B’dos To Conduct Its Own Probe Into CXC Exam Leak
Barbados’ Minister of Education, Kay McConney, has promised that her ministry will conduct its own investigation into the leaking of a CXC mathematics exam paper. The Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council announced last evening that it was probing the leak of its mathematics paper 2 after some of the answers were circulated on social media platforms […]
Clean-Up Operation at Treasury Building
Government authorities have commenced a clean-up of the area of the Treasury Building in the City, which had long been a haven for vagrants and the homeless. With the police present, personnel from the Ministry of Health and the Sanitation Service Authority oversaw the removal of the vagrants and their belongings from the premises. Among […]
Teachers Fume Over Late Notice Of Meeting
Some teachers are concerned about what they consider to be late notice of a meeting with the Ministry of Education about planned education reform. Educator Sandy Field-Kellman called into VOB’s Down to Brasstacks programme to highlight her displeasure. Meantime another caller on the programme also complained about the matter. A caller of VOB’s Brasstacks […]
CXC Math Exam Allegedly Leaked on Tik Tok
A parent advocate wants a thorough investigation of a leaked CSEC math examination paper with a focus on fairness to the students. Barbados spokesperson for the Group of Concerned Parents, Paula-Anne Moore, says there were reports that the exam paper was circulating on Tik Tok. She terms this a shocking development. She notes there […]