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The Caribbean Examination Council, CXC, is delaying the regional exams by two weeks.<\/p>

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The secondary exit exams are now set to begin on June 28.<\/p>\n

The initial start time for the exams was June 16.<\/p>

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The shift in the exam date is among a number of changes that were announced a short while ago by the examination body at a press briefing.<\/p>

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CXC\u2019s Registrar and CEO Wayne Wesley made the announcement.<\/p>\n

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The press briefing follows Jamaica\u2019s Ministry of Education ramping up efforts ahead of today\u2019s announcements to have CXC alter this year\u2019s sitting of CSEC and CAPE in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

It also follows calls by the Caribbean Union of Teachers and the United Nations Children\u2019s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, for CXC to make further adjustments to this year\u2019s examinations.<\/p>

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