An­na-Lisa Paul

The Caribbean Ex­am­i­na­tions Coun­cil (CXC) has just an­nounced a de­lay of three weeks in the ad­min­is­tra­tion of this year's re­gion­al ex­ams. Com­mu­ni­cat­ing the de­ci­sion that was tak­en dur­ing a spe­cial meet­ing ear­li­er to­day, CXC's Reg­is­trar and CEO Dr Wayne Wes­ley said the ex­ams will now com­mence on May 23, with re­sults pro­ject­ed to be re­leased in late Au­gust or ear­ly Sep­tem­ber.

Fur­ther to this, CXC has al­so grant­ed a two-week ex­ten­sion for the sub­mis­sion of School Based As­sess­ments which Wes­ley said would still be in the hands of lo­cal reg­is­trars and so, can­di­dates will be able to make ad­just­ments be­fore fi­nal sub­mis­sion. Mean­while, a list of the broad top­ics will al­so be re­leased in a few weeks, so can­di­dates will have a gen­er­al idea of what would be fea­tured in the ex­am. Pressed to say what led CXC to take these de­ci­sions, Wes­ley said COVID-19 and its re­sul­tant im­pact across the re­gion was con­sid­ered.