CAPE Caribbean Studies case studies
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Caribbean Studies is one of the subjects offered under the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), the certification route run by the Caribbean Examinations Council for students who, having completed a minimum of five years of secondary education, wish to further their studies. The subject is interdisciplinary: the syllabus page describes it as integrating perspectives from the humanities and social sciences to explore the region's historical experiences, cultural identities and socio-economic challenges, with emphasis on critical thinking, research skills and civic awareness. The CAPE Caribbean Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 4,809 words.
1Heritage on Commission: The Drummers and the Cruise Contract
The Carriacou Heritage Committee has been offered a three-year contract by a cruise line. For USD 180,000 a year, fourteen drummers and singers - the youngest is 58, the oldest 81 - would stage twenty-four forty-five-minute performances of a Big Drum ceremony at the cruise terminal, timed to ship arrivals.
914 words, about 5 min2Patwa in the Classroom: The Six-Week Pilot
Fifty-two per cent of the 210 children in Grades 1 and 2 at a rural St Elizabeth primary school speak Jamaican Patwa at home. A September diagnostic found 34 per cent reading at grade level.
951 words, about 5 min3The Reef and the Resort: A Cabinet Decision in Ninety Days
An island of 110,000 people carries public debt at 92 per cent of GDP and is under a fiscal programme requiring a primary surplus. Unemployment is 14 per cent; youth unemployment is 28 per cent.
973 words, about 5 min4The Bond and the Border: Retaining Nurses
In the last 18 months, 68 nurses have resigned from a Jamaican hospital with 1,240 established nursing posts; 51 of them registered in the United Kingdom, Ireland or Canada. The hospital now carries 210 vacancies.
1,036 words, about 5 min5The Survey That Nobody Answered
A sixth-form student in a St Vincent town is investigating why young men aged 18 to 25 do not use a skills centre that opened 14 months ago. The centre has capacity for 120 trainees; enrolment is 31, of whom 9 are men.
935 words, about 5 min