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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2020

World Class Exams – Syllabus Development

Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE )
®

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Panel revised the components of the CAPE® Information
The Review Committee met November and December 2017. Technology Syllabus in keeping with the recommendations
The Committee analysed teachers’ comments and concerns from the Review Committee and feedback from Subject
as expressed in questionnaires and reports, evaluated Matter Specialists and teachers. Additionally, the Panel
candidates’ performance in the examinations and proposed revised the Paper 02 examination structure and the School-
amendments to the syllabus and examinations in light of their Based Assessment guidelines to conform to the Council’s
performance, and amendments to the syllabuses in light of Assessment Policy. The word limit for CAPE®, which is 1,500
these comments and concerns and policy requirements. The words and group work were also included.
Committee recommended that the Panel revise all aspects of
the syllabus including refining and reorganising the Rationale Another Panel Meeting to complete the development of the
and the General and Specific Objectives to ensure that Assessment component was held in December 2019.
the knowledge, attitudes and competencies that students
are required to develop were sufficiently covered. The A request for approval of the final draft of the syllabus along
Committee revisited and reorganised the Content to ensure with the specimen examination papers, keys and mark
clarity, currency and relevance as well as to ensure a more schemes will be submitted to SUBSEC in April 2021. If the
coherent approach to organising the syllabus. The committee approval is granted, the approved syllabus and copies of the
also updated the list of resources in the syllabus to ensure specimen examination papers, keys and mark schemes will be
currency and relevance and refined the Suggested Teaching distributed to schools in September 2021, for first examination
and Learning Activities to enhance the implementation of the in May–June 2022.
syllabus.
INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS
The following Aims were added to the syllabus: A Review Committee meeting was held was held in June 2020.
10. develop creative, collaborative, communicative and The Committee members reviewed and refined the Aims and
critical thinking skills using appropriate Information and General Objectives to ensure that they were in alignment and
Communication Technologies (ICTs); and, that they captured the cognitive, affective and psychomotor
domains. Specific Objectives, and the related Content were
11. prepare students for tertiary level studies and employment examined and adjusted where deemed necessary to ensure
in technology-oriented professions that the depth and scope were clear. Some Specific Objectives
were reworded, rearranged in a logical teaching order, new
SUBSEC was asked to consider the proposals of the Review ones written and a few removed that were extensively covered
Committee for revising the CAPE® Information Technology in the CSEC® Mathematics Syllabus.
Syllabus. Approval was granted. The draft syllabus containing
these proposed amendments was sent to subject specialists The Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities were
and a sample of teachers of the subject in Participating reviewed for all Modules to help teachers cater to the different
Territories for their comments. The responses were analysed learning styles, to encourage the development of practical and
and used at a Panel meeting convened to finalise the syllabus twenty-first century skills and to encourage a greater infusion
in October and a follow up meeting in December 2018. of technology in the implementation of the syllabus. The

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