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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2020

World Class Exams – Syllabus Development

Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence

®
(CCSLC )

SYLLABUSES UNDER REVISION (d) Inclusion of more current and relevant context areas such
ENGLISH as referencing, responsibilities of citizens, constitutions
At its meeting held in November 2018, the Panel reviewed and convention on rights and school and community
all aspects of the syllabus, with the main aim of delineating restoration.
the competencies, knowledge and attitudes that students
might reasonably be expected to demonstrate. The Panel (e) Revision of Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities in
also revisited the Specific Objectives to ensure that they each Module of the syllabus to add clarity to the Context
adequately reflect the expected competencies, knowledge as well as to help teachers better integrate technology,
and attitudes of the students; revisited the Content areas to cater to diversity among learners and to stimulate and
ensure that they were clearly delineated, current and relevant; maintain interest in the subject area.
and refined the Assessment Outline and SBA tasks to ensure
that the critical language skills are optimally assessed. (f) Revision of the requirements for the SBA tasks to ensure
essential skills such as resume development, creative
The following is a summary of the actions taken: writing and referencing are being assessed.
(a) Revision of the Generic and Subject-Specific
Competencies, Outcomes of the Curriculum and the (g) Revision of the Suggested Formative Assessment Tasks
Main Elements of the Curriculum. The list of Generic to ensure that teachers have a greater appreciation of
Competencies was amended to include creativity and the diverse ways in which they can continuously assess
innovation, flexibility and adaptability, diversity awareness, students’ learning.
information, communications and technology literacy,
environmental literacy and health, safety and wellness The final draft of the syllabus along with the specimen
literacy. Some of the existing literacies were re-phrased to examination papers, keys and mark schemes will be submitted
ensure that they better align with how they are referenced for approval by SUBSEC in October 2021. The approved
in the common set of twenty-first century skills and syllabus along with the specimen examination papers, keys
Wagner’s Survival Skills. In addition, Digital Literacy was and mark schemes will be distributed to schools in May–June
added to the list of Subject-Specific Competencies. 2022, for first examination in May–June 2024.

(b) Revision of the Rationale, Aims and General Objectives to INTEGRATED SCIENCE
ensure that the attributes of the Ideal Caribbean Citizen, A Panel Meeting was held in May 2019. The Panellists
UNESCO Pillars of Learning, the twenty-first century skills reviewed and refined all aspects of the draft syllabus. Changes
and the role of technology are appropriately integrated. were made to the Rationale, Aims, and Competencies to Be
Assessed. The Rationale was revised to reflect the thrust in
(c) Refinement and elaboration of Specific Objectives to developing the twenty-first century skills, the incorporation of
ensure that the Specific Objectives individually target one Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering (STEM)
behaviour, except in cases where the use of two verbs is principles and the importance of the suggested teaching,
unavoidable. learning and assessment strategies. This is captured in
paragraph two of the Rationale and reads,

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