Page 98 - 2020 CXC Annual Report

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Public Relations and Stakeholder Relationship Management

Media Relations

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to touch the region, CXC®
conducted several interviews and received coverage on the
strategy for the administration of May/June examinations and
later, the results of these examinations.
MARCH
27th The Edge 105 FM radio station in Jamaica.
Power 106 FM (Jamaica)
30th CBC News (Barbados)
31st “Smile Jamaica” programme on Television Jamaica (TVJ).
The nightly news programme on CBC Television,
Media Conferences
Barbados.
MARCH
Campus Connection on Love 101 FM, Jamaica. This
26th Media Briefing on Administration of May/June Exams programme is geared towards students.
MAY Dr Carol Granston, Pro-Registrar and Deputy CEO, gave
14th Media Briefing on Administration of July Examinations an interview on The Edge 105 FM, Jamaica, about CXC’s
examinations and the e-learning platform – CXC® Learning
OCTOBER
Hub.
18th Media Briefing on the Presentation of the Findings of the
APRIL
Independent Review Team
3rd CCN TV6 News in Trinidad and Tobago.
15th NBC Radio in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Media Interviews
22nd TVJ “All Angles” current affairs programme on TVJ.
JANUARY
29th Dr Wesley was interviewed by Dr. Laurette S. M Bristol,
20th Dr Wayne Wesley, Registrar and CEO, CXC® was interviewed Programme Manager, Human Resource Development at
by Nekita Turnbull from the Government Information Service, CARICOM Secretariat, in a segment entitled “COVID-19 &
Department of Information and Public Relations, during a Education Conversations: A CSEC® student and the CXC®
Registrar”.
visit to the British Virgin Islands.
MAY
21st Dr Wayne Wesley participated in an interview on the
programme “Honestly Speaking with Claude Skelton Cline”, 14th RJR Gleaner Group Town Hall Meeting, TVJ.
during a visit to the British Virgin Islands. Dr Wesley gave an 15th “Beyond the Headlines”, with Dionne Jackson Miller, on
overview of the organisation and its goals. Radio Jamaica.
FEBRUARY The Edge 105 FM, Jamaica.
27th Dr Wesley participated in a digital education webinar,
25th Dr Wayne Wesley was interviewed on Power 106 radio
“Learning Without Boundaries”, hosted by regional
station in Jamaica, on the topic of CXC’s transformation
telecommunications company Digicel.
to a regional enterprise and the importance of preparing
JULY
students to be globally competitive.
10th The Edge 105 FM, Jamaica.
MARCH
SEPTEMBER
11th Dr Wayne Wesley was a guest on the ICTPulse Podcast,
23rd The Edge 105FM, Jamaica.
speaking on the topic: The Role of Education in the Future
of Work. 28th Smile Jamaica, TVJ.

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