CXC to Host Inaugural Regional Education Conference and Ministerial Forum In Jamaica

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will host its inaugural Regional Education Conference and Ministerial Forum in Jamaica this month.

The events are scheduled for March 16 to 19 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

More than 300 stakeholders from across the Caribbean, including Ministers of Education, will convene to discuss teaching, learning, and assessment in the digital age.

The conference and forum have been endorsed by Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, who will deliver a keynote address during the four days of meetings.

“Jamaica welcomes this timely conference by CXC with our fellow educators from across the region. The goals of this regional meeting are in alignment with Jamaica’s TREND (Transformation Education for National Development) education strategy, where the use of ICT (information and communications technology) within the education system is a key pillar to achieve our national goals for world-class education and training and a technology-enabled society,” she said.

The events, originally scheduled for October 2025 on Jamaica’s north coast, were disrupted by the passage of Category Five Hurricane Melissa.

CXC Director of Operations, Dr. Nicole Manning, expressed gratitude for the sustained interest in the conference, which is designed to strengthen regional collaboration on navigating the digital environment to achieve improved learning outcomes across the Caribbean.

“CXC is facilitating this meeting of the finest minds in Caribbean education at a time when the region is seeking to scale efforts to equip in-school learners
with electronic devices, adapt to generative artificial intelligence and embrace electronic-assessment and teaching via online modalities,” she shared.

Featured speakers and presenters at the CXC Conference and Ministerial Forum will include CXC Chairman, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles; Deputy Chair of Council, Dr. Marcia Potter; CXC Registrar, Dr. Wayne Wesley; and University of Guyana Vice Chancellor, Professor Paloma Mohamed Martin.