The University of Guyana (UG) is waiving requirements, particularly the provision of Caribbean Examination Council (CXC)’s certificates for persons desirous of getting into the institution, says Guyana’s Education Minister, Priya Manickchand.
The Minister told the Guyana Standard that the university took this course of action as the delay continues over the review of the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate by CXC.
“The Vice-Chancellor and I spoke about this issue and the University was very responsive and sensitive to the circumstances,” she said.
The delay in completing the review is attributed to the COVID-19 triggered lockdown in Barbados, where CXC’s headquarter is located.
Following CXC’s issuance of preliminary results in September last year, there was an outcry across the Caribbean about those results not being accurate. Many expressed the view that they deserved better grades. There was even talk about taking legal action against the council. The Government of Guyana subsequently demanded that CXC conduct a comprehensive review process.
In providing an update on that process last week, the Minister said that CXC considered ‘borderline’ cases, for which 6,251 subject entries were positively affected.
She said that a total of 1,258 subject reviews were submitted for CSEC by 500 candidates.
