Academic support for Caribbean students
Assignment Masters HQ is not a Jamaica-only service. We work with students sitting CXC examinations, studying at regional universities, and writing research across the English-speaking Caribbean — and we write about each system as it actually is.
Start with your country
Each page explains the examinations that matter where you are, the tertiary landscape, and which of our resources are actually relevant to you.
Jamaica
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Students move from primary to secondary through the Primary Exit Profile (PEP).
Open the Jamaica guide Detailed guidesTrinidad and Tobago
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Placement into secondary school is decided by the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA).
Open the Trinidad & Tobago guide Detailed guidesBarbados
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Secondary placement follows the Barbados Secondary Schools' Entrance Examination (the Common Entrance).
Open the Barbados guide Detailed guidesGuyana
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Students move into secondary school through the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).
Open the Guyana guide Country notesThe Bahamas
The Bahamas runs its own national examinations rather than the CXC route used by most of the region: the Bahamas Junior Certificate (BJC) in junior high, and the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) at the end of senior high.
Open the The Bahamas guide Country notesBelize
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Students move into secondary school after the Belize Primary School Examination.
Open the Belize guide Country notesSaint Lucia
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Secondary placement follows the Common Entrance Examination.
Open the Saint Lucia guide Country notesGrenada
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Students move to secondary school after the Common Entrance Examination.
Open the Grenada guide Country notesAntigua and Barbuda
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Secondary placement follows the Common Entrance Examination.
Open the Antigua & Barbuda guide Country notesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Secondary placement follows the Common Entrance Examination.
Open the St Vincent & the Grenadines guide Country notesSaint Kitts and Nevis
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Secondary placement follows the Test of Standards / Common Entrance route.
Open the St Kitts & Nevis guide Country notesDominica
CSEC and CAPE are the mainstream examinations here. Secondary placement follows the Grade Six National Assessment.
Open the Dominica guideThen work through the exam
CSEC and CAPE are regional qualifications — the syllabus you follow in Kingston is the syllabus followed in Port of Spain, Bridgetown and Georgetown.
CSEC
Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate
CSEC is the secondary-school exit qualification set by the Caribbean Examinations Council and taken across most of the English-speaking Caribbean. For most subjects the assessment combines a multiple-choice paper, a structured or essay paper, and a School-Based Assessment — with an alternative paper for private candidates.
All CSEC subject guidesCAPE
Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination
CAPE is the post-secondary CXC qualification taken in sixth form or at community-college level. Subjects are organised into Unit 1 and Unit 2, each made up of three modules with written papers and an internal assessment.
All CAPE subject guidesAnd take it further
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