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World Class Exams – Syllabus Development

Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE )
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The draft syllabus will be submitted to the April 2020 meeting COMPUTER SCIENCE
of SUBSEC requesting approval to complete the revision of The Review Committee met in November 2017, and revised
the syllabus. If the request is approved, a Panel meeting will all aspects of the CAPE® Computer Science Syllabus. The
be convened in June 2020 to complete the revision of the Committee analyzed teachers’ comments and concerns
syllabus. The final draft of the syllabus along with the Specimen as expressed in questionnaires and reports, evaluated
Examination Papers, Keys and Mark Schemes will be submitted candidates’ performance in the examinations and proposed
to SUBSEC in October 2020, for approval. If approval is amendments to the syllabus and examinations in light of their
granted, the syllabus and copies of the specimen examination performance; and amendments to the syllabuses in light of
papers, keys and mark schemes will be distributed to schools these comments and concerns and policy requirements.
in September 2021, for first examination in May–June 2022.
The Review committee recommended that the Panel consider
APPLIED MATHEMATICS the revision of the Rationale, Aims, General Objectives
A panel meeting was held in May 2019. The Panellists and Specific Objectives. They recommended the inclusion
reviewed and refined all the General Objectives to ensure of more current and relevant content areas such as cloud
that they captured the cognitive, affective and psychomotor storage, cybersecurity and computer misuse, and different
domains. Specific Objectives, and the related Content were programming languages, including those that allow for object-
examined and adjusted where deemed necessary to ensure oriented programming as well as application for mobile
that the depth and scope were clear. Some Specific Objectives devices.
were reworded, rearranged in a logical teaching order, new
ones written and a few deleted in the Modules. The suggested They also suggested a revision of Suggested Teaching and
teaching and learning activities were reviewed for all modules Learning Activities in each Module of the syllabus to help
to help teachers engage students in learning experiences teachers better cater to diversity among learners and to
which would equip them with the relevant mathematical stimulate and maintain interest in the subject area. Additionally,
and technical competencies, transferable skills such as the Committee recommended the revision of the requirements
critical thinking, innovativeness, team work, problem-solving, for the SBA and associated assessment instruments to ensure
communication, and other life skills, while catering to the that group work is accepted; essential skills are being assessed
different learning styles. The suggested list of resources was as well as the development of a Paper 032 for each Unit, and
also updated. revision of the List of Resources to include current print and
electronic sources.
An additional meeting was held in December 2019 in which
the panel reviewed and refined the specimen items.

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