CSEC Social Studies case studies
CSEC Social Studies · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) is the Caribbean Examinations Council's secondary-level certification, examined at General and Technical Proficiencies that "provide students with the foundation for further studies and entry to the workplace." Social Studies is one of the subjects examined under CSEC and appears in the Arts and Humanities subject group. The syllabus is organised in five modules - Dimensions of Self, Community Interaction, Responsibility and Accountability, Regional Perspective and The Global Village - and is deliberately interdisciplinary, drawing on History, Geography, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology and Economics. The CSEC Social Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 4,570 words.
1The Scholarship and the Saturday Job
Kenisha is 16 and in Form 5 at a school in a rural parish. Her teachers predict she can pass five CSEC subjects and move on to CAPE.
956 words, about 5 min2The Transfer Station on the Playing Field
The village of Belle Riviere has about 1,400 residents. The regional council wants to build a waste transfer station on a disused playing field 60 metres from the primary school, where lorries would deliver about 40 loads a day.
893 words, about 4 min3The Missing Carnival Float Money
Devon is 19 and treasurer of the Riverside Youth Club, which has 60 paid-up members. In February he collected 4,200 in cash from members for a Carnival float.
939 words, about 5 min4The Nurse Who Got a Letter
Alana is a 29-year-old registered nurse in St. Lucia with seven years' experience in a surgical ward.
884 words, about 4 min5The Voice Note About the Fish
On a Tuesday evening, a 47-second voice note begins circulating in the WhatsApp groups of a fishing village of 900 people. The speaker says that the fish-processing plant at the end of the bay has been 'pumping waste into the water at night' and that 'the fish have sores'.
898 words, about 4 min