From Jamaican Observer

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will host three one-day stakeholder events in Jamaica during the week of April 23.

There is a seminar for guidance counsellors from Belize, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Turks and Caicos Islands on Wednesday, April 24; a seminar for journalists from the four islands on Thursday, April 25; and a students’ forum for students from Jamaica on Friday, April 26.

The two seminars will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, while the students’ forum will be held at Jamaica College Auditorium.

The events, said the CXC, form part of its Stakeholder Relationship Management programme over the next three years.

“The goal of the seminar for journalists is to provide journalists around the region with information pertaining to CXC, its products and services, to enable them to better report on stories related to CXC and its examinations, from a position of knowledge and an adequate understanding of the CXC system,” the council said.

“The goal of the seminar for the guidance counsellors is to provide them with accurate and up-to-date information relating to CXC and its products and services which will empower guidance counsellors to offer better advice to students about the choices they make in school,” it added.

During the two seminars, participants will learn about the CXC strategic direction, the CXC qualifications framework, issues related to examinations administration, understanding the reporting of CXC results, structure and governance of CXC, and the recognition of CXC qualifications internationally.

The students’ forum, meanwhile, is expected to bring together more than 500 Jamaican students and teachers, to interact directly with the CXC, Overseas Examinations Commission and Ministry of Education personnel. Students will be able to ask questions, seek clarifications and make recommendations on CXC examinations and services.

Similar seminars were held in Barbados last year for journalists from Barbados, Guyana, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean State, and Trinidad and Tobago with seminars for guidance counsellors from Barbados and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.

This is the second students’ forum being hosted by CXC, the first was held in Guyana in 2010.

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