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2. A special welcome was also extended to the following members of staff who were
observing their first meeting of the SUBSEC.

 Mrs Sandra Fitz-Patrick - Business Analyst, EZO
 Tegra Bruce - Stenographer Clerk, Finance
and Office Management, WZO
 Trecia Boucher - Project Officer, Examination Services, EZO
 Tara Leevy - Legal Officer, Corporate Services, EZO

3. Apologies for absence were offered for Dr Jeffrey Blaize, Assistant Chief Education
Officer, Dominica; Mr Marcus Edward, Chief Education Officer, St. Lucia; and Professor
Eudine Barriteau. Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, UWI Open Campus.

4. The Chairman apologized to members of the SUBSEC for the request for a change in
meeting dates and expressed his gratitude for their willingness to attend on the proposed
date.

ITEM 2: ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

5. The SUBSEC received the provisional agenda which was adopted as is and appended
to this report.

ITEM 3: ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE MEETING OF
19 APRIL 2017 (SUBSEC/REP/APR/2017/113)

6. The SUBSEC adopted the Report of the 113 meeting.
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ITEM 4: MATTERS ARISING FROM THE REPORT OF THE MEETING OF
19 APRIL 2017 NOT LISTED ELSEWHERE ON THE AGENDA

CSEC® as a Two-Unit Course

7. Members noted that as a follow-up to action point from the last meeting, discussion
on the CSEC® as a Two-Unit course will take place during the next quarterly meeting of the
Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and Ministry of Education Youth and Information
(MoEYI), Jamaica officials in October 2017.

CSEC® Marking

8. It was reported that data for 2016 and 2017 were examined and the CXC had arrived
at an estimate of man hours per subject. Members heard that if the configuration used for
2017 was also utilized in 2018, CXC would be sixty plus markers short in English and twenty-

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