The Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has come under fire for what some leading activists say is the exclusion of key education stakeholders from its recent Ministerial Summit in Grenada.While describing the CXC-sponsored conference of education ministers as a welcome innovation with great potential, Coordinator for the Caribbean Coalition for Exam Redress Paula-Anne Moore and its Liaison Khaleel Kothdiwala are not pleased with the level of representation at the meeting, now in its second year.“We continue to be concerned by the summit’s lack of representation and inclusion of what are supposedly key education stakeholders: students, teachers, parents,” Moore and Kothdiwala declared in a statement.“Such lack of diversity of input diminishes the effectiveness of the summit. What does it say about the respect shown for us? CXC has long promised effective fora for parents and students for inclusion of decision-making, and improved communication, which was also recommended by the IRT Report of Oct 2020. This remains unachieved,” they contended.
