The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will launch five new-generation subjects for the Caribbean

Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) during the month of May 2014.

 

The five new CAPE subjects for teaching in September 2014 and first examination in 2015 are

Agricultural Science, Entrepreneurship, Performing Arts, Physical Education and Sport, and Tourism.

 

The five subjects will be launched in five CXC Participating Countries with each event having a specific

subject theme. The first launch takes place on Friday 9 May in Barbados and the theme for the event in

Barbados is Tourism. It will be hosted at the Accra Beach Resort and starts at 10:00 am.

 

Guyana will host the launch with the Agricultural Science theme on Monday 12 May at the Theatre Guild

in Georgetown starting at 10:00 am.

 

On Thursday 15 May, the launch will continue at the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and

Commerce Headquarters, Westmoorings, Port of Spain. The theme in Trinidad and Tobago is

Entrepreneurship and the event starts at 8:30 am.

 

St Lucia will host the launch which focuses on the Performing Arts on Friday 16 May at the Sir Arthur

Lewis Community College (SALCC) starting at 10:00 am.

 

The final launch will take place in Jamaica on Tuesday 20 May with Physical Education and Sport as the

theme. The event takes place at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston starting at 10:00 am.

 

CXC is partnering with various stakeholders to host the different events. These include the Caribbean

Tourism Organisation (CTO), the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Cultural

Development Foundation (CDF) of St Lucia, the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development

Institute (CARDI) and various tertiary institutions in Jamaica.

 

“This step is a giant leap toward providing our youth with the knowledge, the confidence and insights

needed to change the quality of the experience we sell. Thousands of tourism frontline workers who are

in positions to make or break this industry will now have an opportunity to get a tertiary education. For

them a CXC certificate, or just the knowledge gained while studying for that certificate, could be an

absolute game-changer,” Mr Hugh Riley, Secretary General of the CTO said about the introduction of

Tourism at CAPE.

 

Several ministers of governments; Mr Glenroy Cumberbatch, Acting Registrar of CXC, representatives

from stakeholder organisations and CXC resource persons will speak at the launch events.

 

The introduction of the five new subjects follows the launch of Digital Media in September 2013. This

now brings the total number of subjects offered at CAPE to 30.

 

For further information, please contact Cleveland Sam, Public Information Officer at (246) 227 1892 or

via e-mail @CSam@cxc.org.