On Wednesday, 17 May 2023, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) launched an investigation following concerns that the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics Paper 02 was leaked, prior to the administration of the examination on that day.
CXC has been in constant contact with regional Ministries of Education since this information came to light.
CXC has now concluded its investigation. The security measures which CXC has put in place have led to us locating the country as Jamaica and the examination centre where the leak originated. In discussion with the Ministry of Education and Youth, the matter will be dealt with following CXC’s security protocols.
CXC and regional Ministries of Education recognise that candidates have spent months preparing for their Mathematics Paper 02 examinations, and the news of the security breach (leak) of the examination has caused much anxiety and concern. As a result of the breach and the compromise of the examination, as well as consideration for the mental health and wellbeing of our candidates, timely release of results, and matriculation requirements, CXC® has determined that for this examination, the modified approach will be used to award fair and valid grades.
The modified approach entails assessment of:
- the School Based Assessment or Paper 032 (Alternative to SBA) for private candidates; and
- Paper 01
This decision was communicated to the regional Ministries of Education in our meeting this morning.
CXC® would like to reassure candidates that the security of the regional examinations is paramount, and their best interests continue to be at the centre of the organisation’s decisions and processes. CXC® will continue to provide updates as and when necessary, and would advise stakeholders to monitor CXC’s official communication channels for information including:
- cxc.org
- facebook.com/MyCXC
- youtube.com/@MyCXC
- linkedin.com/company/my–cxc
- https://twitter.com/MyCXC
- https://www.instagram.com/my_cxc
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I don’t think that the Maths CXC paper 2 answers were leaked
There are many past papers from last year’s and years on that had questions that were on this Maths Paper 2 . at our school even if the answers were leaked non of the students would know because students were in groups studying and weeks before the exam teachers were preparing the students for the exam …All I’m saying is no one had time for phones and no one had time to cheat
This had to be an inside job because I’ve learned that the CSEC papers are made 2 years prior the exam date. But what I’m worried about is as a student who did the exam are we going to have to redo?
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I want to hold my onl subject
They need to show evidence of what there talking about because this don’t make any sense honestly if they did not blame it on Jamaica something wrong ,This is because they think Jamaica as the most illiterate people as well as no one to stand up for us.which they are right because see all now our education minster has not come out to speak out for us .
Faxxxxx, we knew the end result was going to fall on us of course….And FOR THEIR INFORMATION….quite a handful of us have sense
The earliest time zone where a paper ia first sat maybe a weak spot. Make students know what is coming on exams open book.
This has become too common. There are some schools who think that their students should always out perform others by any means necessary. It happens with all national exams. This cannot continue, we are sending the wrong message to this generation.