One could only imagine the collective jubilation of Caribbean students, teachers, parents, friends and relatives with the news that the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) intends to delay this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) by three weeks.It is the result of intense lobbying from the Caribbean Union of Teachers; parent advocate Paula-Anne Moore, the spokesman for the Caribbean Coalition for Exam Redress and Group of Concerned Parents of Barbados; the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union; and the Barbados Union of Teachers, all of whom were supported by regional governments, notably education ministers Fayal Williams of Jamaica and Barbados’ Kay McConney.So the regional examination body has set the tests to start on May 23 in a bid to give students a fair shot at achieving their best grades after the disruption brought on by COVID-19.
