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CAPE® SUBJECT         SBA REQUIREMENT                 ADMINISTRATION DECISION



                 ENTREPRENEURSHIP   Unit 1 – Report and Oral     No adjustments necessary.
                                     presentation
                                     Unit 2 – Research Report

                 ENVIRONMENTAL       Unit 1and 2 – Site visits   Reduction in the number of activities to TWO site-
                 SCIENCE             Laboratory exercises        visits and TWO laboratory exercises.

                 FINANCIAL           Research Project            No adjustments necessary.
                 SERVICES STUDIES
                 FOOD & NUTRITION   Research paper               Unit 1 - Research Paper
                                     Product Development         No adjustments necessary

                                                                 Unit 2 - Product Development Investigation
                                                                 1.  Students  who  can  carry  out  the  product
                                                                    development in the usual manner should do
                                                                    so.
                                                                 2.  Students  severely  impacted  by  COVID-19
                                                                    should  include  information  in  their  SBA
                                                                    submission  to  show  their  knowledge,
                                                                    demonstrate  their  use  of  knowledge  and
                                                                    demonstrate  their  understanding  of  the
                                                                    practical  and  experimental  skills  associated
                                                                    with product development.
                                                                 3.  The SBA submission is expected to contain the
                                                                    requirements as outlined in the syllabus.

                                                                 Consideration  needs  to  be  given  to  students
                                                                 whom for varying reasons for example poverty,
                                                                 lack of internet access, living conditions who will
                                                                 need assistance.

                 FRENCH              Oral  examination  assessed  No major changes recommended for French.
                                     by  the  teacher  using  SBA
                                     criteria provided by CXC®.
                 GEOGRAPHY           Field work Project          Teachers will need to provide clear guidance and
                                                                 carefully  tailor  the  research  projects  to
                                                                 accommodate the current COVID-19 situation

                                                                 Projects  would  still  be  expected  to  display  the
                                                                 students’ spatial awareness skills, so sketch maps
                                                                 are still important, in addition to pictures.  While

                                                                 students  can  use  Google  Earth,  maps  MUST  BE
                                                                 drawn, clearly annotated and not just copied from

                                                                 Google Earth.




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