Teacher Orientation Workshops

Teacher orientation workshops were held in five territories to introduce teachers across the region to revised syllabuses in 2012. Ministries of Education in the territories with the largest candidate populations were asked to co-host the workshops by providing a suitable venue and refreshments for local participants. Teacher orientation workshops were held in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Antigua and Barbuda hosted one-day workshops for both CCSLC Social Studies and CSEC Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM). Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago hosted one-day workshops for CSEC Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM).

Item-Writing Workshops

Officers of the Examinations Development and Production Division (EDPD) conducted six workshops to train resource persons in writing of items and questions for use in examinations administered by the Council. Workshops were conducted in two participating countries and a total of 73 persons were trained and produced items in six subject areas. Item writing training was also conducted in St Maarten to train writers in the areas of English Language, Mathematics, General Knowledge (Science and Social Studies) and Dutch to produce items for the St Maarten FBE Exit Examination, a primary school exit-level examination. Approximately 25 teachers were trained in St Maarten.