Caribbean students get opportunity to become ‘face’ of CXC

Students from across the Caribbean now have the opportunity to become the ‘face’ of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).{{more}}

CXC is offering Caribbean students the opportunity to post their photographs of various school and extra-curricular activities on its Facebook page. One photograph will be selected periodically and used as CXC’s Facebook profile image for that period.

The Council offers examinations in 19 Caribbean territories and the move is intended to showcase the rich cultural, religious and ethnic diversity of the student population served by CXC.

Simone Pasmore, CXC’s Webmaster, explained that by having the students interacting with the social networking portal, CXC hopes to also keep them engaged in the examination process.

“We would receive their feedback and input, we would also be able to share examination tips – dos and don’ts, updated information and guide them to the various subject reports,” Ms Pasmore said.

In the past, students had no direct interaction with CXC; all interactions were through their schools and ministries of education. But Ms Pasmore noted that with the social networking portals, this has caused a significant shift in how they interact with CXC.

“They now have a direct access to CXC and we have embraced this new trend, and are constantly finding ways to improve the quality of the experience they have with CXC, be it on Facebook, Youtube, Twitter or the website,” the CXC Webmaster explained.

Students can send their photographs to webmaster@cxc.org.