39There are changes to the structure of some CSEC and CAPE examinations papers.

The list below shows what changes have occurred.

CSEC Change in structure from 2016 sitting

Additional Mathematics No change

Paper 02 – decrease from nine (9) to six (6) questions with 10

marks awarded for each question
Agricultural Science (DA)
Paper 03 – increase from four (4) to six (6) questions with 10
marks awarded for each question

Agricultural Science (SA) Paper 02 is a shared paper for (DA) and (SA)

Biology No change

Caribbean History No change

Chemistry No change

Paper 02 – six (6) compulsory questions

Question 1 – 15 marks
Question 2 – 15 marks
Economics Question 3 – 15 marks
Question 4 – 15 marks
Question 5 – 20 marks
Question 6 – 20 marks

Electronic Document Preparation

Paper 01 is now a multiple choice paper with 60 items
and Management
 From June 2018 examination
Paper 02 – decrease from eight (8) to seven (7) questions
Section 2 – from two (2) compulsory passages to an
English A
exposition piece where the candidates produce a
letter/report/email etc.
Introduction of a Paper 031(SBA) and Paper 032 (Alternate)

From June 2018 examination

Paper 01 – from structured response to an essay question
English B
Paper 02 – decrease from twelve (12) to eight (8) questions
Introduction of a Paper 031(SBA) and Paper 032 (Alternate)

Family and Resource

Paper 02 – six (6) compulsory questions
Management
Food, Nutrition and Health Paper 02 – six (6) compulsory questions

French Paper 02 – four (4) compulsory questions

From June 2018 examination

Geography
Paper 02 – all compulsory questions

No change
Human and Social Biology

CSEC Change in structure since 2016 sitting

Paper 01 is common to the three (3) options. For Paper 02,

Industrial Technology
each option has five (5) compulsory questions.

Information Technology No change

Integrated Science Paper 032 – practical component added

From June 2018 examination

Paper 02 – changed to ten (10) compulsory questions for a
Mathematics
total of 100 marks
Introduction of Paper 031(SBA) and Paper 032 (Alternate)

Music
Office Administration
Physical Education and Sport
Physics
Portuguese
Principles of Accounts
Principles of Business
Religious Education
Social Studies
Spanish
Technical Drawing
Textiles, Clothing and Fashion
Paper 01 – introduction of a multiple choice paper (60 items)
with a structured paper for 2019
Paper 01 – will consist only of a multiple choice paper (60
items)
Commencing in 2020 – The SBA portfolio will
be integrated into the CVQ
Paper 02 – six (6) compulsory questions
No change
No change
First sitting of the examination in 2017
Paper 02 – five (5) compulsory questions
Commencing in 2019 – Candidates taking two (2) or more
subjects in the same sitting from the business cognate group
(POA, POB, Economics) will be permitted to submit one (1)
SBA
Paper 02 – five (5) compulsory questions
Commencing in 2019 – Candidates taking two (2) or more
subjects in the same sitting from the business cognate group
(POA, POB, Economics) will be permitted to submit one (1)
SBA
No change (online marking so line spaces included)
Paper 02: Candidates answer five (5) questions – four (4)
compulsory and a choice of one (1) from three (3)
Paper 02 – four (4) compulsory questions
The syllabus was revised. There is no longer a paper which
has the format of the previous Paper 020. The new Papers
02A and 02B (previously 031 and 032, respectively) have two
(2) compulsory questions each
From June 2018 examination
Portfolio of evidence required with SBA
SBA integrated into CVQ
Paper 02 – six (6) compulsory questions
Theatre Arts No change

Visual Arts No change

CAPE Change in structure since 2016 sitting

Accounting No change
Agricultural Science No change
First examined in 2017
Paper 01 – forty-five (45) multiple choice items
Animation and Game Design
Paper 02 – three (3) short answer questions
Paper 030 – SBA
Applied Mathematics No change
From 2017 – Unit 1 Paper 01 converted to a multiple choice paper
Art and Design with 40 items
From 2018 – Unit 2 Paper 01 is now a multiple choice paper
Commencing in 2019
Biology Paper 02 and Paper 03 – decrease from six (6) to three (3)
questions
Building and Mechanical
No change
Engineering Drawing
From June 2018 examination
Caribbean Studies
Paper 02 – all compulsory questions
Commencing in 2019
Chemistry
Paper 02 – decrease from six (6) to three (3) questions
Communication Studies No change
Computer Science No change
Digital Media No change
Paper 02 – three (3) compulsory questions, each awarded 25
Economics marks

Paper 01 is now a multiple choice paper with forty-five (45)

Electrical and Electronic
items. Unit 2 has two (2) options, A and B. Paper 02 has six (6)
Engineering Technology
compulsory questions.
Entrepreneurship No change
Environmental Science No change
First examined in 2017
Paper 01 – forty-five (45) multiple choice items
Financial Services Studies
Paper 02 – six (6) essay questions
Paper 031 – SBA or Paper 032 – Alternate to SBA
Food and Nutrition No change
From June 2018 examination
French
Paper 01 – a multiple choice paper for Units 1 and 2
Geography Paper 02 – four (4) compulsory questions
First examined in 2017
Green Engineering
Paper 02 – six (6) compulsory questions
Revised syllabus from 2018
History
Reduction of one (1) essay question per module
Information Technology No change
CAPE Change in structure since 2016 sitting
Integrated Mathematics No change
New syllabus effective 2019
Law
Paper 02 – all compulsory questions
From June 2018 examination
Literatures in English Paper 01 – multiple choice paper
Paper 02 – decrease form eight (8) to six (6) questions
Logistics and Supply
No change
Chain Operations
Paper 02 – three (3) compulsory questions each awarded twenty-
Management of Business
five (25) marks
Commencing in 2019
Paper 01 – moving from a practical paper to a Multiple Choice
Performing Arts
paper
Paper 02 – moving from an essay paper to a practical paper
Physical Education and Sport No change
Commencing in 2019
Physics
Paper 02 – three (3) compulsory questions
Pure Mathematics No change
Sociology Paper 02 – three (3) compulsory questions
Spanish Paper 01 – Units 1 and 2 – is now a multiple choice paper
Tourism No change