CXC CSEC Timetable January 2020

Please check cxc.org for the latest CSEC Timetable. This was the timetable issued by CXC in August 2019 for January 2020 examinations.

2020	MORNING	AFTERNOON
Friday 03 January	ENGLISH A 2 General  – 2 hr 40 min	ENGLISH A 1 General  – 1 hr 30 min
Monday 06 January	MATHEMATICS 2 General  – 2 hr 40 min	MATHEMATICS 1 General  – 1 hr 30 min
Tuesday 07 January	PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS 2 General  – 2 hr	PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS 1 General  – 1 hr 15 min * PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS 3/2*** General 1 hr 15 min
Wednesday 08 January	PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS 2 General  – 3 hr	PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS 1 General  – 1 hr 30 min * PRINCIPLES OF ACOUNTS 3/2*** General  – 1 hr 30 min
Thursday 09 January	OFFICE ADMINISTRATION 2 General  – 2 hr	OFFICE ADMINISTRATION 1 General  – 1 hr 15 min * OFFICE ADMINISTRATION 3/2*** General 1 hr 45 min
Friday 10 January	SOCIAL STUDIES 2 General  – 2 hr 40 min	SOCIAL STUDIES 1 General  –  1 hr 15 min * SOCIAL STUDIES 3/2*** General  –  1 hr 10 min

Copyright: Every application to register for the examination will be deemed to constitute an assignment by the candidates to the Council of the future copyright of all their examination work, practical or written.

***         For PRIVATE candidates only.  

2020	MORNING	AFTERNOON
Monday 13 January	CHEMISTRY 2 General  – 2 hr 30 min      ENGLISH B  2 General  – 2 hr 10 min	ENGLISH B  1   General – 2 hr
Tuesday 14 January	**ENGLISH A 3/2*** General – 2 hr   **ENGLISH B 3/2*** General – 2 hr	BIOLOGY 2  General  – 2 hr 30 min
Wednesday 15 January	SPANISH 2  General  – 2 hr 15  min	SPANISH 1   General  – 1 hr 15 min     PHYSICS 2 General  – 2 hr 30 min
Thursday 16 January	HUMAN AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY 2 General – 2 hr	HUMAN AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY 1 General – 1 hr 15 min
Friday 17 January	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2  General  – 2 hr 15 min	PHYSICS 1 General – 1 hr 15 min * PHYSICS 3/2***     General  – 2 hr 10 min
Monday 20 January	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1   General  – 1 hr 30 min    * INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 3/2***  General  – 1 hr 30 min	CHEMISTRY 1 General  –  1 hr 15 min * CHEMISTRY 3/2*** General  – 2 hr 10 min
Tuesday 21 January	BIOLOGY 1 General  – 1 hr 15 min * BIOLOGY 3/2***  General  – 2 hr 10 min	MATHEMATICS 3/2***  General  – 1 hr

***   For PRIVATE candidates only.  NOT for candidates registered in schools and recognized full-time educational institutions.

** Common Paper

• A 15-minute break

3

NOT for candidates registered in schools and recognized full-time educational          institutions.

*             A 15-minute break

KEY TO JANUARY 2020 TIMETABLE

SUBJECT	PAPER NO.	DATE	SESSION
1.             Biology                 (General)	1+ 2+ 3/2*+	21 January  14 January  21 January	AM (1 hr 15 min) PM (2 hr 30 min) AM (2 hr 10 min)
2.             Chemistry                  (General)	1+  2+ 3/2*+	20 January  13 January  20 January	PM (1 hr 15 min) AM (2 hr 30 min) PM (2 hr 10 min)
3.             English A                  (General)	1 2 3/2*+	03 January  03 January  14 January	PM (1 hr 30 min) AM (2 hr 40 min) AM (2 hr)
4.             English B                  (General)	1 2 3/2*+	13 January January January	PM (2 hr) AM (2 hr 10 min) AM (2 hr)
5.             Human and Social Biology                 (General)	1 2	16 January  16 January	PM (1 hr 15 min) AM (2 hr)
6.             Information Technology                 (General)	1 and 3/2*+ 2+	20 January  17 January	AM (3 hr 15 min) AM (2 hr 15 min)
7.             Mathematics                 (General)	1+ 2+ 3/2*+	06 January  06 January  21 January	PM (1 hr 30 min) AM (2 hr 40 min) PM (1 hr)
8.             Office Administration                 (General)	1 and 3/2*+ 2+	09 January  09 January	PM (3 hr 15 min) AM (2 hr)
9.             Physics                  (General)	1+ 2+ 3/2*+	17 January  15 January  17 January	PM (1 hr 15 min) PM (2 hr 30 min) PM (2 hr 10 min)
10.           Principles of Accounts                 (General)	1 and 3/2*+ 2+	08 January  08 January	PM (3 hr 15 min) AM (3 hr)
11.           Principles of Business                 (General)	1 and 3/2*+ 2	07 January  07 January	PM (2 hr 45 min) AM (2 hr )
12.           Social Studies                 (General)	1 and 3/2*+ 2	10 January  10 January	PM (2 hr 40 min) AM (2 hr 40 min)
13.           Spanish                  (General)	1 2 3+	15 January  15 January  27 December  31 December	PM (1 hr 15 min) AM (2 hr 15 min) Oral Exam Begins  Oral Exam Ends

           +              See notes to Timetable

• Alternative Papers

NOTES TO 2020 JANUARY TIMETABLE

1. The time indicated on the timetable includes Reading Time.
2. Starting times for all centres within a territory are 09:00 hr for the morning session and 13:00 hr for the afternoon session.  If at any centre the number of candidates is greater than that which can be accommodated in one session, the Local Registrar may arrange to administer the examination in two or more sessions, ensuring that suitable arrangements are made to preserve the integrity of the examinations.
3. In each territory, the Spanish Oral Examination (Paper 3) will be conducted during the period 27 and 31 December 2019 in accordance with the Local Registrar’s schedule.
4. All Paper 1 examinations at the January sitting will be offered in the Multiple Choice format.
5. Attention is drawn to the rule that silent non-programmable scientific calculators may be used in the following examinations:
   1. Chemistry 
   1. Mathematics – Papers 2 and 3/2
   1. Office Administration – Papers 2 and 3/2
   1. Physics 
   1. Principles of Accounts
   1. Principles of Business – Paper 3/2 only.
6. The use of geometry sets (mathematical instruments) is permitted in Biology Paper 2, Mathematics Papers 2 and 3/2, and Social Studies Paper 3/2.
7. Information Technology Papers 2 and 3/2 (General) are not practical examinations – no computer workstations will be required.    
8. The Alternative Paper for Biology, Chemistry and Physics is a practical examination – laboratory facilities will be required.
9. Candidates who register for English A Paper 3/2 and English B Paper 3/2 during the same sitting will be required to write only one examination since both papers will be offered as a common examination.
10. The Alternative Paper to SBA (Paper 3/2) in Biology, Chemistry, English A, English B, Information Technology, Mathematics, Office Administration, Physics, Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business and Social Studies must be written by private/non-school candidates who fall into any of the following categories:
    1. sitting for the first time;
    1. sat in a year prior to the May-June 2018 sitting.
11. A 15-minute break is allowed between the following papers:
    1. 1 and 3/2 Biology
    1. 1 and 3/2 Chemistry
    1. 1 and 3/2 Information Technology
    1. 1 and 3/2 Office Administration
    1. 1 and 3/2 Physics
    1. 1 and 3/2 Principles of Accounts (vii)    1 and 3/2 Principles of Business (viii)    1 and 3/2 Social Studies.

12/08/2019  

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