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through the CXC® ORS. Journals in excess of 20 MB can be stored in other locations such as a
private YouTube channel, but candidates must provide the link in the SBA text document, to
allow for access to the file. Candidates should ensure that there are no access controls on the
link. If access controls are enforced, the login information must be provided.
(See Appendix III for further details).

36. Ninety per cent of the respondents to the survey indicated that the requirements for the
Production Papers should remain as they are in the existing syllabus. The remaining ten per cent felt that
the Production Papers should have a written component. The Committee reviewed the suggestions from
the teachers but recommended a reduction in the number of Production Papers in light of the fact that a
Multiple Choice paper was being added.

37. The Review Committee, with the guidance of the Assistant Registrar/EDPD, reviewed the format
of the examinations for the syllabus and recommended the following changes after extensive discussion.

(a) In keeping with the policy of the Council for all Paper 01 to have only Multiple-Choice
Items, Paper 01 will now comprise 60 Multiple-Choice items. Ten items will be based on
areas of the syllabus which are common/generic to all Expressive Forms while the
remaining 50 items will be based on the Expressive Forms chosen by the candidate. There
will be 25 items per Expressive form chosen.

(b) The addition of the Multiple-Choice Paper also resulted in the need to recommend
further amendments to the Format and Structure of the Examination. The amendments
that are being proposed by the Review Committee are in response to the concerns raised
about over assessment, the cognitive demands and over all duration of the examination.
The Review Committee is proposing that the Production Papers should be reduced from
two papers to a single paper. The Review Committee also proposed that the Reflective
Journal be added and assessed as a part of the School-Based Assessment and that the
requirements of the Reflective Journal should be reduced from five pieces per Expressive
Form to two pieces per Expressive Form. Despite the addition of a Multiple-Choice Paper,
the number of papers that will be used to assess the Syllabus remains the same. The
proposed changes are presented on the Table below:

TABLE 6
PROPOSED CHANGE TO EXAMINATION FORMAT
Papers Existing Syllabus Proposed Changes
1 School Based Assessment consisting of SIX Paper 1 will comprise 60 Multiple Choice Items
pieces of work (THREE pieces based on
EACH Expressive form chosen).
2 Two Production Papers based on two One Production Paper based on the two
Expressive Forms chosen Expressive Forms chosen

3 A Reflective Journal based on Theory, School-Based Assessment Portfolio consisting
Process and Practice of Visual Arts related to of SIX pieces of work (THREE pieces from EACH
THREE pieces per Expressive Form. Expressive Form chosen) along with the
Reflective Journal entries based on FOUR of the
pieces (TWO pieces per Expressive Form).

38. In keeping with the Council’s Policy to integrate selected units within the regional qualification of
the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ), the Committee also aligned the School-Based Assessment
component of the revised syllabus with the applicable Units of Competence from selected CVQ
programmes. The Committee focused on aligning CVQ content, skills and Performance Criteria with the

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