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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
REPORT ON CANDIDATES’ WORK IN THE
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
MAY/JUNE 2003
CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Copyright © 2003 Caribbean Examinations Council
St Michael, Barbados
All rights reserved
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CARIBBEAN STUDIES
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
MAY/JUNE 2003
GENERAL COMMENTS
This was the sixth year in which Caribbean Studies was examined. There were 2188 candidates this year compared with 1468 in 2002, an increase of 49 per cent. There was an increase, both in the number of schools, and in the participating territories.
There was a slight improvement in candidate performance with 95 per cent of candidates achieving Grades I to V.
DETAILED COMMENTS
PAPER 01
Module 1 – Caribbean Society and Culture
There were five questions in this section, each carrying 6 marks. Performance was generally satisfactory. Question 1
While there were some completely correct answers for both parts (a) and (b), many candidates experienced difficulty in explaining what is meant by plural society, and in describing two features of a plantation society.
Examples of the type of responses expected for plural society were
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ethnically and culturally diverse enclave societies societies in which groups of people tend to lead separate lives – little or no social interaction with each other fragile societies because of conflict and social tensions.
Some of the correct features of a plantation society given by candidates included:
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low level of community integration hierarchical class relations society organized to fulfil plantation goals unstable family organization monocrop society or society depending on one main industry.
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Question 2
Generally this question was well answered. Most candidates were able to outline that practices of deforestation, such as overgrazing or ploughing up and down hillsides accelerated erosion, and that contour ploughing, windbreaks,
REPORT ON CANDIDATES’ WORK IN THE
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
MAY/JUNE 2003
CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Copyright © 2003 Caribbean Examinations Council
St Michael, Barbados
All rights reserved
2
CARIBBEAN STUDIES
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION
MAY/JUNE 2003
GENERAL COMMENTS
This was the sixth year in which Caribbean Studies was examined. There were 2188 candidates this year compared with 1468 in 2002, an increase of 49 per cent. There was an increase, both in the number of schools, and in the participating territories.
There was a slight improvement in candidate performance with 95 per cent of candidates achieving Grades I to V.
DETAILED COMMENTS
PAPER 01
Module 1 – Caribbean Society and Culture
There were five questions in this section, each carrying 6 marks. Performance was generally satisfactory. Question 1
While there were some completely correct answers for both parts (a) and (b), many candidates experienced difficulty in explaining what is meant by plural society, and in describing two features of a plantation society.
Examples of the type of responses expected for plural society were
•
•
•
•
ethnically and culturally diverse enclave societies societies in which groups of people tend to lead separate lives – little or no social interaction with each other fragile societies because of conflict and social tensions.
Some of the correct features of a plantation society given by candidates included:
•
•
•
•
•
low level of community integration hierarchical class relations society organized to fulfil plantation goals unstable family organization monocrop society or society depending on one main industry.
3
Question 2
Generally this question was well answered. Most candidates were able to outline that practices of deforestation, such as overgrazing or ploughing up and down hillsides accelerated erosion, and that contour ploughing, windbreaks,