Scores of teens in Barbados approached the Christmas holidays with no final grades from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) for exams taken during the previous academic year.
Local stakeholders including the Group of Concerned Parents, the Barbados National Parent Teacher Association and the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union are fast losing their dwindling confidence in the regional body.
In separate interviews and statements, they warned that many of the discrepancies identified in the controversial 2020 results have resurfaced.
Making matters worse, is the delay in reviewing and re-grading the “erroneous” results, preventing the award of Barbados Scholarships and Exhibitions, and hindering those desirous of studying abroad.
“It’s a replication of the issues from last year, not to the magnitude of last year, but at the heart of it is that grading is clearly erroneous and that there are clear issues with the grading output and unfortunately, if CXC is left to review itself, it doesn’t give comfort to the stakeholders that there’s any independence and that any issues are being properly addressed,” said the president of the Group of Concerned Parents Paula-Anne Moore.
