An independent review team set up by the Caribbean Examination Council has recommended some measures to deal with the complaints about this year’s results.

The team says a breakdown in communication and other misunderstandings led to the reported discrepancies in CAPE and CSEC examination results.

CXC’s Registrar and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Wayne Wesley said yesterday the recommendations would be immediately implemented.

There will also be an extension of the deadline for requesting queries and reviews of exam results.

The deadline has now been moved from October 23^rd to November 6^th.

Dr. Wesley told a news conference there were close to 5,000 complaints about the results of the 2 examinations.

Over the past 2 months there have been complaints from students in several CARICOM countries including Trinidad and Tobago.

Chairman of the board of CXC, Sir Hilary Beckles, told the virtual news conference the independent team found poor communications did not help the concerns.

Sir Hilary said the review of the incidents has come up with several recommendations.

CXC is also expected to put in place a system for students to deal directly with the regional examining body, not necessarily with local Registrars and the Ministries of Education.