CARIBBEAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(General Proficiency) Paper 03 School Based Assessment
Sample SBA 3 from the syllabus was adopted and modified.
ASSIGNMENT COMPONENTS: • • • • Spreadsheet Database Management Word Processing Problem Solving
CEDRIC TITUS HIGH SCHOOL
SBA 2012-2013
CEDRIC TITUS HIGH SCHOOL
SBA 2012-2013
Description of the Project
The citizens of Jamaica are unable to purchase housing for their families, mainly due to the extremely high cost of house prices, and the fact that building materials are also costly. Middle and low income earners are severely affected they wont be able to qualify for a loan to purchase or build their homes. The Ministry of Housing has assigned their agency, Jamaica Housing Contractors Limited, to intervene and they have decided to implement a widespread house building exercise in three selected parts of the country. Citizens were invited to apply for the chance to own one of these homes. As a part of the Jamaica Housing Contractors Limited team, you are asked to carry out the following tasks: • use word-processing, spreadsheet and database management applications to design and implement computer-based solutions to ensure that the public is well informed of the government’s new housing initiative • ensure that an efficient record of applicants’ information is maintained • accurately calculate and assess applicants’ financial income and expense commitments • inform suitably qualified and approved applicants
SPREADSHEET Jamaica Housing Contractors Limited is a state agency in the Ministry of Housing responsible for providing affordable housing for middle and low income earners. The Jamaica Housing Contractors Limited invites applications from nationals who are employed and who can demonstrate that they would be able to meet their mortgage payments each month. Each application must be supported by documents giving details of the