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The training of Examining Committee members continued EXAMINATION PAPERS
for new members and those not yet trained as the facilitators 3. The Caribbean Examinations Council continued to
conducted sessions designed not only to build capacity on make effective use of visual material such as diagrams,
the marking tool, but also to enhance their preparation of graphs and tables on examination papers for a number
examinations and marking instructions for electronic delivery. of subjects, including Human and Social Biology, and
Information Technology.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE JANUARY 2019 EXAMINATIONS
REGISTRATION SUMMARY JANUARY SITTING 4. The Technical Awards Committee (TAC) proposed that
1. There was a significant decline in the entries for the both teaching and assessment should focus on the
January 2019 sitting: 29 per cent in the candidate entries development of higher order skills which would be
and 24 per cent in the subject entries. beneficial for both further studies and employment. TAC
also recommended that in revising syllabuses, there
2. Table 1 and the chart below show the registration summary should be a clear emphasis on the requirement to focus
2015 - 2019 on higher order skills and that subject examinations
should focus, increasingly, on the assessment of such
skills.

Candidate % Subject %
Session
Entries Change Entries Change
2015 18,679 -- 40,941 --

2016 18,520 -1% 39,623 -3%

2017 16,561 -11% 34,570 -13%

2018 20,088 21% 40,654 18%

2019 14,215 -29% 31,003 -24%
Table 1 Figure 1
Comparison of January Registration Summary: 2015–2019

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