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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, and 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

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