Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
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Keynote Address by CARICOM Secretary-General at ‘CARICOM at Fifty’ Symposium
CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, delivered the keynote address Friday morning (14 April 2023) at the opening ceremony of a symposium to mark the 50th anniversary of the Caribbean Community being observed this year. The virtual symposium, titled ‘CARICOM at the Crossroads: Rising to the Challenge of a New Era’, was organised by the CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration with the…
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Decisions of the Special Meeting of CXC’s Council on the 2022 Regional Examinations Strategy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) stands in solidarity with the region and the international community as we grapple with the impact of COVID-19 on our way of life. The Council recognises the impact of COVID-19 on the education system in general and, more specifically, on the schedule of CXC’s regional examinations. A Special Meeting of Council, the…
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Address by Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett at the Opening Ceremony for the Inaugural Ministerial Summit on CXC’s Strategy 2021-2025
The Summit was held under the theme: Facilitating Transformation through Assessment Dr The Honourable Ralph GonsalvesDistinguished Honourable MinistersVice Chancellor University of the West Indies and Chair of CXC, Professor Sir Hilary BecklesVice Chancellor University of Guyana, Professor Paloma Mohammed MartinDr. Wayne Wesley, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, CXCOther Distinguished Participants I want to first extend deepest condolences to the government…
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Statement on the Decisions of the Special Meeting of CXC’s Council on the 2021 Regional Examinations Strategy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) has engaged with regional governments and other key stakeholders from across the region on the conception and planning of the 2021 regional examinations and registers its appreciation for their enriching contributions. A Special Meeting of Council was held on Tuesday, 25 May 2021 and members reviewed and accepted a report from CXC’s…
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Statement: Consultations on CXC’s 2021 Regional Examination Strategy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – In recent weeks, the management of the Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®), has engaged regional governments and other stakeholders on the conception and planning of the 2021 regional examinations. CXC® is enriched by the dialogues with Ministers of Education and other government officials, teachers and students and is proceeding in this pandemic to provide quality examinations to our…
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Statement 28th Special COHSOD 12th May 2021
The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council of Human and Social Development (COHSOD) met in Special session on Tuesday 12 May to examine concerns related to the administration of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Exams for 2021. The concerns arose out of recommendations made to CXC at a meeting of the COHSOD in March 2021. COHSOD, in noting that the authority…
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Statement by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman, Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on the July 2020 Regional Examinations
Concerns raised in the public domain with respect to the efficacy of procedures and systems used by the Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) in its computation and declaration of student performance data are of great importance to the organisation. The Registrar, Dr Wayne Wesley, and his team have met with distinguished regional Ministers of Education in order to discuss these concerns…
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COVID-19 and Education- A conversation between the CXC Registrar and a Student
With the current COVID-19 Pandemic affecting various sectors of our society, today we share with you some of the actions being taken by the Caribbean Examinations Council to address the challenges being faced by students. In the video below Registrar of the CXC Dr. Wayne Wesley has a conversation with CSEC Student Faith Flavius in relation to some of the…
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CXC to conduct region-wide training for teachers for CAPE’s Green Engineering Subject
Kingston, JAMAICA – In efforts to build the Caribbean’s capacity in the delivery of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)’s Green Engineering Syllabus, CXCwill be hosting a three day boot camp in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The boot camp which scheduled for the April 4-6, 2018 will see participants from thirteen CARICOM Member States and Associate Members. The main objective of the…
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Barbados Prime Minister signs Agreements at CARICOM Inter-Sessional
Barbados Prime Minister Rt Hon Freundel Stuart signed the CARICOM Arrest Warrant Treaty and the Revised Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), during the second day of the 29th Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government, at the Marriott Hotel, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday. The CARICOM Arrest Warrant Treaty, already signed by some other CARICOM Member Countries, simplifies the procedure…
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