CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL HEADQUARTERS CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS TIMETABLE MAY – JUNE 2011 DRAFT CAPE 2011 Friday 15 April
MORNING
AFTERNOON
Art & Design Unit 1 Art & Design Unit 2 Test Papers (2 & 3 for Unit 1 and 1 & 2 for Unit 2) to be handed out for Examinations during the period May 03 - 13 - See Note 3
Monday 02 May
Art & Design Unit 1 Paper 1 – 2 hr
Information Technology Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
French Unit 1 Paper 3 – 2 hr Tuesday 03 May
Caribbean Studies Paper 2 – 3 hr Art & Design Examinations to begin for Unit 1, Papers 2 and 3 and Unit 2, Papers 1 and 2 See Note 3
Wednesd ay 04 May
Sociology Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Sociology Unit 2 Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min Environmental Science Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Communication Studies Paper 1A – 1 hr 15 min * Communication Studies Paper 1B – 30 min * Communication Studies *** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
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A 15-minute break must be allowed between Papers. For PRIVATE candidates only. NOT for candidates registered in schools and recognized full-time educational institutions
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CAPE 2011 Thursday 05 May
MORNING Sociology Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
AFTERNOON Chemistry Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Environmental Science Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Environmental Science Unit 1 *** Paper 03/B – 2 hr Friday 06 May
Monday 09 May
Accounting Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 45 min
Caribbean Studies Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
Chemistry Unit 1*** Paper 03/B – 2 hr
* Caribbean Studies *** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
Geometrical & Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 1 Paper 2 – 3 hr
Communication Studies Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
History Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 40 min Tuesday 10 May
Literatures in English Unit 1 Paper 2 – 3 hr
Pure Mathematics Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Physics Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min Wednesd ay 11 May
Information Technology Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Management of Business Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Thursday 12 May
Literatures in English Unit 2 Paper 2 – 3 hr
Applied Mathematics Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Physics Unit 2*** Paper 03/B – 2 hr
Spanish Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr
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A 15-minute break must be allowed between Papers. For PRIVATE candidates only. NOT for candidates registered in schools and recognized full-time educational institutions
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CAPE 2011 Friday 13 May
MORNING French Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr Computer Science Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
AFTERNOON Electrical & Electronic Technology Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min Geography Unit 1 Paper 2 – 3 hr
Art & Design Units 1 and 2 Examinations to end Monday 16 May
Tuesday 17 May
History Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 40 min
Computer Science Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Biology Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
French Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr
Spanish Unit 2 Paper 3 – 2 hr
Geometrical & Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 2 Paper 2 – 3 hr
Chemistry Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min Wednesd ay 18 May
Food & Nutrition Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Geography Unit 2 Paper 2 - 3 hr
Law Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min Thursday 19 May
Friday 20 May
Economics Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min Chemistry Unit 2*** Paper 03/B – 2 hr
Management of Business Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Management of Business Unit 1 *** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
Physics Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
French Unit 2 Paper 3 – 2 hr
History Unit 1 Paper 1– 1 hr 30 min
Environmental Science Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
* ∗ History Unit 1 Paper 03/B– 1 hr 30 min
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A 15-minute break must be allowed between Papers. For PRIVATE candidates only. NOT for candidates registered in schools and recognized full-time educational institutions
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CAPE 2011 Monday 23 May
MORNING Literatures in English Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 45 min * Literatures in English Unit 1 Paper 03/B – 2 hr 30 min
AFTERNOON Applied Mathematics Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min Spanish Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr
Physics Unit 1*** Paper 03/B – 2 hr Tuesday 24 May
Biology Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Spanish Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr
Management of Business Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Management of Business Unit 2*** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
Environmental Science Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Environmental Science Unit 2 *** Paper 03/B – 2 hr
Wednesd ay 25 May
Law Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Pure Mathematics Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Thursday 26 May
Food & Nutrition Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Electrical & Electronic Technology Unit 1 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Management of Business Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Geometrical & Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 1 Paper 1 – 2 hr Friday 27 May
Physics Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Law Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
Spanish Unit 1 Paper 3 – 2 hr
Electrical & Electronic Technology Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
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A 15-minute break must be allowed between Papers. For PRIVATE candidates only. NOT for candidates registered in schools and recognized full-time educational institutions
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CAPE 2011 Monday 30 May
MORNING Chemistry Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
AFTERNOON Sociology Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Economics Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 30 min
Tuesday 31 May
Wednesd ay 01 June
French Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr
Physics Unit 2 Paper 1 - 1 hr 30 min
Geography Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Geography Unit 2 *** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
Accounting Unit 2 Paper 2 – 2 hr 45 min
Pure Mathematics Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
History Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * History Unit 2 *** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
* Pure Mathematics Unit 2 *** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
Geometrical & Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 2 Paper 1 – 2 hr Thursday 02 June
Literatures in English Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 45 min * Literatures in English Unit 2 Paper 03/B – 2 hr 30 min
Sociology Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Sociology Unit 1 Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
Computer Science Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min Friday 03 June
Food and Nutrition Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
Law Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
Accounting Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Accounting Unit 2*** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
Biology Unit 1*** Paper 03/B – 2 hr
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A 15-minute break must be allowed between Papers. For PRIVATE candidates only. NOT for candidates registered in schools and recognized full-time educational institutions
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CAPE 2011 Monday 06 June
MORNING Economics Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Economics Unit 2 *** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
AFTERNOON Information Technology Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Information Technology Unit 1*** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
Biology Unit 2*** Paper 03/B – 2 hr Tuesday 07 June
Wednesd ay 08 June
Biology Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
Chemistry Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
Economics Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Economics Unit 1*** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
Spanish Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr
Computer Science Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
Pure Mathematics Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
French Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr
* Pure Mathematics Unit 1*** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min Electrical & Electronic Technology Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
Thursday 09 June
Accounting Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Accounting Unit 1*** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
Applied Mathematics Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Applied Mathematics Unit 1*** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min Food and Nutrition Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min
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A 15-minute break must be allowed between Papers. For PRIVATE candidates only. NOT for candidates registered in schools and recognized full-time educational institutions
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CAPE 2011 Friday 10 June
MORNING Biology Unit 2 Paper 1 - 1 hr 30 min Information Technology Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Information Technology Unit 2 Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
AFTERNOON Geography Unit 1 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Geography Unit 1*** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min Applied Mathematics Unit 2 Paper 1 – 1 hr 30 min * Applied Mathematics Unit 2*** Paper 03/B – 1 hr 30 min
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A 15-minute break must be allowed between Papers. For PRIVATE candidates only. NOT for candidates registered in schools and recognized full-time educational institutions
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KEY TO 2011 TIMETABLE – CAPE SUBJECT
PAPER No.
DATE
SESSION
OPEN EXAMINATIONS Communication Studies
1A 1B 2 03/B***
04 May 04 May 09 May 04 May
AM (1 hr 15 min) AM (30 min) PM (2 hr 30 min) AM (1 hr 30 min)
Computer Science (Unit 1)
1 2
02 June 13 May
AM (1 hr 30 min) AM (2 hr 30 min)
Geography (Unit 1)
1 2 03/B***
10 June 13 May 10 June
PM (1 hr 30 min) PM (3 hr) PM (1 hr 30 min)
Physics (Unit 1)
1 2 03/B***
20 May 10 May 23 May
AM (1 hr 30 min) AM (2 hr 30 min) AM (2 hr)
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See Notes to Timetable Alternative Papers for PRIVATE candidates only. NOT for candidates registered in schools and recognized full-time educational institutions.
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NOTES TO 2011 TIMETABLE - CAPE 1.
The time indicated on the Timetable includes Reading Time.
2.
Starting times for all centres within a territory are 09:00 hr and 13:00 hr.
3.
Art and Design: The Test Papers (Papers 2 and 3 for Unit 1 and Papers 1
and 2 for Unit 2) are to be handed to candidates on Friday, 15 April. The examinations must be completed during the period 03-13 May. 4.
Once scheduled in the same session, the Alternative Paper 03/B must be
written after Paper 1 or Paper 2. Private candidates registered for the Alternative Paper (04/B) in the French and Spanish Unit 1 and Unit 2 examinations will not be required to take a written paper but will be required to take the oral examinations. No dates have been scheduled for the oral examinations, however, they must be taken between 25–29 April, at the discretion of the Local Registrar. 5.
Use of Dictionaries 6. The use of dictionaries is permitted for French and Spanish Paper 3 ONLY. Candidates are allowed one text related to each theme – a total of three (3) texts for Section 2 Paper 3. N.B: Texts that are heavily annotated are not permitted in the examination room. Use of Calculators 7.
The use of silent non-programmable scientific calculators is permitted for the following examinations:
(i)
Accounting Units 1 and 2
(ii)
Applied Mathematics Units 1 and 2
(iii)
Biology Units 1 and 2
(iv)
Chemistry Units 1 and 2
(v)
Economics Units 1 and 2
(vi)
Electrical and Electronic Technology Units 1 and 2
(vii)
Environmental Science Units 1 and 2
(viii)
Geography Units 1 and 2
(ix)
Geometrical and Mechanical Engineering Drawing Units 1 and 2 (x)
Management of Business Units 1 and 2
(xi)
Pure Mathematics Units 1 and 2
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(xii) Physics Units 1 and 2 (xiii) Sociology Units 1 and 2 – Paper 1 only Use of Compact Discmans/Tape Recorders (Walkmans) 8.
The use of Compact Discmans/Walkmans is permitted in the aural examinations in French Units 1 and 2 Paper 1, and Spanish Units 1 and 2 Paper 1. Each candidate will be provided with a compact disc (CD) for use in the Paper 1 examination.
Use of Geometry Sets 9.
The use of geometry sets (mathematical instruments) is permitted in the following examinations:
(i)
Applied Mathematics Units 1 and 2
(ii)
Pure Mathematics Units 1 and 2
(iii)
Environmental Science Units 1 and 2
(iv)
Geography Units 1 and 2
Multiple Choice Papers 10. The Paper 1 examinations will take the multiple choice format in: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) (xv) (xvi)
Accounting Units 1 and 2 Applied Mathematics Units 1 and 2 Biology Units 1 and 2 Chemistry Units 1 and 2 Computer Science Units 1 and 2 Economics Units 1 and 2 Environmental Science Units 1 and 2 Food and Nutrition Units 1 and 2 Geography Units 1 and 2 History Units 1 and 2 Information Technology Units 1 and 2 Law Units 1 and 2 Management of Business Units 1 and 2 Pure Mathematics Units 1 and 2 Physics Units 1 and 2 Sociology Units 1 and 2
The Registry 13 August 2010