STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

Glenroy Cumberbatch, Registrar

FEBRUARY 2016

Landscape

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Universal primary and secondary education

Increased incidents of crime and violence

High unemployment amongst youth

Development and expansion of service economies

Background

Increased use of technology at home and school

Enhanced technological infrastructure in the country, home and school

Policies and programmes to encourage greater use of technology

Increased availability of educational material online

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CXC Intervention

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• Syllabuses, Study Guides, Subject Reports, Exemplars• Notesmaster and Webinars• Practice Tests• Virtual Subject Associations

Learning support

• CPEA• CCSLC • CSEC and CVQ• CAPE and CXC Associate Degree

Subject offerings

• Online Testing• Pre-testing• Online Practice Tests• Online access to results and data

Assessment

CCSLC: A Foundation Programme

• Oral and written communication skills• Mathematical Literacy• Scientific Literacy• Social and Citizenship Skills• Collaboration• Critical Thinking• Creativity

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CCSLC: Why do it?

• Prepares you for life – values and attitudes • First level of certification • Articulates well with CSEC• Provides a good foundation for CVQ• Internationally benchmarked – UKNARIC

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SUPPORT PROCESSES

TARGET - Out of School- In School

- Out of Region- Diaspora

-Professionals

REQUIREMENTS- Unique Identifier

- Online Registration- Form of Identification

TOOLS Exams Processing System- e-Authoring

- e-Testing- e-Marking

- HUMAN RESOURCES- FINANCE

- TECHNOLOGY

LARGER , CERTIFIED , GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE

PORTALS

ENCOURAGEMENT LEARNING SUPPORT

ONLINE LIVE TEST

ONLINE PRE -TESTING

SOCIAL MEDIA

Target

• Out-of school• In school• Out of Region• Diaspora• Professionals

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Requirements

• Unique Identifier• Online Registration• Form of Identification

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Tools

• Exams Processing System

–E-Authoring–E-Testing–E-Marking–E-Certificates

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Portals • Learning Support Resources

–Past Papers–Study Guides–Digital Toolkits–Exemplars–Subject Reports–Syllabuses–Webinars –www.Notesmaster.com–www.cxc-store.com

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Social Media

• Facebook• Twitter• Other Social Media Tools

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Support Services

• Human Resource–Recruit, Retain, Reward

• Finance–Timely and convenient payment

• Technology–Fit for purpose, relaible

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Online Pre-Test

• Paper 01• Paper 02• Paper 03/2

• April 2016, items to be pre-tested online

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Online Live Test

• Online testing beginning 2017–Paper 01 for all subjects–January and May/June

• Online testing 2018–Paper 01, 02, 03/2–January and May/June

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Way Forward

• Engage all participating territories in discussion• Engage LRs

Q1 2016

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Way Forward

• Engage all stakeholders

Q2 2016

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