So, the promotions are automatic, but they should also be earned. It's a tough line for teachers and administrators to tow, and they'll have time to think about it because the PSE and C-SEC and CAPE exams are also cancelled. Here's how Faber put it:
Hon. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education
"The Belize Junior Achievement Test (BJAT) will not be administered this academic year, but instead this exam will be used as a diagnostic tool for schools to use by administering it at the start of primary standard 4. The Primary School Exam (PSE) will not be administered this academic year. The already printed examination scripts instead will be given to high schools and will be required for use in assessing the competence of their 1st form students so that targeted academic support can be provided to those who need it. At the secondary and tertiary levels Belize cannot participate in the 2020 sitting of Caribbean Examination Council CSEC and CAPE exams as presently scheduled. Our ministry continues to be in dialogue with the stakeholders of the CXC and hope still to find a way forward that works for our country of Belize."
"Grants and scholarships that are dependent on the outcome of such exams are being looked at at this time and a mechanism is being explored for the award to those students who had registered for the required number of exams. Belizeans will know that as a result of passing 6 of these CSEC exams, students previously qualified for tuition scholarships to junior college and the University of Belize and Galen I supposed, but now we are saying that that is going to be tough to do, because we won't have these CSEC exam results and so we are saying we are reviewing this just to ensure that there is something coming in terms of supporting such awards."
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