The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has confirmed that the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC®) Math Paper 02 which was written on Wednesday, May 17 was in fact leaked but it did not occur in Guyana.
This is according to Education Minister Priya Manikchand who attended a Ministers of Education meeting hosted by the Caribbean Examinations Council regarding the leak.
“The paper was in fact available before the beginning of the exam…they have confirmed that that did not occur in Guyana…,” she said.
She said the examination body has already examined a fair means of addressing the issue across the region, and this will be applied to all counties that write CXC exams.
“Given the ease at which communication happens these days, the application of the solution will be regionwide…although it did not happen in Guyana and other countries,” Manikchand explained.
“The solution is to mark Paper 01 and the SBA (school-based assessment) and disregard completely Paper 02 because of the compromising of the integrity of the paper and the process. I want Guyanese children to know that your best interest is being looked at. This is the most sensible application at this point…,” the Education Minister expressed.
“Don’t let this interfere with anything else you’re doing right now…put this behind you.”
CXC is scheduled to hold a press conference later today on the issue. In a statement announcing its probe into the leak on Wednesday, the body had said “this matter is of great concern to us.”
