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CSEC students leery over exam changes, online testing and COVID-19

Following the Caribbean Exami-nation Council’s decision to allow the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Pro-ficiency Examination (CAPE) exams to be done online in wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Guyana’s students, their parents and teachers are still awaiting word from the Ministry of Education on how they will be administered here.

The modified examination process involves the administration of at least one common paper (Multiple Choice Assess-ments) and School Based Assessments (SBAs) and Paper 032s (Alternative to SBA) for private candidates, with the assurance that the process will apply the appropriate weighting to ensure that candidates are treated fairly and in an unbiased manner.

The Council has said that in territories where the online testing infrastructure challenges are insurmountable, candidates will be allowed to sit the examinations using the paper-based modality.
Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

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