STATEMENT

2 October 2020 | For Immediate Release

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman, Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®)

Convenes Independent Review Team

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Chairman of the Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®),

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has convened a team that will review the modified approach for
the administration of the July/August 2020 CSEC® and CAPE® Examinations; the moderation
process applied to the School-Based Assessment (SBA) for the July/August 2020 CSEC® and
CAPE® Examinations, and the grading process for the July/August 2020 CSEC® and CAPE®
examinations, among other related matters.

Chair of the review team is Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald, Professor Emerita and
retired Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Open Campus, The University of the West
Indies. Other members of the team are Professor Andrew Downes, retired Pro Vice-
Chancellor, Planning and Development, The University of the West Indies; Professor Francis
De Lanoy, President of the University of Curacao; Mr. Harrilal Seecharan, retired Chief
Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; and the Hon.
Michael S. Browne, Minister of Education in Antigua and Barbuda and Chair of the CARICOM
Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD).

The team will meet with the Chairman of CXC® on Friday, 2 October 2020. They will
commence work immediately and report to the Chairman, CXC® by Friday, 16 October 2020.

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