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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2020

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Examinations Administration and Security (EAS)

JULY-AUGUST 2020 EXAMINATIONS
Registration
30. There was a reduction in the subject entries for CSEC® and
CAPE® but there was an increase for CCSLC®, which has
been steadily increasing over the last three years.

31. Table 5 shows the comparative figures for the 2019 May-June
and 2020 July-August sessions. Overall, there were 1,900
fewer candidates in 2020 and 3,669 fewer subject entries.

Table 5 - Comparison of May/June 2019 and July/August 2020
Registration
Candidate Entries Subject Entries
Level Subjects
Figure 3 - Comparison of Candidates Registered and Scripts 2020 2019 2020 2019
Recevied for Scanning by Subject
CSEC® 35 122,236 124,854 554,174 557,569
CAPE® 35 30,398 30,944 119,365 121,578
CCSLC® 7 9,043 7,779 17,507 15,568
Totals 161,677 163,577 691,046 694,715

32. Figure 5 shows entries in CAPE® with a relatively flat trend
over the 2017-2020 period with both subject and candidate
entries decreasing marginally in 2020. In the case of CSEC®
entries, there was a steady decline over the same period
with subject entries reflecting a 9 per cent decline from
611,211 in 2017 to 554,174 in 2020. In comparison, CCSLC®
has experienced a 17 percent growth over the period 2017 –
2020, with subject entries moving from 14,995 up to 17,507.

33. The ORS was modified to allow candidates to transfer their
SBA from English A to B and vice versa. The modification
of the ORS also permitted SBA to be transferred amongst
Economics, Principles of Accounts and Principles of
Figure 4 - % of Registered Candidates who wrote the Examinations
Business. Some centres did not amend the candidates’
registration records in the ORS, as advised by CXC, to reflect
Irregularities and Hardships the transfer of SBA across subjects. This resulted in CXC
29. There was one case reported for hardship consideration having to intervene and effect the transfers in the EPS prior
this session and one irregularity. to the issue of results.

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