A Call has been made for CXC officials to quickly update students who sat the 2023 C-SEC mathematics paper two examination yesterday on steps being taken to ensure fairness in grading, amid allegations of a leak.
It comes from Jamaica’s National Secondary School’s Students’ Council President, Dannyelle-Jordan Bailey.
In an interview, Bailey pointed out that the allegations of a leak came as no surprise to students, as “it’s something that happens every year in Caribbean countries that are claimed to be ‘favored’ by CXC”.
Bailey, however, said that what students are concerned about is that, despite allegations of there being a leak, there’s no word from the examinations governing body with regards to how it will approach grading of the papers.
According to highly placed education sources, the leak occurred in Guyana and quickly spread to other parts of the region.
Sources say examination officials were in meetings to decide whether there will be a resit.
Bailey called for CXC to completely digitize the exams while ensuring all students have access and digital literacy for the exams to strengthen its integrity and avoid such occurrences, if the allegations prove true in the future.
Jamaican officials were yesterday mum regarding the allegations.
CXC yesterday issued a statement saying it’s aware of the concerns that the maths examination written, May 17, had been leaked, and the council had commenced its investigations into the matter.
The status relative to the situation here at home has not been talked about and there isn’t any inclination yet about the issue here.
In the meantime, CXC told candidates to rest assured that the matter is being treated with the highest urgency and a definitive statement will be issued once the investigations are completed.
