BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – In keeping with the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC®)
strategic mandate to make an even greater impact on the region’s education system, it has
pursued many partnerships with educational institutions, both regionally and
internationally. The latest such collaboration has been formalised with the signing of a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica
(CCCJ), the statutory agency under the Ministry of Education with oversight for community
colleges in Jamaica.
The MOU was signed at the Launch of CXC’s 2021-2025 Strategic Plan at the Jamaica
Pegasus Hotel on Friday, 29 January 2021. The MOU signatories were Dr Wayne Wesley,
Registrar and CEO of CXC® and Dr Donna Powell Wilson, Executive Director of the CCCJ.
The MOU will allow for faculty of the CCCJ to act as resource persons, moderators, subject
panellists, review committee members and resource persons in the development of learning
support resources, examining committees and CXC’s Research Advisory Group.
In addition, the MOU will also allow for collaboration on research for the digital
transformation of the education system and the collaboration on faculty and staff
development to advance teaching, learning and assessment in the Caribbean. CXC® also
commits to the sharing of examination results for matriculation purposes as is authorised by
candidates.
Another feature of the MOU is the articulation of seven of the CXC®-Associate Degree
(CXC®-AD) programmes. The alignment of these programmes will ensure that candidates
who hold the CXC®-AD qualification will be able to matriculate into the CCCJ’s bachelor’s
degree programme. According to Dr Powell Wilson in her closing remarks at the signing of
the CXC®/CCCJ MOU; “the community colleges stand ready to receive students with the
CXC® Associate degree”.
Photo Title: CXC®-CCCJ MOU Signing 1
Photo Caption: Dr Wayne Wesley, Registrar and CEO, CXC® and Dr Donna Powell Wilson, Executive Director of
the CCCJ, sign MOU
Photo Title: CXC®-CCCJ MOU Signing 2
Photo Caption: Dr Wayne Wesley, Registrar and CEO, CXC® and Dr Donna Powell-Wilson, Executive Director of
the CCCJ, with the newly signed MOU
About CXC®:
The Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) was established in 1972 under Agreement by the
Participating Governments in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CXC® assures the global human
resource competitiveness of the Caribbean through the provision of syllabuses of the highest
quality; valid and reliable examinations and certificates of international repute for students of all
ages, abilities and interests; services to educational institutions in the development of syllabuses,
examinations and examinations’ administration, in the most cost-effective way.
CXC® comprises 16 Participating Countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, British
Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis,
St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos Islands.
The first examinations for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate® (CSEC®) were offered in
1979 in five subjects. Subsequent to CSEC®, CXC® has introduced a comprehensive suite of
qualifications to meet the needs of the region: Caribbean Primary Exit AssessmentTM (CPEATM),
Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence® (CCSLC®), *Caribbean Vocational
Qualification (CVQ), Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® (CAPE®) and the CXC® Associate
Degree (CXC®-AD).
The organisation also collaborates with countries in the Dutch Caribbean – Curaçao, Saba, St
Eustatius and St Maarten, as well as Suriname.
Additional information about the Caribbean Examinations Council®
can be found at www.cxc.org
*Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) is the trademark of the Caribbean Association of National Training Authorities. CXC® is one of
the National Training Agencies in the Caribbean which awards CVQs.
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