Minister of Education, Sen. the Hon. Nigel Carty said the CCSLC is competence-based qualification that attempts to respond to the changing demands of education, and is designed to certify the knowledge, generic competencies, attitudes and values that all secondary school-leavers should have attained.
“Students who successfully complete the CCSLC would also have achieved a foundation for further education and training, expanded opportunities for entry-level employment, opportunity to articulate with other programmes such as the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Technical Vocational Education & Training (TVET).
“In order to obtain this certificate a candidate has to pass five qualifying subjects over a maximum of five years,” said Mr. Carty.
The passing grades returned in English, Mathematics, Integrated Science, Social Studies, French or Spanish from the schools are Charles E Mills Secondary School – 98%; Saddlers Secondary – 96%; Washington Archibald High School – 91%; Basseterre High School – 90%; Cayon High School – 86%; Verchilds High School – 81%; Charlestown Secondary School – 72% and Gingerland Secondary School – 62%.
“It is hoped that through public sensization, the CCSLC will gain currency which would lead to an improvement in technically-trained persons and as a result, improved employability of our young people,” said Minister Carty in a radio and television address.