All necessary steps have been taken to ensure that examinations scheduled for June 6 proceed without disruptions.

The Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development and Labour wishes to assure all candidate/students who are writing the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) examinations that all necessary steps have been taken to ensure the examinations scheduled for Monday, June 6,  run smoothly without disruptions.

The general election has been scheduled for Monday, June 6. Many schools, principally the primary schools, a few secondary schools and the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, are used as polling stations for the general election. Moreover, this time of year is traditionally the period for many national and regional examinations.

On Monday, June 6, the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) Food and Nutrition Paper I and Additional Mathematics Papers I and III are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. respectively. Consequently, the following secondary schools will serve as both CSEC centres and polling stations: Anse Ger Secondary, Castries Comprehensive Secondary, Choiseul Secondary, Clendon Mason Secondary, Corinth Secondary, Entrepot Secondary, Gros Islet Secondary, Micoud Secondary, Vide Bouteille Secondary and the Vieux Fort Comprehensive Secondary. At the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC), examinations for the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) in Biology Unit 2, Economics Unit 2 and Spanish Unit 2 will be held.

Chief Education Officer Marcus Edward met with principals of all secondary schools on May 20, to discuss the arrangements for the concurrence of the general election and the examinations at the schools affected. At the end of the meeting, the principals agreed that the two activities run concurrently and do not adversely affect each other. Moreover, the Electoral Department and the SALCC have met and made all arrangements for the sitting of the CAPE and the use of some buildings at SALCC as polling stations.

The CSEC and the CAPE examinations are regional examinations administered by the CXC. Therefore, the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development and Labour received the nod from the CXC council for its examinations to be held simultaneously with general elections.