CXC To Introduce ‘A’ Levels In 1990

THE Caribbean Examination Council has planned to start examinations at the Advanced Level from 1990.

A source from the Ministry of Education has said that the Ministry is not aware of how the CXC’s Advanced Levels will affect the GCE examination, but that the number of candidates entering for the GCE examination has been decreasing compared to the CXC examination.

The source said that the CXC examination is cheaper than the GCE exam since it involved no foreign exchange.

“CXC seems to be the predominant examination and Guyana is committed to support the Caribbean Examination Council,” the source said.

It was noted that the emphasis is mainly on localising the CXC examination so that students can have a sense of origin.

According to the source, CXC will be offering a second sitting of its examination in January next year. He said the examination will only be offering the second sitting of Mathematics and English language which will be equivalent to the GCE Ordinary Level examination.

The source said that fewer schools are now sending students up for the GCE examination. He said the CXC will be doing Advanced Levels in about four subjects beginning from 1990. The subjects will include Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics to be written in one year, while the Social Sciences and the Art subjects will be done during 1992 and 1993 respectively.