The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is again under fire for its seeming inflexible posture when it comes to the setting of examinations.From outside looking in, it appears the Barbados-based examinations body, which is an organ of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), is ignoring the very constituency it was created to serve – the students of the region.Is it a fair criticism? When teachers, parents and students from across the Caribbean form an alliance to pressure the CXC to be more compassionate and empathetic to their collective circumstances, one cannot help but believe there is merit in the criticism.One of the most vocal advocates for the students’ cause has been Barbadian parent Paula-Anne Moore, who has not been shy in her public reprimand of the examinations body and has gone as far as to challenge CXC in the court of law with others.But even she has been confronted by the brick wall of silence and seeming obstinance of CXC. The agency has used its cloak of legal protection very well.
