Hey, Lovies! ~ The first thing is to not stress. Start the studying early and finish the SBAs early.

Hopefully, your teachers start the SBAs early or it will have you up every night on coffee. If the teacher isn't pulling her weight get the class together to petition that the SBAs start right away. You should start from grade 10 but if you haven't don't panic just start right now.

I started studying in February of Grade 11 which isn't late but I suggest doing so much earlier. Start printing out past papers to practice with. I mostly focused on paper ones but I suggest you focus on both if you can.

The questions they use is from a question bank so the questions will repeat. Paper ones have 60 questions and paper twos are marked out of 100. Now that all subjects offer SBAs your chances are higher to pass so take advantage of that. Paper ones to me were easier to study for so lean on those heavily as well.

Now that you have done that go over the CSEC topic list for the exam. In 2021, we got a topic list. I am not sure if it's what happens every year but I suggest that you focus on those topics. Definitely, brush over the other topics too though. Make sure your bases are covered because in my Office Administration exam I felt screwed over. Topics that were not from the topic list was there that I barely remembered information on and in other subjects, there were similar issues for other students as well.

Aug. 14. 2021 - Zozo

Hey, Lovies!

The exams were all good in my opinion.

Once you study it's a breeze for the most part. The only exam that time ran out on me with was EDPM and that's because I am only an average typist typing 38 words a minute. I was also unfamiliar with using Microsoft word because school was online and the laptop I used only had Google Docs.

The exams really aren't all that nerve-racking once you study, keep a steady hand and write accurately and speedily. Trust me it's like any other exam and there are past papers to help you out and trust when I say the questions repeat a lot. Just keep practising and practising some more. I am not trying to be condescending but it's the absolute truth. I had great invigilators who notified us of the time as it went by which helped me with pacing myself. Don't watch others not just because it's illegal but because doing that will trip you up. Focus on your paper and your paper alone.

Oct. 16. 2021 - Zozo