There has been news circulating that CAPE examinations were cancelled today by the CXC Registrar.CXC also revealed that a new timetable would now have to be issued as soon as possible. There is some confusion however, over whether if this decision will affect only Trinidad, or the whole Caribbean. We will just have to wait and see.
A reliable source in Trinidad has revealed to Man About College that a meeting will be held tomorrrow among the CAPE representatives and Ministry of Education there. All scheduled CAPE exams there have definitely been cancelled in Trinidad until further notice.
It is strange however that the leak is only in Trinidad, as a cross-section of the situation reveals that the breach in security must be taking place in Barbados. So do we here in St.Vincent really have to resit that Comm-Studies Paper? Man About College will be very distressed that all the sweat and hard work has gone down the drain, and new inspiration would have to be dug up to resit this paper. But still satisfied that CXC will not just let this one slide, and allow the cheaters to continue. The Council has a laid down a rule that the students caught cheating would be banned from all examinations for five years. Ouch. So basically they're stuck being Sanitation Workers (no offense to you aspiring Sanitation Workers) for five years. Police are also involved in the investigations.
Caribbean Pride is on the line here. How does it look to the outside world if we can't even run and control our own exam board? Hopefully this dies down. and fast.
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15 years ago
2 comments:
CAPE is only cancelled in Trinidad, everywhere else has to sit the exams as normal. See:
this article in the Trinidad Express. Additionally, since they're seeing this as a Trinidad only problem, the resits will be limited to there.
At any rate, logic would dictate that the leak isn't only in Trinidad, but that's where it's the most high profile.
Hey! Cool Blog. I am in Jamaica and I have been wondering the same thing about the cancellation. I quess we will have to wait and see. However, exams here are progressing alright at the moment. But it would to stressful to resit those exams!
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