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E-LEARNING MODULES AND LEARNING GUIDE FOR TEACHERS

INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE

The Caribbean region has a high vulnerability to the effects of climate change, increasing
electricity consumption, and a widening demand-supply gap, especially in many urban areas,
increasing sustainable energy production, delivery, and use. Renewable energy applications and
energy efficiency measures can provide powerful opportunities for CARIFORUM Member States
to reduce their fuel consumption. This can improve energy security, lessen dependence on
imported fuels, reduce electricity prices, promote clean economic growth, and improve the

quality of life for citizens. Critically too, it allows the region to make an effort towards the
mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and can provide a basis for improving the resilience of
key sectors to the effects of climate change.

The increasing demand for sustainable energy and energy efficiency services has positioned the
need for such appropriate skill sets to be developed and available regionally. The Caribbean
Examinations Council® has a critical role to play in this regard given its “reputation of providing
syllabuses which reflect the tenants of the Ideal Caribbean Citizen and support the tenets of
UNESCO Pillars of Learning for Sustainable Development (Caribbean Examinations Council,
2020).” Moreover, across the Community, the CXC® credential also serves as a foundational
prerequisite for entry into higher level certifications at the graduate and post-graduate level.

Moreover, given the dynamic nature of knowledge, the organisation in seeking to deliver on its
mandate, is therefore very keen on continuously updating and improving its syllabus to ensure
that it provides the Caribbean region with qualifications that are of the highest quality and
relevance. The increasing importance of sustainable energy to the economic and social
development of the CARICOM member states has positioned the need for the mainstreaming of
“greening” content across the educational syllabuses and curriculum of the Caribbean region.
Thus, the strategy of the CXC® is to build upon the successes achieved under the REETA
programme through the mainstreaming of “greening” learning concepts into the new and

existing syllabus of the organisation at the CSEC® and CAPE® levels. An important aspect of the
‘greening’ process is strengthening teacher training capacity to effectively support the delivery
of these new learning concepts. Therefore, the e-learning modules and learning guide was
developed for teachers to support and enhance the delivery of sustainable energy content in the
educational syllabuses and curriculum of the Caribbean region.

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