Do­mini­ca’s Prime Min­is­ter, Roo­sevelt Sker­rit, has called for a “struc­tur­al change” at the Bar­ba­dos-based Caribbean Ex­am­i­na­tion Coun­cil (CXC) as part of the re­form of the ed­u­ca­tion sys­tem that is ur­gent­ly re­quired in the Or­gan­i­sa­tion of East­ern Caribbean States (OECS).

“This is about us and about the fu­ture of our chil­dren and the fu­ture of our so­ci­ety. We have to equip our chil­dren with what they need to­day to lead this very dif­fi­cult world,” Sker­rit told the 1Oth meet­ing of the Coun­cil of Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ters of the OECS , which ends here lat­er on Fri­day.

“Our sys­tem can­not be seen to be pre-oc­cu­pied with on­ly with prepar­ing stu­dents for ex­am­i­na­tion and if you ask me, I think there has to be a se­ri­ous struc­tur­al change at the CXC. By sim­ply adding sub­jects to be tak­en at ex­am­i­na­tion lev­el at the CXC is not a pos­i­tive move­ment,” Sker­rit said.