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Appendix #4: Report on Implementation of of Computer-Aided Drafting
(CAD) method/applications for the teaching of CSEC Technical Drawing

and CAPE BMED

A brief report: The implementation of Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) method/applications
for the teaching of CSEC Technical Drawing and CAPE BMED which is a requirement for
the Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXC) compulsory registration for CAD for these
subjects from 2018.

The following provides an outline of the costs associated with the retrofitting/outfitting of
schools and training of teachers to satisfy CXC’s mandate in which came in a memo to the
Local Registrar, Ministry of Education dated January 25, 2017; Subject: Various Regulatory
Matters and Item 8: Required use of CAD for Technical Drawing & Building Mechanical and
Engineering Drawing (BMED) from 2018.

A total of one hundred secondary schools offer CSEC Technical Drawing with an average
67.4% pass rate for the last six years. On average two thousand students are registered for
CSEC Technical annually with approximately fifteen (15 %) percent using the CAD
method/applications.

1. The following indicates extreme costs for preparation for the use of CAD
method/applications to teach CSEC Technical Drawing.

Item Estimated total Comments
cost

Computers 90 schools $$8,100,000.00 Student laptops does not
have:

sufficient RAM

Hard drive

Display/graphics card

to facilitate use of CAD
for assignments, etc.

Wide carriage 90 schools 1,740,000.00 Copy centers photocopiers
Printers/Copy which can print 11×17 size
printers paper can be used

In-service AutoCad Option A: $1,479,000.00 Willing to negotiate the
training for teachers price for the MoE group of
Central teachers
Technology
Centre
3 levels per teacher
for proficiency Option B:

30 hours per level 2-3 Teachers replacement teachers for

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