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This document provides a summary of the January-April 2020 issue of "The Caribbean Examiner", a publication of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). The issue covers several topics:
1) Grenada hosted the 2019 top performing CXC students and provided them with an awards ceremony and week-long program of activities to recognize their academic achievements.
2) CXC continued stakeholder consultations across the Caribbean region from January to April 2020 to gather input on its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan. Consultations involved meetings with ministers of education, education officials, students, teachers and other stakeholders.
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- Webinars introduced in 2016 allow for real-time interactivity and sharing of audiovisual materials related to CXC's examinations, enhancing teacher professional development across the Caribbean territories.
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- COVID-19 caused unprecedented socio-economic disruption across the region, testing the capabilities of education systems.
- It revealed inadequacies in systems that were under-resourced and unprepared for modernization.
- Schools relied more on parents to facilitate learning at home, disproportionately affecting low-income families.
- The diversity of education systems across countries added complexity for regional bodies like CXC to coordinate responses.
- A systems-thinking approach is needed to make education systems more agile, responsive, and resilient to future crises.
- Strengthening
The document discusses the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) honoring over 130 people who helped administer the first CSEC examinations in 1979. This "CXC Class of '79" included members of subject panels, exam committees, markers, and CXC staff. CXC hosted award ceremonies in Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago to recognize their contributions in laying the foundation for CSEC. The awardees expressed pride in being part of establishing this important Caribbean educational institution. (Caribbean Ex
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1) Grenada hosted the 2019 top performing CXC students and provided them with an awards ceremony and week-long program of activities to recognize their academic achievements.
2) CXC continued stakeholder consultations across the Caribbean region from January to April 2020 to gather input on its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan. Consultations involved meetings with ministers of education, education officials, students, teachers and other stakeholders.
3) The issue highlights several other CXC news items, including new syllabuses, the
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) launched its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan which aims to transform CXC into a digitally enabled regional enterprise providing quality, relevant and globally recognized educational services. The plan emphasizes stakeholder engagement and collaboration to establish an integrated and flexible organization that is responsive and proactive. CXC will leverage technology to drive innovation in areas like data analytics, digital validation of results, and e-learning and e-testing systems. The transformation aims to position CXC as the premier regional authority on teaching, learning and assessment through research-informed use of digital technologies.
This document provides a summary of stakeholder consultations conducted by CXC across the Caribbean region from January to April 2020 regarding the development of CXC's 2021-2025 Strategic Plan. It discusses consultations held in the British Virgin Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Anguilla. The consultations gathered feedback from education ministers, permanent secretaries, school administrators, teachers, students and parents. Topics discussed included CXC's digital transformation, regional integration, acceptance of CXC qualifications internationally, e-testing, and the CXC Learning Hub.
The document provides an overview of the October 2019 issue of the Caribbean Examiner publication by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). It introduces the new Registrar and CEO, Dr. Wayne Wesley, celebrates the 40th anniversary of CSEC examinations, and provides information on projects including the development of an environmental science digital toolkit funded by the Caribbean Development Bank. Other sections cover CXC activities, stakeholder engagement, new appointments, and exam results.
CXC has made significant contributions to teacher development in the Caribbean region through various strategies:
- Teacher orientation and training workshops are held to inform teachers about syllabus revisions and new examinations. These workshops use a blended format.
- Digital resources and webinars are provided through the Notesmaster online platform to improve teacher access to learning materials and facilitate collaborative learning communities. Over 11,000 teachers have benefited from these online resources.
- Webinars introduced in 2016 allow for real-time interactivity and sharing of audiovisual materials related to CXC's examinations, enhancing teacher professional development across the Caribbean territories.
The document provides an overview of the October 2019 issue of the Caribbean Examiner publication by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). It introduces the new Registrar and CEO, Dr. Wayne Wesley, celebrates the 40th anniversary of CSEC examinations, and provides information on projects including the development of an environmental science digital toolkit funded by the Caribbean Development Bank. Other sections cover CXC activities, stakeholder engagement, new appointments, and the release of exam results.
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- It revealed inadequacies in systems that were under-resourced and unprepared for modernization.
- Schools relied more on parents to facilitate learning at home, disproportionately affecting low-income families.
- The diversity of education systems across countries added complexity for regional bodies like CXC to coordinate responses.
- A systems-thinking approach is needed to make education systems more agile, responsive, and resilient to future crises.
- Strengthening
The document discusses the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) honoring over 130 people who helped administer the first CSEC examinations in 1979. This "CXC Class of '79" included members of subject panels, exam committees, markers, and CXC staff. CXC hosted award ceremonies in Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago to recognize their contributions in laying the foundation for CSEC. The awardees expressed pride in being part of establishing this important Caribbean educational institution. (Caribbean Ex
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6. 6 JANUARY–MARCH 2019 www.cxc.org
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hosts the Region’s Top Awardees 2018
By Matthew Tull
St. Vincent and the Grenadines host the
2018 Top Performing Students
The 2018 venue was St Vincent and the Grenadines, a paradise
which undoubtedly left fond memories with the 15 outstanding young
people. From the moment the students landed, the cohort started
their packed schedule of courtesy calls, speaking engagements
with students, and visiting places of interest across the islands of
St Vincent.
The first stop was a visit to the beautiful Grenadine island of
Bequia where they interacted with students from two high schools
there offering encouragement to the students to pursue excellence.
Before heading back to the mainland, the group toured the Bequia
Fisheries where they learned about the process of processing the
In a continuation of the proud Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) tradition,
the top performing Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence
(CCSLC), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), and Caribbean
Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) candidates from across the region
were treated to a week of activities, concluding with an awards ceremony.
nation’s abundant seafood. Additionally, they visited the Old Hegg
Turtle Sanctuary to observe sea turtle conservation efforts, and Fort
Hamilton to take in the scenic views.
Courtesy Calls
The following day, the awardees and a delegation from CXC and
the Ministry of Education, National Reconciliation, and Information
paid courtesy calls several political dignitaries in St Vincent and the
Grenadines; Honourable St Clair Prince, Minister of Education, National
Reconciliation and Information; Honourable Frederick Stephens,
Minister of National Mobilization, Social Development, The Family,
Persons with Disabilities and Youth; and Leader of Opposition, Dr
Honourable Godwin Friday.
REGIONAL TOP AWARDEES
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The awardees were encouraged by all dignitaries to continue
to excel in their fields of endeavors. They were also advised to
view their accomplishments, not as the end of the road, but as the
beginning of a journey that has started.
Afterwards they toured Fort Charlotte and the Botanical
Gardens in Kingstown and were guests of honour at a student
forum with secondary school students from across the island.
Regional Top Awardees 2018
Young Island
Later that afternoon, the candidates took a short ferry ride to
Young Island to tour the island. They then engaged their creative
sides in a fun a ‘sip and paint’ art class sponsored by Jujube, a local
bookstore and art supplies outlet in the nation. It was a treat for all,
especially the art students among the cohort, who demonstrated the
talents that earned them their regional awards.
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Awards Ceremony
To bring the week of activities to a
close, the candidates donned their school
uniforms for the presentation of awards
for outstanding performances in the May/
June 2018 CAPE, CSEC, and the CCSLC
examinations. Held at the Methodist Church
Hall in Kingstown, the ceremony’s feature
address was delivered by Dr. the Honourable
Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St
Vincent and the Grenadines. Honourable
St Clare Prince, Minister of Education,
National Reconciliation and Information
delivered remarks, while Professor Sir Hilary
Beckles, CXC Chairman and Mr. Glenroy
Cumberbatch, CXC Registrar gave brief
addresses.
Professor Sir Beckles gave remarks
urging the awardees to become advocates
of causes.
He also noted that the CSEC awardees
were provided with a full scholarship by
the University of the West Indies once they
complete their CAPE or an associate degree.
Sir Hilary explained that the scholarship is
meant to attract the region’s brightest and
best minds to the region’s top university.
During the ceremony, students from six
Caribbean countries – Antigua and Barbuda,
Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and
Nevis, and Trinidad and Tobago – received
awards for outstanding performances in
CAPE, CSEC and CCSLC.
Christian Chung of Presentation Boys’
College in Grenada received the award
for the Most Outstanding Male Student in
CCSLC, while Daria James of Washington
Archibald High School in St Kitts and Nevis
received the award for Most Outstanding
Female Student in CCSLC.
CAPE Awardees
Students from schools in Guyana and
Trinidad shared the 2018 Regional Top
Awards for outstanding performances in the
CAPE May/June sitting.
• Aadilah Ali of Queen’s College in
Guyana received the Dennis Irvine
Award for 2018, the symbol of academic
excellence at the CAPE level. She
also received the award for the Most
Outstanding Candidate in Natural
Sciences;
• Rajiv Muneshwer, another student from
Queen’s College in Guyana, took the
award for RM Education award for the Most
Outstanding Candidate in Mathematics.
Trinidadian students walked away with the
other awards.
• Mikhaili Toney of Presentation College
in Trinidad and Tobago took the Hodder
Education award for Most Outstanding
Candidate in Humanities;
• Kirese Narinesingh of Naparima Girls’
College in Trinidad and Tobago took the
award Most Outstanding Candidate in
Language Studies, while Seline Sundar
of Lakshmi Girls’ Hindu College continued
that school’s dominance of regional
business awards. Seline received the
ACCA CAPE Business Studies Award; and
• Jade Lakhan of St Joseph’s Convent
in Trinidad and Tobago copped the
award for Most Outstanding Candidate in
Environmental Science.
Mrs. Jennifer Benn of Queen’s College in
Guyana received the award for CAPE School
of the Year 2018.
REGIONAL TOP AWARDEES
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Matthew Tull
is the Digital
Communications
Officer at CXC
CSEC Awardees
• Keondre Herbert, a student from St
Joseph’s Academy in Antigua and
Barbuda, received the prize for the
Most Outstanding Candidate Overall
in the CSEC. Keondre is the second
student in four years from St Joseph’s
Academy to win this award.
Students from Guyana and Jamaica
copped the other awards.
• Daniel Baldeo-Thorne of Queen’s
College in Guyana received the award
for Most Outstanding Candidate in
Sciences;
• Salma Majeed of ISA Islamic School in
Guyana copped the award for the Most
Outstanding Candidate in Humanities;
and
• Rebekah Persaud of St Roses High
School, also in Guyana, received the
award for Most Outstanding Candidate
for Business Education.
Three Jamaican students received
awards for outstanding performance in
Visual Arts and Short Story.
• Kae-Shanae Virgo of Montego Bay
High School received the prize for
the Best Short Story in the English
A examination with a story entitled
“Betrayal”;
• Okeen Wallace of St Georges’ College
copped the Best 3-Dimensional Visual
Arts Award with a piece entitled “The
Forest”; and
• Danielle Gennard of Wolmers’ Girls
School received the award for the Best
2-Dimensional Visual Arts award for her
creation entitled “Deal with the Devil”.
Mr. Rudolph Davis, principal of St
Joseph Academy, Antigua was presented
with the CSEC School of the Year award
2018.
Regional Top Awardees 2018
The evening was a wonderful mixture
of speeches interwoven with well-crafted
entertainment including dance and
instrumental music by a five-member band,
a violin quartet and the acclaimed Rodney
Small on steel pan. To conclude the evening,
Ms. Aadilah Ali, the Most Outstanding
Candidate Overall at CAPE offered the Vote
of Thanks.
With a successful tour of St Vincent and
the Grenadines completed, CXC is currently
working on the 2019 event which will be held
in the spice isle of Grenada! Who will be this
year’s cohort? Time will tell.
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The Ministry of Education, through the
Guyana Education Sector Improvement
(GESIP) project, has conducted a series of
consultation sessions across the country
as part of efforts to reform the national
curriculum. The Education Ministry towards
this end ‘fanned out’ to various parts of the
country to garner feedback and suggestions
to aid in this process.
There have been consultations at Anna
Regina in Essequibo and Bush Lot in the
Ancient County of Berbice, Bartica, Mahdia,
Kato and Paramakatoi.
The Integrated Curriculum Reform,
which is pegged at some US$6.03 million
is intended to improve student achievement
at nursery, primary, and at lower secondary
levels. This will be achieved by implementing
a phased revision of the curriculum, defined
not only as the content students are
expected to learn in each subject and
grade level, but also the way in which that
content is taught. Emphasis will be placed
on interactive, student-centred pedagogies,
social inclusion and gender-informed
approaches.
Additionally, the reform is intended
to bring about continuous improvement
in the education system, the reforms will
Primary school Maths curriculum first to be reformed
Reform pegged at US$6.03M
Guyana’s Education Curriculum
to undergo reform
be phased in by subject and level. This
will be guided by an overall curriculum
framework, each subject course outline
will be revised; including revised teaching
methods, assessments, and materials to be
implemented in pilot schools.
The pilot schools will represent different
regions of Guyana, including schools in
hinterland regions and riverine areas;
different levels of student preparation and
academic performance; different sizes and
mixes of grade levels; and schools with
students with disabilities.
Additionally, the pilot schools will be
randomly assigned from a sampling frame
in selected regions to enable an impact
evaluation.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) intends
to draw on the experience of the pilot
schools and feedback gathered will inform
further revisions before the new subject
curriculum is scaled up nationwide.
The first subject curriculum to be
revised, piloted, and scaled up nationwide
will be primary-level mathematics, in view of
Guyana’s challenges in mathematics and the
critical importance of improving early grade
outcomes for students’ future success. The
Project will then repeat the process for
secondary-level mathematics and primary-
level English followed in later years by
secondary English and other subjects, as
well as the nursery curriculum.
Added to those, the MoE curriculum
reform will ensure coherence across
subjects and levels. Further, to articulate the
desired learning outcomes for each level,
the development of a curriculum framework
for the nursery, primary and lower secondary
levels will be done. The framework will
establish a vision of the ideal graduate
from each level of the school system and
a map for the subject-specific revisions of
curriculum and pedagogy.
To augment this, training for MOE Staff
on current best practices in curriculum
writing, teaching methods, and teacher
training, including cross-cutting dimensions
such as social inclusion and gender-
informed approaches will be done.
Additionally, teaching guides and
course outlines for selected subjects for
nursery, primary and lower secondary
grades will be produced.
Honourable Minister Nicolette Odella Henry
Ministry of Education, Guyana
NEWS
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During the month of March, CXC was proud to participate in three events attended by
hundreds of students, in Barbados and Jamaica. The aimed was to arm candidates when
they are at that pivotal decision-making stage with information to assist them in making
subject choices and next steps towards their career goals.
CXC Stakeholder Engagement
Education, Career
and Business Expo
The CXC team in Jamaica participated in the fourth
staging of the Education, Career and Business Expo
hosted by the Southaven Citizens’ Association (in
partnership with the Yallahs High School and Alumni
Association). The purpose of the Expo was geared
towards a scholarship fund development for youth
education within the Yallahs community and its environs.
Science and
Technology Festival
The University of The West Indies,
Cave Campus
The CXC team in Barbados was excited to manage a
booth at the Science and Technology Festival at the
University of The West Indies Cave Campus. With the
theme “Discover the Joys and Wonders of Science”
we engaged with scores of students who learnt
about CXC’s product offerings!
13th Annual National
Career Showcase
The Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference Centre,
Barbados
CXC was a proud sponsor and participant at the 13th
Annual National Career Showcase at the Lloyd Erskine
Sandiford Conference Centre in Barbados. The event
was themed “Embracing the Opportunity… Expanding
Your Vision” and was hosted by the Barbados
Association of Guidance Counsellors in collaboration
with the Technical and Vocational Education and
Training Council and Sandy Lane Charitable Trust.
NEWS
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13. CXC welcomes its new
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Mr Kwesi Marshall, joined the Finance & Office
Management Department, effective March 1, 2019.
Mr Marshall, a senior financial management
professional is a member of the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants, the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Barbados and possesses a General
Practising Certificate from that institution. In addition,
he is also a member of the Caribbean Corporate
Governance Institute.
He has over fifteen (15) years expertise in the local,
regional and international financial arena. Mr Marshall
has extensive knowledge and application of International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and the application
of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs).
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NEWS
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CXC e-Certificates
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) becomes
the first educational body in the Caribbean to use
Blockchain technology to digitise its certification process
— an achievement that has yet to be realized by any other
academic institution in the region.
The rollout of the certificates on Blockchain will allow
candidates, colleges, universities and prospective employers
to access the certificates from any geographical location,
without the need to send or present physical certificates.
All candidates graduating with Caribbean Advanced
Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Caribbean Secondary
Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Certificate of
Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC) will now be able
to share the credential of their certificates with future
employers and higher education institutions around the
world without any hassle.
CXC Registrar/CEO, Glenroy Cumberbatch, said,
“Having started the pursuit for continuous innovation in
education with our e-testing, online registration and so on
for our students as well as our Information Systems Division
which handles all the technology requirements of the
Council, CXC stands on a strong foundation of technological
platforms across its systems and processes and in following
that legacy, CXC is now set for another precedent to adopt
Blockchain in our critical certification process.”
Blockchain is a decentralized distributed digital ledger,
which is collectively maintained by a network of computers.
It can be visualized as a large ledger book shared among
many people (members) who collectively keep the records.
No data on the ledger can be modified by a single person
without every other member of the ledger agreeing to the
change. The ledger book is not stored in one place but
is distributed among all the members, ensuring that no
single person can tamper with the records, which is highly
probable in a centralized database. This makes Blockchain
hugely secure.
“Students can now simply share their certificates with
prospective employers and tertiary educational institutes
for instant verification in a highly secure environment. While
the adoption of Blockchain technology is still very young
in the education industry, we believe it can help make
the education system in the region more dependable and
trustworthy so this is truly groundbreaking for us in the
region, and particularly for our students,” Mr Cumberbatch
further added.
ThisprocesswasmadepossiblewhenCXCcollaborated
with Learning Machine in June 2018 to develop this open-
source standard for Blockchain-based records for Caribbean
students.
CXC e-CERTIFICATES ARE HERE
Now yours to digitally share
By Tracy Moore
Tracy Moore
is a Corporate
Communications
Consultant at CXC
Kausar N. Samli, Learning Machine Senior Vice President of
Global Services, said, “CXC is among an elite group of institutions
that are leading the charge globally for the issuance of secure,
portable, and shareable digital credentials. CXC is now building
upon last fall’s successful launch of Blockcerts (or Blockchain-
based credentials) for issuance of official student records. From
this March, the next batch of students will be receiving Blockcerts
that will empower them with individual ownership of their official
records in a digital format that is portable and easily shareable.”
CXC is among an elite group
of institutions that are
leading the charge globally
for the issuance of secure,
portable, and shareable
digital credentials.
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CXC e-Certificates
Employers, Colleges, or Universities as you seek for the
best possible candidate, the Caribbean Examination Council
(CXC) is providing candidates with e-Certificates across the
region that will allow you to access valid certificates just by
the touch of a button.
Because candidates will be able to access digital versions
of their certificates quickly, you as a potential employer, can
easily validate it online immediately and securely. This process
is free, does not require a login and provides employers with
trust in the authenticity of CXC’s candidates’ achievements.
CXC partnered with Learning Machine, a Cambridge-
based software company, in June 2018 to develop the open-
source standard for block chain-based records for Caribbean
students.
How it works:
The app anchors the digital files on the block chain, which
works like a spreadsheet accessible to a global network of
computers and holds millions of lines of encrypted transactions.
For e-Certificates, they transmit credentials from school to
student. The transactions are verified in batches (or blocks)
by having computers solve mathematical puzzles. Then the
blocks are added to the chain, where they are accessible to
the entire network but encrypted to keep their contents secure.
The idea is to let students securely store and share their
certificates, and allow employers, as well as Colleges and
Universities, to immediately verify them.
For verifiers: What do you need to know
For Colleges Universities and Employers, CXC
e-Certificates adds value to YOU because verification of
records now only requires a mobile device or web browser
and it’s:
• Instant
• Free
• Globally Accessible
The verification process answers questions about the
certificate’s integrity and validity:
• Is the certificate the same as when the issuer issued
it? (i.e. how do I know it wasn’t tampered with?)
• Was the certificate revoked?
The verification process ensures that the certificate
you see wasn’t tampered with by comparing hashes* with
what is registered on the block chain.
*Note: A hash is a function that converts an input
of letters and numbers into an encrypted output of a
fixed length. A hash is created using an algorithm and
is essential.
CXC e-Certificates will be offered for the Caribbean
Advanced Proficiency Exam (CAPE)®, Caribbean Secondary
Education Certificate (CSEC)® and Caribbean Certificate of
Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC)®.
Universities, Colleges
and Employers’ Guide
to e-Certificate verification
By Tracy Moore
Learn more about CXC e-Certificates here
CXC E-Certificates - What you need to know.
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THE CARIBBEAN EXAMINER
The Caribbean Examination Council
(CXC®) has maintained its commitment
to ensure that teachers are apprised of
the changes made to new and revised
syllabuses. Over the years the Council
has partnered with Ministries of Education
across the region to facilitate face-to-face
Teacher Orientation Workshops in Antigua
and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Guyana,
Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
However, at the last meeting of the
Sub-Committee of the School Examinations
Committee (SUBSEC) in October 2018,
approvalwasgrantedforTeacherOrientation
Workshops (TOWs) to be conducted online
through the CXC® Learning Institute, the
training arm of the CXC®.
Effective 2019 the CXC® Learning
Institute will facilitate TOWs for newly
developed or recently revised syllabuses
using a combination of synchronous and
asynchronous modalities. These will be
done online through scheduled live sessions
during the last two weeks of June each year.
The sessions are designed to orient
teachers to the requirements of the
syllabuses which will be augmented by
NEW
MODEL
for Teacher
Orientation
Workshops
By Jodine Williams
Effective 2019 the
CXC® Learning
Institute will facilitate
TOWs for newly
developed or recently
revised syllabuses
using a combination
of synchronous
and asynchronous
modalities.
training resources that may be accessed by
teachers on demand. The schedule will be
shared with regional Ministries of Education
by the 30 April 2019 and will detail the times
and dates for the live workshops. With this
approach, CXC® hopes to increase the
number of teachers accessing workshop
sessions as well as resources that will better
equip them to implement its syllabuses.
To ensure a smooth transition from
face-to-face to online TOWs, the CXC® will
begin online sensitisation and training of
stakeholders via the new and innovative
CXC® Learning Institute Platform.
TOWs are critical for the smooth
implementation and assessment of the
syllabuses and improved teacher efficacy.
The Council recognises that the partnership
to provide teacher orientation and training
has been beneficial and has resulted in
the successful staging of a number of
training initiatives. In this regard, CXC®
wishes to assure all stakeholders that
the Council remains committed to this
process and are anticipating that through
continued partnership more teachers will be
empowered through this new model.
THE CARIBBEAN EXAMINER
NEWS
Jodine Williams is
Senior Manager,
Syllabus and
Curriculum
Development
Department at
CXC’s Western Zone
Office in Jamaica
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Recently, PVC Prof. Alan Cobley
presented“TheReportoftheCXCTaskForce
on History: Findings, Recommendations and
Proposed Action Plan” at a History Forum
of the University of the West Indies Cave
Hill Campus to review the evidence on the
state of History as a CXC subject offering in
the Caribbean region. This was to identify
the reasons for its perceived decline, and
to offer recommendations for its revival.
The Task Force found that the decline in
History in the region was due to several
major factors including:
• The perception that History is irrelevant
for the purpose of employment in the
21st century and;
• History is a hard subject; several other
subjects were less challenging and/or
more relevant to study.
The Task Force also found that
incorporating History into Social Studies
at the primary and lower secondary school
levels had a long-term negative effect, while
at the CXC level, the curriculum designed
over many years had steadily increased
privileged content over skills, resulting in
too much unimaginative and unengaging
teaching.
DATE ACTIVITY
TUESDAY, 30 APRIL Meeting with regional History curriculum officers
DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL
Consultations with CSEC and CAPE History teachers in
Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Grenada, Guyana,
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and St Lucia
MAY History Task Force/working group meeting
SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER Online workshops for CSEC and CAPE History teachers
2019 – ONWARDS
The availability of resource materials for teachers and
learners via the CXC Learning Hub
CXC TASK FORCE ON HISTORY
What’s next?By Tracy Moore
NEWS
PVC Professor
Alan Cobley
Now that we have the findings, what’s next? Up-coming Activities/Next Steps emanating
from the recommendations of the CXC Task Force on History:
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NEWS
The Gwendoline van Putten (GvP)
School, which is the sole secondary and
vocational school in St. Eustatius, recently
received its Basic Quality in Education
certification from the Dutch Ministry of
Education.
For the past six years, from 2013
until now, the school has been busy with
the implementation of the Caribbean
Examinations Council (CXC) educational
programme while simultaneously phasing
out the Dutch education system. And in
the past four years GvP has been the only
school in the Dutch Caribbean successfully
GvP School received Quality in Education
Certification with the full implementation
of CXC programmes
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implementing two completely different
educational systems simultaneously.
According to the school principal
Rosalie Edelstein, this coming school year
will hopefully be the lasts graduates of the
Dutch education system.
She said, “Every change is a process
and its calls for a mind-shift, flexibility and the
ability to move away from one’s comfort zone
to achieve growth both on a professional
and a personal level,” Edelstein said. The
change, she explained, is only possible with
the cooperation of all stakeholders involved
because this significant milestone was
achieved with the effort and support of the
GvP school board, management team, both
local and regional stakeholders, students as
well as the parents.
“It took some time to get ourselves
acquainted with the student-centred
approach that characterised the new
Caribbean Educational system that we have
venture into,” she added.
Despite the challenges that the GvP
management and staff have encountered
during the transition phase, Edelstein said
that the school was proud to announce
that they have reach their goals and that
GvP School now heads full force to full
implementation of the CXC programme.
“This year our fourth form students were
introduced to their first CVQ (Caribbean
Vocational Qualification, Ed) and CSEC
(Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate)
programmes, which opens for them a new
world with new experiences, while our third
form students are getting prepared to sit
for their CCSLC (Caribbean Certificate of
Secondary Level Competence) Exit Exams
in June 2019.
“Every great achievement is but a small
peak in the mountain range of contributions.
One of our greatest achievement as a small
school community has been that we have
managed to take the diversity and variety of
our people from different backgrounds and
turned all of the into unity,” said Edelstein.
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The Caribbean Examinations Council
(CXC) and the Northern Caribbean
University (NCU) signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) on April 1, 2019
that will facilitate working collaboratively to
ensure advanced standing to prospective
candidates who present the CXC Associate
Degree (CXC®-AD).
On the occasion, Registrar/CEO
Glenroy Cumberbatch said, “This is a major
milestone and an amazing accomplishment
as we continue to work with institutions
across the region to increase access to
higher education for our learners. This
comes after a number of meetings to review
the CXC®-AD and to seek recognition of the
CXC®-AD as a higher education qualification.
I would like to recognise and thank all staff
who participated in this exercise. This is
part of CXC’s efforts to increase access to
affordable higher education opportunities
for Caribbean learners”.
In 2018, conversations began with a
number of institutions across the region. In
October 2018, the Sub-Committee of the
School Examinations Committee (SUBSEC)
approved the revised CXC®-AD Handbook.
Subsequent to approval, the Council signed
letters of intent with tertiary institutions in
the region including the NCU, as well as the
University of the Southern Caribbean (USC)
and the College of Agriculture, Science
CXC/NCU SIGNS MOU
CXC Associate Degree (CXC®-AD)
By Tracy Moore
and Education (CASE). In addition, the
University of the West Indies (UWI) indicated
its intention to award students with specified
CXC®-ADs with advanced standing.
In December 2018, members of the
Syllabus and Curriculum Development
team participated in a curriculum mapping
exercise with the NCU that led to the
identification of a number of programmes
offered by the NCU for which candidates
presenting the CXC®-AD would be given
advanced standing. That meant that
candidates entering certain programmes
could receive up to two years off for their
bachelor’s degrees.
NCU is a private, liberal-arts institution,
located in Jamaica. It is owned and operated
by the Jamaica Union Conference and
the Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission of
Seventh-day Adventists (comprising the
territories of the Bahamas, Cayman Islands
and the Turks and Caicos Islands).
The CXC®-AD creates the ideal
foundation that will make allowances for
candidates to be credited for up to two
years when seeking admissions to a four-
year degree programme; and one year for
a three-year degree programme.
Mr Cumberbatch further added that,
“The CXC®-AD is one of the ways CXC is
seeking to meet the changing demands
of our stakeholders. We anticipate that
with the CXC®-AD, more candidates will be
able to access tertiary level education and
transition to further studies or to the world
of work. The Council continues to engage
tertiary institutions across the region to
improve awareness and encourage greater
recognition of the CXC®-AD. This will be
based on the alignment of the respective
CXC®-AD to the institutions’ offerings.
This exciting undertaking will continue
throughout 2019 and beyond as the Council
seeks to collaborate with institutions,
equivalency boards and accreditation
bodies to improve the recognition and
opportunities afforded candidates who are
awarded the CXC®-AD”.
For more information on CXC Associate degrees,
please visit us at https://www.cxc.org/examinations/
cxc-associate-degrees/
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The Caribbean Examinations Council®
(CXC®) arrived at the decision to award
the Caribbean Examinations Council®
(CXC®) Associate Degree (CXC®-AD)
in December 2004 in response to the
changing educational demands of the
region. This award, now issued at Level IV
on the CXC® Qualification Structure (CXC®-
QS), empowers the learner to select subjects
that will meet specific requirements for work
and further education.
The number of credits required for
the award of associate degrees typically
range from 60 to 90 credits. According to
the second edition of the “Procedures and
Guidelines for the Regional Mechanism for
Accreditation, Equivalency and Articulation”
(May 2000), compiled by the Tertiary Level
Institutions Unit of the University of the West
Indies and published by the Association
of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions (ACTI),
persons must complete at least 60–70
credits to meet the requirements for an
associate degree. However, in the United
States requirements for an associate degree
generally range from 60 to 90 credits.
T h e C XC ® - A D w a s c a r e f u l l y
benchmarked against these regional and
international stipulations and is quality
assured from the design of the syllabus
through to the approval of the award. The
award is built on a solid foundation. This
foundation is the Caribbean Advanced
Proficiency Examination® (CAPE®). CAPE®
has, over the years, gained significant
recognition from universities and colleges in
the region and in other countries including
Canada, the United States, United Kingdom
and India.
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Accounting History Agriculture Green Energy
Economics Law Environmental Studies Industrial Technology
Entrepreneurship Modern Languages Food and Nutrition
Financial Services Studies Performing Arts Information and Communication Technology
Logistics and Supply Chain Operations Tourism Studies Mathematics
Sociology Natural Sciences
Visual Communication Sports Studies
The award has gone through three
revisions. The first was in 2014, then in
2015 and the most recent being in 2018.
This revised approach to the offering of the
CXC® Associate Degree has improved its
relevance as we continue to meet the needs
of the region’s students and labour force.
With the 2018 revision, the configuration
of the award structure was amended for
better alignment to the University Council
of Jamaica (UCJ) Tertiary Qualification
Framework (TQF), where the courses were
categorised as General Education Courses,
Core Courses and Electives. The General
Education Courses are compulsory; the
Major or Core Specialisation Courses
are based on the areas of specialisation;
Adjunct or Supporting Courses complement
or enhance the value of the major or core
specialization while the Electives may be
selected based on personal interest and
self-development from CAPE® subjects not
included in the other components.
Candidates who earn Grades I to V in
clusters of ten CAPE® units are eligible for the
award provided that the units are selected
in accordance with the specifications for the
award and accumulated over a maximum
period of five years. The cluster of ten
units is equivalent to 100 CXC® credit hours,
which is equivalent to 60 credits on the
TQF as each CAPE® Unit accounts for a
maximum of six credits. The revised CXC®-
AD Handbook, which gained governance
approval in October 2018, now makes
provision for the acceptance of CAPE® Pure
and Applied Mathematics Units in lieu of
CAPE® Integrated Mathematics as a General
Education Course.
Areas of Specialisation
for the CXC®-AD
Persons seeking to earn the CXC®-AD
may opt to pursue studies in one of the
21 specialisations as shown in Table 1.1.
CXC® offers Associate of Arts degrees in
12 different specialisations and Associate
of Science degrees in nine specialisations.
These areas of specialisation will be
expanded to include newly developed
CAPE® subjects. At present there are two
CAPE® syllabuses under development,
namely Design and Technology and Bio-
Technology. Once these syllabuses
obtain governance approval, the CXC®-AD
offerings will be updated to include them.
Course Selection
Candidates must acquire the relevant
knowledge, skills and attitudes in the
prescribed ten CAPE® units, which must be
selected from the four bands as shown in
the table below.
For example, a candidate desirous of
receivingtheawardinVisualCommunication,
Option 1, will be required to complete the
three General Education Courses, two
Adjunct or Supporting Courses, one from
the Humanities and Fine Arts listing and one
from the Social and Behavioural Science
listing OR the Natural Physical Sciences
and Technology listing. The candidate
would also be required to complete the
Core Courses and an Elective as shown in
the table below.
In the example presented above,
while this candidate’s course selection is
consistent with the requirements of the
THE CXC® ASSOCIATE DEGREE
NEWS
By Jodine Williams
Table 1.1: Areas of Specialisation for the CXC® Associate Degrees (2018)
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CXC®-AD, other subject clusters could have
been pursued. For example, for the Adjunct
or Supporting Courses, the candidate could
have selected History or Performing Arts
Unit 1 or 2 along with Environmental Studies
or Information Technology or Sociology
Unit 1 or 2. The candidate would then be
required to select one unit as an Elective.
Candidates may also elect to study one
unit of Applied or Pure Mathematics in lieu
of Integrated Mathematics. Candidates are
encouraged to select electives that best
complement the area of study and which
are most valuable in advancing their chosen
vocation.
Articulation
The Council works closely with colleges
and universities to identify equivalencies
in programmes so that persons with CXC®
Associate Degrees will be at an advantage
when entering other degree programmes.
This is necessary in order to facilitate the
transfer of credits and to increase the
opportunities for more persons to obtain
General Education
Courses (Compulsory)
Core Courses
(Based on
Specialisation)
Adjunct/Supporting
Courses
Elective
Caribbean Studies –
one-unit CAPE® course
At least four
CAPE® units
relevant to
their area of
specialisation.
At least 2 single units
can be chosen from
any of the CAPE®
options based on the
following categories:
1. Humanities and
Fine Arts
2. Natural, Physical
Sciences and
Technology
3. Social and
Behavioural
Sciences
See OPTION 1 for
CAPE® Listing
A single unit
can be chosen
from any
CAPE® options
not included
in the General
Education,
Adjunct/
Supporting or
Core Course
Requirements.
Communication Studies
– one- unit CAPE®
course
Integrated Mathematics
– one-unit CAPE®
course
Note: Candidates pursuing the CXC® Associate Degree in Mathematics or pursuing Pure and
Applied Mathematics Unit 1 OR Unit 2 are not required to do Integrated Mathematics. However, these
candidates will be required to do THREE Adjunct/Supporting Courses to meet the requirements
to be issued with the CXC®-AD. One Unit must be selected from each of the categories in the
Adjunct/Supporting Course listing.
OPTION 1
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Caribbean Studies
Communication Studies
Integrated Mathematics
CORE COURSES
Digital Media Unit 1
Digital Media Unit 2
Art and Design Unit 1
Art and Design Unit 2
ADJUNCT/SUPPORTING COURSES
Humanities and Fine Arts: Law Unit 1
Social and Behavioural Sciences OR Natural,
Physical Sciences and Technology: Entrepre-
neurship Unit 2
ELECTIVE
Animation and Game Design Unit 1
tertiary education through collaborative and
cost-effective strategies. Currently, there
are existing articulation agreements with
Berkeley College, University of South Florida
(USF), Monroe College, SUNY-Plattsburgh,
Oglethorpe University, Johnson and Wales
and a Memorandum of Understanding with
Illinois Institute of Technology.
Additionally, the Council has secured
preliminary commitments from tertiary
institutions in the region including the
Northern Caribbean University (NCU),
The University of the West Indies (UWI),
University of the Southern Caribbean (USC)
and the College of Agriculture, Science and
Education (CASE). These, along with other
institutions, are working collaboratively
with the Council’s Syllabus and Curriculum
Development Team to ensure that as early
as September 2019 they will be able to offer
prospective students who present the CXC®-
AD advanced standing. This will be based
on the alignment of the respective CXC®-AD
to the institutions’ offerings. This exciting
undertaking will continue throughout
The CXC® Associate Degree
2019 and beyond as the Council seeks to
collaborate with institutions, equivalency
boards and accreditation bodies to improve
the recognition and opportunities afforded
students who are awarded the CXC®-AD.
The 2018 revision of the CXC®-AD has
created the ideal foundation that will make
allowances for students to be credited for
up to two years when seeking admissions
to a four-year degree programme, and one
year for a three-year degree programme.
Registration Arrangements
Candidates who are desirous of being
issued the award must select the CXC®-AD
of their choice when registering for the final
set of CAPE® units.
Conclusion
The CXC®-AD is one of the avenues
through which the Caribbean Examinations
Council is seeking to meet the changing
demandsofourstakeholders.Itisanticipated
that more of our students will be able to
access tertiary level education and transition
to further studies or to the world of work.
Full details on the revised CXC®-AD are available
in the CXC® Associate Degrees Handbook, Revised
2018, on CXC’s website, www.cxc.org.
Jodine Williams is
Senior Manager,
Syllabus and
Curriculum
Development
Department at
CXC’s Western Zone
Office in Jamaica
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The Blockchain: Data Protection
by Design and Default By Natalie Smolenski
The EU General Data
Protection Regulation
and the Blockchain
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All together, the GDPR could be considered a “Digital Declaration
of Rights.” In listing the detailed requirements by which any institution
or individual that processes personal data must abide, it places limits
on the power of “digital states” — software platforms — and those who
make use of them. By doing so, it reflects a commitment to many of
the principles of digital self-sovereignty articulated by Christopher
Allen in an influential 2016 essay. However, the GDPR also takes for
granted centralized models of digital data storage and transmission
that are now in the process of being replaced by newer ones based
on distributed ledger technologies, most prominently blockchains.
Blockchains get us closer than ever before to modes of digital identity
in which the user is the primary owner of their data.
Centralized models of data storage rely on the implicit premise
that custodians of information are trustworthy actors with a mandate
to steward personal data. Blockchains, however, were designed in
light of the frequent failure of even the best-intentioned centralized
authorities to live up to their promise as stewards of the public
trust. Accordingly, blockchains were built to function in a “trustless”
environment — that is, one in which people can transact directly
with one another without needing to trust any other actor in the
ecosystem. This is why blockchains are not only decentralized but
distributed — none of the nodes in the network running a blockchain
protocol acts as an authority over others. A structure of incentives
mediated by unidirectional cryptography ensures the integrity of a
ledger of transactions that is shared by all the nodes, without relying
on human beings to come to consensus. In short, math, executed
and validated by a network of computers, functions as a substitute
for middlemen.
Not only does the blockchain remove the need to trust a
centralized authority in order to keep an accurate record of activity,
but it makes surveillance of activity extremely difficult. There are
many different types of blockchains out in the world today, but the
Bitcoin blockchain, the world’s largest and most secure blockchain,
was designed with pseudonymity and data minimization built in. All
it records are the following pieces of data:
• The public key of the transaction sender
• The public key of the transaction recipient
• A cryptographic hash of the transaction content
(This could be anything: a land title, a birth certificate, an
academic diploma, a copyright, an article of clothing, currency,
a quantity of precious metal, etc.)
Blockchain Applications: Centralization All Over Again?
The Bitcoin blockchain was built with the intention that each
individual transacting on it would own their own blockchain
“address” — that is, their public and private keys. This makes
individuals the true owners of their personal data, which they can
transport and present for verification wherever they need to.
However, management of one’s own keys is far from an intuitive
process. And the stakes are high: if a private key is lost or stolen, all
of the data it owns is gone as well. For this reason, many applications
that write transactions to the blockchain don’t give users their own
keys. Rather, they function as new centralized authorities; they write
transactions to the blockchain using their own keys. While appearing
convenient for the user, this strategy has three broad implications:
• Uncertain identity: Without proof of ownership, identity
verification (i.e. making sure the person presenting a blockchain
transaction is the one who really received it) continues to be
insecure.
• No longevity: If these centralized blockchain applications go
away, the individual has the same problem they would have had
if a traditional centralized software platform (like Facebook or
their University account) disappears: their data is gone.
• Vendor/Issuer Dependence: The recipient of blockchain
transactions is in a new relationship of dependence: now with
the application provider (usually a software vendor, but it could
also be an issuing institution).
In other words, many of the applications that use the blockchain
are still functioning from the centralized authority model whose
overreach the EU General Data Protection Regulation was designed
to reign in. Some applications, however, hew very closely to
the original promise of the blockchain for self-sovereign digital
identity — a promise whose values are echoed in the GDPR legislation.
Blockcerts: Beyond GDPR Compliance
In order to achieve wide adoption as a consumer-facing
technology, key management must be radically simplified and
mediated through an intuitive user experience. The Blockcerts Wallet
(iOS and Android) is an example of an application that manages users’
public and private keys in a way that allows them to independently
receive official records anchored to the blockchain. It doesn’t rely
on centralization to achieve this: the app and the data it stores are
not owned by any vendor or issuing institution, which means there is
no centralized honeypot for attackers. It is also fully open source, so
anyone can inspect the code and confirm that it meets the highest
security standards, or build their own versions of the app.
Blockcerts allows for issuing official records to the blockchain
in a common, machine-readable format (JSON-LD). By using an
open technology standard, Blockcerts also solves for maximum
portability and interoperability of official records: recipients can take
them anywhere in the world, and any organization can verify their
authenticity and their ownership by the individual presenting them.
The issuing institution may choose to retain copies of issued
certificate files in their own database, in which case they will need to
protect them under the auspices of the GDPR, along with any other
recipient data they choose to store. But Blockcerts recipients can
rest assured that for the first time, they have vendor-independent,
authentic digital documents which they own directly. And because
they are written to a maximally-secure blockchain using an open
standard, they have them for life and can verify them anywhere in
the world.
The blockchain represents the opportunity to not only fulfill but
go beyond the promise of the European General Data Protection
Regulation. While not all applications that write transactions to the
blockchain achieve this promise, some, like the Blockcerts open
standard, do — and those will be at the forefront of digital privacy
and self-sovereignty for years to come.
Except taken from Learning Machine, The EU General Data Protection Regulation and the Blockchain
Written by Natalie Smolenski, Cultural Anthropologist & Business Development at Learning Machine.
http://www.learningmachine.com/
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