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World Class Exams – Syllabus Development

Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE )
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The Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities were also devices. They also suggested a revision of the Suggested
revised to improve the quality of guidance provided for Teaching and Learning Activities in each Module of the syllabus
teachers as well as to ensure that they catered to the divergent to help teachers better cater to diversity among learners and
needs of the learners. A column was also included which to stimulate and maintain interest in the subject area.
paralleled and aligned the Specific Objectives to the related
Content to afford for greater readability and ease of reference Additionally, the Committee recommended the revision of
thereby making the syllabus user friendly. the requirements for the SBA and associated assessment
instruments to ensure that group work is accepted; essential
The draft syllabus will be submitted to the April 2021 meeting skills are being assessed as well as the development of a
of SUBSEC requesting approval to complete the revision of Paper 032 for each Unit, and revision of the List of Resources
the syllabus. If the request is approved, a Panel meeting will to include current print and electronic sources.
be convened in June 2021 to complete the revision of the
syllabus. The final draft of the syllabus along with the specimen The revised syllabus was disseminated to subject specialists
examination papers, keys and mark schemes will be submitted and a sample of teachers and the responses were analysed
to SUBSEC in October 2021, for approval. If approval is and used to inform the finalisation of the syllabus at the Panel
granted, the syllabus and copies of the specimen examination meetings which were held in October and December 2018.
papers, keys and mark schemes will be distributed to schools
in September 2022, for first examination in May–June 2023. The Panel revised all the components of the CAPE® Computer
Science Syllabus such as the Rationale, to ensure that it
COMPUTER SCIENCE was compliant with the policy, philosophical, political and
The Review Committee met in November 2017, and revised psychological principles embraced by the Council; the Aims
all aspects of the CAPE® Computer Science Syllabus. The and General Objectives to ensure alignment with the focus
Committee analysed teachers’ comments and concerns of the Rationale; and the Specific Objectives and Content
as expressed in questionnaires and reports, evaluated to ensure they appropriately delineated the breadth and
candidates’ performance in the examinations and proposed depth of content coverage currency and relevance for each
amendments to the syllabus and examinations in light of their Module. The Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities were
performance; and amendments to the syllabuses in light of also revised to improve the quality of guidance provided for
these comments and concerns and policy requirements. teachers as well as to ensure that they catered to the divergent
needs of the learners.
The Review Committee recommended that the Panel consider
the revision of the Rationale, Aims, General Objectives Another Panel meeting to complete the development of the
and Specific Objectives. They recommended the inclusion Specimen Papers was held in December 2019.
of more current and relevant content areas such as cloud
storage, cybersecurity and computer misuse, and different The final draft of the syllabus along with the specimen
programming languages, including those that allow for object- examination papers, keys and mark schemes will be submitted
oriented programming as well as application for mobile to SUBSEC in April 2021, requesting approval. If the request is

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