The Caribbean Ex­am­i­na­tions Coun­cil (CXC) is in­ves­ti­gat­ing a pos­si­ble leak of a Math­e­mat­ics pa­per in the Caribbean Sec­ondary Ed­u­ca­tion Cer­tifi­cate (CSEC) ex­am­i­na­tion that took place yes­ter­day.

CXC did not state where the leak took place but St Vin­cent me­dia have re­port­ed that claims of a leak sent “shock­waves” across that is­land yes­ter­day.

Ac­cord­ing to the Search­light news­pa­per, the ex­am was leaked to sev­er­al stu­dents be­fore the ex­am, with the news­pa­per adding that it ob­tained proof of im­ages of CSEC Math­e­mat­ics Pa­per 2 pages that were shared on a mes­sag­ing app the night be­fore the ex­am and were seen by stu­dents from at least two sec­ondary schools.

The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion in St Vin­cent al­so ver­i­fied to the news­pa­per that it had re­ceived com­plaints about the leak.

CXC said the con­cerns have led to an im­me­di­ate in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

“This mat­ter is of great con­cern to us, we have com­menced our in­ves­ti­ga­tions and will make a de­fin­i­tive state­ment once the in­ves­ti­ga­tion is com­plet­ed. In the mean­time, can­di­dates can rest as­sured that this mat­ter is be­ing treat­ed with the high­est ur­gency,” CXC said in a two-para­graph state­ment.

Just weeks ago, the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion in T&T launched an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the source of leaked pic­tures of the Sec­ondary En­trance As­sess­ment.

Pic­tures of the Lan­guage Arts com­po­nent of the ex­am cir­cu­lat­ed on­line dur­ing the snack break for pupils be­fore it was sup­posed to be ad­min­is­tered in the fi­nal phase of the ex­am.

The Math­e­mat­ics and Cre­ative Writ­ing phase of the ex­am had al­ready been com­plet­ed by then.

De­spite the leak, Min­is­ter of Ed­u­ca­tion Dr Nyan Gads­by-Dol­ly had as­sured this did not com­pro­mise the in­tegri­ty of the ex­am, as they emerged while pupils were in the test­ing rooms with­out ac­cess to com­mu­ni­ca­tion de­vices.

How­ev­er, Gads­by-Dol­ly said the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice’s Cy­ber Crime and So­cial Me­dia Unit was in­ves­ti­gat­ing the in­ci­dent.