannot wait for the end of year GGs list to reveal who got a colonial slave title that year so they can gush with pride……but mention copying anything outside of the negatives and they are up in arms…something is very, very wrong with that psyche…but they will tell me, not them, something is wrong with me.

    i can’t make none of that utter backward shit up, so don’t even try to tell me am lying..

  43. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “if he had acknowledged that the new methods were due to the pandemic and were not CXC’s preferred method and therefore not ideal, then the damage to the CXC reputation could have been contained.”

    the evil shit CXC did was NOT DUE TO ANY PANDEMIC…all will be revealed in time…but they can’t blame the already overblamed plague for anything…they have to OWN WHAT THEY DID…

    am more concerned about the mental health of the kids who already got dropped from universities and those who are likely not to be accepted now even if the grades are fixed because CXCs bad reputation precedes it and international players do not take kindly to low crawling, destructive to the younger generation institutions that are clear saboteurs…

    we should show our sympathy and concern for the THOUSANDS of students now in dire mental distress and their parents who are also overburdened and have no choice but to confront the fallout from what CXC created, instead of showing underserved sympathy for some cold hearted arrogant shite organization that NEVER HAD A GOOD REPUTATION from as far back as the 70s…

  44. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    David,

    The registrar was quick out of the gates defending and behaving like a bulldog. He, I am certain, did not make any argument to the Board that a review should be done.

  45. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    I notice there is no student representation on the review panel. Is this an oversight?

  46. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    It’s the norm, they never see students as having anything to contribute..

    Hal…just a suggestion, why don’t you use your blog to train budding journalists and give advice to current ones on how to actually do their jobs without political interference, help them with networking and global exposure. The first Caribbean blog for journalistic guidance.

  47. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    https://www.facebook.com/570444218/posts/10158220412204219/?extid=0&d=n

  48. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “I trust the logistic team will organise the march today and hopefully liaise to bring out the general public and students from other schools.

    Remember students have to get permission letters /emails to their respective principals to leave school early

    We will need transport of the drums etc from HC to Id sq and back to HC after Browne’s beach they can be kept overnight

    If any children not in 6th form but at HC on Monday want to come on the March they will need to be escorted over . Liaise with Ms Alleyne/Ms Singh to see if any coming from HC?”

  49. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    https://newsroom.gy/2020/10/02/students-ungraded-from-11-of-20-schools-get-results-after-cxc-review/

  50. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/10/03/btcolumn-cxc-2020-examination-debacle/?fbclid=IwAR1MDOecq6cAwE0JolUWI86MZdtDvO6xdrGwQPUekiFRPjxb83qBLX9XPTA

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