As the fallout from apparent anomalies in the examination results from this year’s CXC examinations continue, governments in the region have asserted that the examination body should waiver existing fees for queries. 

In a meeting spanning three hours on Monday, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Education, Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, Minister Lisa Morris-Julian and Ministers of Education from several countries- including Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua and Guyana- met with Dr.Wayne Wesley, Registrar of CXC to discuss the Report submitted by the Independent Review Team set up by CXC to review the queries of the CAPE/CSEC 2020 Examinations. 

According to a statement from the Ministry of Education, “it was unanimously proposed by the Ministers in attendance that in addition to all the other measures outlined, a total waiver of fees for reviews should be considered by CXC for 2020”

The Council will be approached by Wednesday, October 21st to consider the full implications of this.

Among other topics discussed in the meeting are is follows:

1. Extension of the deadline for queries beyond October 23rd 2020 to Nov 6th, 2020

2. Reduction in the Cost for Requests for Reviews (RFR) for 2020

3. Reversion to the Pre- January 2018 position and practice where a Review includes a remark,
not simply a recalculation of the candidate's score

4. Expediting of Requests for Reviews (RFR)

5. Abandonment of the CXC policy and practice of grade diminution