Choice and performance in CSEC and CAPE TVET subjects: A comparison with more conventional subjects

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dc.contributor.authorGriffith, Stafford A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-05T16:45:42Z
dc.date.available2014-08-05T16:45:42Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe study was undertaken to ascertain the extent to which students in their last years of schooling in the Caribbean were opting to pursue technical vocational education and training (TVET) courses of study and examinations, compared with more traditional academic offerings, and whether it was the poor-performing students who were taking TVET courses of study and examinations. The research utilized examinations data from the total population of students in the 16 member countries of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) over a five-year period. The study found that a rather small number of students were opting to pursue TVET courses of study, compared with the number opting to pursue more traditional subjects, such as the natural sciences. The study posited that the small number entering for TVET subjects might well be a consequence of the lack of a large enough range of TVET offerings in schools, the continuing low status accorded to TVET subjects in the employment sector, and the perception that much of the emphasis of the CXC programmes is on providing the theoretical foundations for further education and training rather than on providing employable skills. The findings of the study did not support the view that it is the poor-performing students who are pursuing TVET courses of study and examinationsen_US
dc.identifier.citationGriffith, S. A. (2013). Choice and performance in CSEC and CAPE TVET subjects: A comparison with more conventional subjects. Caribbean Curriculum, 21, 97-119.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/39013
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSchool of Education, UWI, St. Augustineen_US
dc.subjectTechnical and vocational education and trainingen_US
dc.subjectSecondary school studentsen_US
dc.subjectSubjects of studyen_US
dc.subjectAcademic achievementen_US
dc.subjectComparative analysisen_US
dc.subjectCaribbean Secondary Education Certificateen_US
dc.subjectCaribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinationen_US
dc.subjectCXC CSEC examinationsen_US
dc.subjectCXC CAPE examinationsen_US
dc.subjectCaribbeanen_US
dc.titleChoice and performance in CSEC and CAPE TVET subjects: A comparison with more conventional subjectsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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