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News > COB Examinations Being Invigilated at Highest Standards
COB Examinations Being Invigilated at Highest Standards Examinations at The College of The Bahamas are being held as scheduled and are properly invigilated, College of The Bahamas President Janyne M. Hodder assured at a press conference on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, on day two of a faculty strike at The College. Joined by the Invigilation Support Team Leader, Dr. Brendamae Cleare, who is also Dean, Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, President Hodder reported that of the 60 examinations held on Monday April 19, 36 were invigilated by the regular faculty. Twenty-four were invigilated by a member of the Invigilation Support Team chaired by Dean Cleare. Examinations continued unimpeded on Tuesday, April 20. By 3p.m., of the 47 examinations scheduled up to that point - 44 of which required invigilators - only 13 were members of the Invigilation Support team. "All exams have been invigilated to the highest standards and in accordance with academic policy," President Hodder stated. "Whether the examinations were invigilated by the faculty, as happened in nearly 70% of the cases, or by members of the Invigilation Support team, there is no issue of quality here." She added that comments that appeared in Tuesday's press regarding the integrity of the examination process were unfounded. "We guarantee the integrity of the process and we want to tell our students, their families and the public that exams at The College of The Bahamas are being held in an orderly fashion, on time and meet academic quality standards," the College President added. The Invigilation Support Team which has been providing back up includes 59 persons, 52 of whom have one or more degrees. They include members of The College's senior team [vice presidents, associate vice presidents and deans etc.], volunteers from middle management, administrative support staff and temporary employees placed at The College as part of a government employment initiative. Dr. Cleare further explained the specifics of the invigilation and monitoring process designed to maintain academic quality controls. "The majority of the invigilators have been faculty of The College of The Bahamas who are quite familiar with the examination policy. Those persons who are not aware of the policies had a short workshop to inform them of the policy, bringing them in line with what was required for invigilating college examinations here," she said. "We also have a monitoring team in place. Each monitor was assigned to a block of classrooms. At the exam period, persons would pick up their exams from the examination officer. We also have a monitor there so in the event a faculty does not pick up his or her exam, the monitor at the examination office would then assign one of our volunteer invigilators to take over the exam at that time. Following that, the monitors in the blocks would then again check to ensure that all exams are covered." On Monday, The College reported that 100 percent of faculty members were carrying out their duties in Grand Bahama at the Northern Bahamas Campus.
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