CARIBBEAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
Queen’s College
Information Technology
School- Based Assessment
2025
Due Dates:
Spreadsheet 16th September 2024
WebPage Design 30th September 2024
Database 30th October 2024
WordProcessing 22nd November 2024
Problem Solving & Programming 30th January 2025
Description of the Project
Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon the national or local government to
finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of
governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation. Private
schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging
their students for tuition, rather than relying on taxation through public (government) funding.
The Board of Directors of a named Private School would like to set up an information system to
keep track of Students’ data. As an IT consultant firm, you and your team have been contracted
for the job. You are required to utilize suitable word processing, web-page design, spreadsheets,
database management as well as a programming application to design and implement computer-
based solutions for the tasks involved in setting up such a system.
The named private School has been in existence for two(2) years and currently offers a
maximum of ten(10) subjects per class. The Grade 8 level has one(1) class and Grade 7 level has
Two(2) Classes each consisting of not more than fifteen (15) students.
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SPREADSHEET
The Board of directors has mandated that you design a spreadsheet that will accept the data.
Task 1
(A) Design a spreadsheet with the grading and award system table shown below:
Subject Fee (per subject per $7000.00
term)
Percentage Comment Award
90 - 100 Excellent Plaque
80 - 89.9 Very Good Trophy
70 - 79.9 Good Medal
55 - 69.9 Fair Summer Class A
Below 55 Can do better Summer Class B
(B) Using another worksheet, design a table and record the following: First name, Last
Name, Gender, Class, Fees, subjects, and scores of each subject for each of the three(3)
terms.
(C) You must calculate the following:
I. Total average for each student.
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Ii. Insert the student’s position within the class.
Iii. Insert the appropriate comment and Award based on the percentage received.
Iv. insert rows to show number of girls, number of boys, number in each class,
average, highest and lowest score for each subject.
(D) Rename worksheets to Task 1A and Task 1B and save the Spreadsheet as Academic
Data.
Task 2
(A) Create a third worksheet( save as Task 2) to show the Year Average for each subject per
Student. Use data from worksheet 2 to perform such calculations. (Term1 +Term 2+Term
3)/3
(B) Calculate the class year average.
(C) Format all average fields to show one(1) decimal place. Center column headings and
merge and center the cells where appropriate.
(D) Sort the data by class and then by Last name( ascending order)
(E) Extract a list of all the students who received plaques and trophies and place this to the
bottom of the worksheet.
(F) Create a fourth worksheet (save as Task 2F) using data from the third worksheet to show
the performance of boys as compared with girls for the three classes.
(G) Generate a column graph using the data from Task 2F. Provide an appropriate title and
label axes and display the data labels.
(H) Create a pivot table showing the Class, Students names and their Year average.
Ms. Liverpool (HODIT) 4
DATABASE
You are required to use a suitable application to manage data on the students registered at the
named Private School. Three(3) tables must be used to store the data.
The table with relevant student data should include the following: Admission No., Last name,
first name, Address, DOB, Gender, Tel.No., Email, House(school has three named Houses),
Class, Primary School, NGSA Score, Father’s Name, Father’s Tel. Number, Mother’s Name,
Mother’s Tel. No.
The academic table should include: Admission No., Subjects Year Averages, We care Cash
Grant( $50000.)
The Curricula Table should include: Extra Curricular activity, Co Curricular Activity, Demeanor,
Misdemeanor, Awards.
Use data from the Spreadsheet section to populate the table.
Your database should be tested by generating the following Control Forms, Queries and a
Report.
Control Forms
1. Create forms to accept data in the tables.
Queries
1. List the names, DOB, House, Co and extra curricular activity. Sort the data by House in
ascending order. Save this query as Sports List.
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2. List the Students names and their scores for English and Mathematics who obtained over
90% and 80% respectively. Save this query as Principal Award.
3. Produce the total cost to be collected for Cash Grant. Save this query as Cash Grant.
4. Using a calculated field determine the Age for Students. Save this query as Age.
Report
Generate a report for the Principal which lists the Students’ names, class, Year Average, and
Parents’ Tel.no. for Students below 75%. The report should be grouped by Class.Within the
Class the report should be sorted in descending order by Year Average received by each student.
It should also give the average year averages. The report should have a two-line title as follows:
Name of the School
Students for Remedial Programme
Ms. Liverpool (HODIT) 6
WORD PROCESSING
Task 1
Using a suitable feature in your word processing application: create a document to be mailed to
Father of the Students inviting the parents and their child to a Meeting to discuss plans for the
Remedial Programme . The requirements of the letter are as follows:
1. It must be designed on letter-sized paper with moderate margin.
2. The school’s letterhead should be placed as the header in the letter. The font of the
letterhead should be appropriately formatted for emphasis. Use suitable format to Insert
the date, recipient address and salutation. Your mailing list should comprise data from the
school’s database.
3. The first paragraph should include the child’s name, year average and the purpose of the
meeting.
4. The column chart created in the Spreadsheet should be inserted with a suitable caption.
5. The third paragraph should invite them to view the School’s Website to view activities of
the School.
6. Conclude the letter and close with your name and position as Principal of the School.
Task 2
1. Each Student in the Remedial Programme must complete and submit a Registration Form
to the Principal. Design a fillable Registration Form. It must allow for the entry of
relevant data on the Student including their Class. The letterhead should be placed at the
top.
Ms. Liverpool (HODIT) 7
2. Design a certificate of commendation for the Students who would have excelled.
WEBPAGE
The Principal has requested you to design a website(3 webpages) to provide the public with
information about the school. It should include the following:
1. Name and Logo of the School.
2. List for Students who received awards (Plaque, Trophy and Medals), relevant chart/tables
showing analysis of Student’s Performance. Data should be sourced from the Spreadsheet
section of the project.
3. Links to the school email address and a website to help Parents on a topic of your choice.
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PROBLEM SOLVING and PROGRAMMING
Task 1
Develop an algorithm using pseudocode or flowchart for the named school to accept the name
and the number of subjects for a student. Calculate the average score for that student and print a
Grade and message to that student. The average score is found by adding the scores of all the
subjects being studied and dividing it by the number of subjects.This should be done until a
condition is met or for a specific number of Students. Information should be in keeping with the
policies of the School.
Task 2
Design and execute a trace table to test the algorithm developed in task 1. The table should have
seven (7) iterations. Data to test the algorithm should be sourced from the Spreadsheet section of
the project.
Task 3
Using the programming language PASCAL, write source code to implement the algorithm
written in Task 1.
Ms. Liverpool (HODIT) 9
Additional Guidelines
1 . A cover page which must be submitted with the following information.
o Examination body (Caribbean Examination Council)
o Examination (CSEC Information Technology – SBA)
o Students (name & registration number)
o School (name & centre number)
o Territory (Guyana)
o Teacher's Name
o Year of examination (May/June 2025)
2. Files to be submitted:
1. Spreadsheet
2. Database
3. Word processing
➢ Main/Primary Document
➢ Data Source
➢ Merged Letters
➢ The Certificate
➢ Fillable Form
4. Website
5. Problem Solving and Programming
➢ A copy of the Pseudocode/Flowchart,
➢ test data,
➢ trace Table
➢ the Pascal code,
➢ a screen copy of the executed program.
Ms. Liverpool (HODIT) 10
