KINGSTON, Jamaica — In a landmark initiative for Caribbean education, over 300 regional stakeholders will assemble in Jamaica this March for the inaugural CXC Regional Education Conference and Ministerial Forum. The high-level gathering, originally scheduled for October 2025 but postponed due to Hurricane Melissa, will now take place from March 16-19 at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston.
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), in partnership with Jamaica’s Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, is orchestrating this unprecedented convening of education ministers, policymakers, and academic leaders. The conference arrives at a critical juncture as Caribbean nations accelerate efforts to integrate digital technologies into their education systems.
Senator Dr. Dana Morris Dixon, Jamaica’s Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, endorsed the conference and will deliver keynote remarks. She emphasized the alignment between the conference objectives and Jamaica’s TREND education strategy, which prioritizes information and communication technologies as fundamental to achieving world-class education standards and building a technology-enabled society.
Dr. Nicole Manning, CXC’s Director of Operations, highlighted the urgent need for regional collaboration: “This gathering of the Caribbean’s finest educational minds comes at a pivotal moment when the region is scaling up efforts to provide electronic devices to students, adapt to generative artificial intelligence, and implement electronic assessment and online teaching modalities.”
The conference will feature distinguished speakers including Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman of CXC; Dr. Wayne Wesley, CXC Registrar; Professor Paloma Mohamed Martin, Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana; and representatives from CARICOM and the Commonwealth of Learning. Their discussions will focus on transformative strategies for teaching, learning, and assessment in an increasingly digital educational landscape.