CXC releases broad topics for CSEC, CAPE 2021 exams
A snippet from the main areas of focus for June/July 2021 examinations, Paper Two
A snippet from the main areas of focus for June/July 2021 examinations, Paper Two

THE Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on Friday released the broad topics for the 2021 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) in an effort to facilitate the preparation of students for the examinations, come June 14.
The document by CXC was presented to the Ministries of Education all across the Region on Friday. Guyana’s Ministry of Education, in a release, noted that senior officers and subject specialists are analyzing the information provided with a view to ensuring that the best interest of the students are served.

Chief Education Officer, Dr. Marcel Hutson

Chief Education Officer (CEO), Dr. Marcel Hudson, during an interview with the Sunday Chronicle on Friday, noted that the ministry believes that this type of information would allow those students who are sitting the 2021 exams an increased opportunity for success. He noted that the ministry is cognisant of the past success achieved by the Guyanese students at the examination and is prepared to support the 2021 students in continuing this trend.

“We want to ensure that we give our children a good advantage in terms of how they will perform at the examination. Over the years, we have done well and we want to ensure that we keep that rich tradition where our Guyanese students would have performed optimally in these examinations,” Dr. Hudson told this newspaper.

The CEO noted that the broad topics for this year’s examinations can be accessed by students, teachers and parents through the Ministry of Education’s official Facebook page, the Guyana Learning Channel, and media houses.
He further noted that the ministry intends to have the video lessons done, which would include questions and answers in relation to each topic to boost readiness and preparedness for the examinations.

The topics for Paper Two of the examinations were released five weeks prior to the first examination, which is slated for June 14, 2021. The CXC in a release noted that while broad areas of focus were indicated, candidates are still required to prepare for all topics covered in the respective syllabi, since the Paper One examination will feature same.

The 2021 CSEC and CAPE examinations will feature both Papers One and Two for each subject, unlike the unprecedented ‘Paper One only’ that occurred at the 2020 sitting of the examinations owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the examinations taking a familiar pre-COVID-19 format, students are required to submit School Based Assessments (SBAs) or Internal Assessments (IA) where necessary; this excludes private candidates who will be undertaking the examinations Paper Three.
Considering the fact that COVID-19 is still prevalent, the examination council has sought to make work easier by reducing the requirements for SBAs by as much as 50 per cent for some subjects.

Meanwhile, aside from those adjustments, CXC is also offering students the option of writing their examinations in January or June, 2022. For the first time too, CXC will be accepting SBAs in January 2022, for candidates who are deferring their examinations. Students will also be able to keep their SBAs scores, submit a new SBA, or wait until their deferred sitting to submit their SBAs.

Students opting for the deferral have until May 1, 2022, to apply. “The granting of the deferral will be managed by the principal, for in-school candidates, and by the CXC Local Registrar, for private candidates. There will be no fee charged for the deferral of examinations,” CXC noted.

SHARE THIS ARTICLE :
Facebook
Twitter
WhatsApp

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

All our printed editions are available online
emblem3
Subscribe to the Guyana Chronicle.
Sign up to receive news and updates.
We respect your privacy.