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
Hey, Lovies! ~ I passed all my subjects ones and twos!
I'm excited to announce that all the hard work I put into doing these exams has paid off. I can now focus on what's next while being proud and even more confident than before.
I thank God for his continued source of strength, guidance and reassurance that I could complete and do remarkable well. To my mother and aunt for their faith and belief in me and my abilities. To my friends who motivated me and studied alongside me, I thank you for your loyal friendship with me.
WHEN I GOT THE RESULTS
My mom had called sometime after 5 PM. I was to log in at 5 PM to see the result but I was having dinner and lost track of the time. So when mom called I got up and went to my grandfather's room to read my results. Due to the flood of students on the site, it took a minute but it finally loaded. When it did I looked straight down the grade aisle and saw only the ones and twos. I just had to rush to my aunt and showed her. After I clarified that I had passed everything I looked at what grade matched which subject. I got a total of 6 ones and 2 twos.
Caribbean History - 1
Electronic Document Preparation Management - 1
English A (ENGLISH) - 1
English B (LITERATURE) - 2
Integrated Science - 1
Mathematics - 1
Office Administration - 1
Social Studies - 2
Oct. 18. 2021 - Zozo