Communication Studies students across the region and here at the college, may have breathed a sigh of relief prematurely. There have been reports out of Trinidad that the 2008 CAPE Communication Studies paper, sat yesterday May 8th, was leaked the day before the exam and was being sold for $5000.
CXC is implying that it must have been an inside job, since they are stressing that the original green papers, which were printed in Barbados, were heavilly guarded and and that they have security seals so they cannot be opened without anyone knowing... blahde blahde blah, basically trying to throw the blame off of them and in the direction of a disloyal and dishonest staff member. The papers sold had the identical information printed on white computer paper and stapled together at the left corner. Suggesting that the paper was photocopied or reproduced digitallly and arranged by hand by an individual.
Okay enough with the facts. What Man About College is really concerned about is; do we really have to go through the whole gruelling process again? Will the entire region have to resit? 2 and a half hours of sleep, search for inspiration out the classroom window and finger cramping essays is no fun. But then, a chance(!) to do better is an interesting propect. Another possibility is that, as in the case of the leak of O'Level Maths and English A papers of 2005 in Guyana, CXC will send a resit paper to only the country in which the paper was leaked. However, Man About College is considering the possibility of the revised paper being easier than the original and putting us all at a disadvantage. It is hard to decide which option is better. Those who wished hard for a do-over is probably kicking themselves right now, now that it is fast becoming a possibilty. Be Careful What You Wish For
Now before you roll you eyes in disgust and bawl out "Only in de Caribbean eh!", Even the A-Level boards of examiners in England have faced this problem before. In 2001 the A-Level Pure Mathematics paper was leaked. There are alot of people in the world who would go to these lengths to make money. It is inevitable.
Do you want to resit the paper?
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6 comments:
Holy crap. I hadn't heard that.
I hope you guys don't have to re-sit. That'd really demoralise everyone.
damn,,,that's sum serious stuff...well hope we don't hada do that over agen..sigh....
go through that all over again...I DONT THINK SO!!
NO I DONT WANT TO RESIT THE BLOODY PAPER!LET TRINI ALONE DO THAT
I think that should a resit be held (and it will since there's no way of telling who bought the papers or who's naturally smart) it'll be held in that country alone, much like when a similar situation had occurred in Guyana a while back. I personally don't want to resit since it'll most likely mean extra time waiting for my transcripts, and I don't want to stay here longer than I have to. Plus I've got other subjects to pay attention to. Hopefully this'll inspire CXC to be a little stricter when protecting these things, and also allow the TNT government to pay more attention to this situation since it's apparently quite common there.
Honestly i dnt think this is the first time this is happening in Trin...jus mean this time they were found out...and CXC is not going to pay for the whole Caribbean to reesit that exam...
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