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APPENDIX ONE

Structure of the Council

Legal Status The Participating Countries are: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda,
The Council was established in 1972, under Agreement by the Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Participating Governments in the English-speaking Caribbean Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and
to conduct such examinations as it may think appropriate and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and
award certificates and diplomas on the results of any such Tobago and Turks and Caicos Islands.
examinations so conducted. The Council is empowered to
regulate the conduct of any such examinations and prescribe Committees of the Council
the qualification requirements of candidates and the fees The Council has two main committees which help in carrying
payable by them. out its work in between the annual Council meetings.
The Administrative and Finance Committee (AFC) meets
Membership twice yearly and deals with administrative, financial and
The Council comprises the following members: human resource matters. The Sub-Committee of the School
(a) The Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Examinations Committee (SUBSEC) also meets twice a year
Indies; and deals with technical and examination issues.

(b) The Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana; The School Examinations Committee also meets once per
year, normally the day before Council. The SEC is responsible
(c) (i) Three representatives of The University of the for the following: preparing regulations relating to the
West Indies appointed by the Vice-Chancellor conduct of examinations, developing syllabuses through sub-
of The University of the West Indies, regard committees and subject panels, receiving and reviewing the
being given to the geographic dispersion of the reports of examiners, appointing various sub-committees and
campuses; subject panels, and advising the Council on matters relating to
examinations.
(ii) One representative of the University of Guyana
appointed by the Vice-Chancellor of the In addition, there is the Final Awards Committee (FAC), which
University of Guyana; meets after each examination sitting. The duties of the FAC
include: Determines the award of grades (on recommendation
(d) (i) Two representatives appointed by each of of the Subject Awards Committee), approves the issue of
the Participating Governments of Barbados, certificates, diplomas and associate degrees, and adjudicates
Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago and in cases of irregularity and misconduct by candidates in the
one representative appointed by each of the examinations.
other Participating Governments;

(ii) One representative of the teaching profession
appointed by each National Committee from
among its members.

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