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The National Certificate of Secondary Education is an examination that is held at the last week of June for form 3 students in Trinidad and Tobago, for entry into the upper secondary system for students to choose subjects for the Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Education Exam offer by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is an examination board in the Caribbean. [1] [2] It was established in 1972 [3] under agreement by the participating governments in the Caribbean Community to conduct such examinations as it may think appropriate and award certificates and diplomas on the results of any such examinations so conducted.
Grading: Some exams can be taken at either the Technical (5) or General Proficiency (28) levels. [14] Exams are graded from Grades I to VI (up to VII, if CAPE - see below). For CSEC, I represents an outstanding performance; II is a good standard of performance; III is a fairly good standard of performance.
The course work for these examinations begins in the ninth grade for all students. English Language, English Literature and Mathematics are compulsory, and all (CSEC) students are required to pursue a minimum of 8 subjects, alongside completing a set work programme of at least 40 hours in order to earn a high school diploma.
The CSEC examinations are the accepted and internationally recognised equivalent of the GCE or General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level examinations they replaced. For decades, examinees at Pres took GCEs set by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, now known as University of Cambridge International Examinations .
In 2009, Ronald Jones as the Minister of Education and Human Resource Development said the Barbados government spent $290 million to upgrade the schools with information technology. Given this Jones said the ministry would be entering a grading processes for schools on their usage of the technology using a scale of 1 to 6. [13]
Secondary School education follows for those who pass the Common Entrance Examination. Based on their performance, students will enter a designated school according to their 1st, 2nd or 3rd school of choice. After 3 years, students may choose to either sit the CSEC examinations or continue through to Form 5 then write the exam.
The next major exams are CSEC given in the 5th year and CAPE which is given to the year 6 students (these exams are not under the control of the Trinidadian government but instead the examination body Caribbean Examinations Council). Northeastern College is made up of a student population of approximately 500 males and 600 females.