BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC—Anguilla has change into the primary Caribbean nation to signal a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), which has developed a regional coverage framework to assist information governments in creating and strengthening their very own methods on synthetic intelligence (AI) in training.
“CXC will not be concerned within the improvement of AI coverage on the nationwide stage, however we offer sound steering and assist to member states in order that they’ll do it responsibly, as they work to implement accountable generative AI coverage,” CXC’s Professional-Registrar and deputy chief govt officer, Dr. Eduardo Ali, advised a information convention on Tuesday.
“We may have our technical staff work by the interventions. That may require consultations and collaboration with the federal government of Anguilla and their designated staff to translate the AI coverage framework, guaranteeing a transparent understanding of what’s required on their finish to allow them to proceed the event course of,” Ali advised reporters.
CXC, which has famous that an estimated 70 % of its member states lack a proper coverage on synthetic intelligence, is urging international locations to signal the MoU to advertise coverage consistency throughout the area.
“For us to profit as a area, we’d like harmonized improvement in the usage of expertise throughout the board. It gained’t assist if one state strikes forward shortly whereas others battle to maintain up as a result of CXC exams will not be territorial,” mentioned Rodney Payne, CXC’s Director of Technological Innovation and Data Know-how Companies.
CXC Registrar and Chief Govt Officer Dr Wayne Wesley advised reporters that this initiative is a part of CXC’s repositioning technique to reinforce regional influence and world affect by offering related and high-quality academic companies.
“Right this moment we will probably be speaking about embracing synthetic intelligence as an essential development of utilized of academic programs that enable for the event of essential and sophisticated competencies not doable with conventional handbook or paper-based approaches,”
“A lot is anticipated of CXC; we is not going to shrink from our tasks. As a substitute, we’ll transfer courageously and boldly in shaping and reworking training throughout the area. To achieve success, we all know we should pay attention extra to our stakeholders,” he added.
