GCSE ( General Certificate of Secondary Education)
The GCSE is a single examination like its
predecessors. It was introduced with a view to raising standards of performance and is designed to assess and reward positive achievement.
The International GCSE (IGCSE) was developed by the University of cambridge Local Examinations syndicate (UCLES) as an international version of GCSE. All sylabuses are designed to meet international needs while being based on the GCSE national critaria.
The IGCSE is a two year curriculum programme with a choice of core and Extended level curriculum. The examination has seven point scal A-G. Grade A indicates the highest level of achievement and grade G minimum satisfactory performance. The examination is taken at 16 years of age.
IGCSE syllabuses cover six subject groups, Languages, Humanities and Social sciences, sciences, Mathematics, Creative Arts and technology, and Natural Economy.
The IGCSE has gained international credibility as an educational qualification and has accepted as a preliminary requirement for entry to most UK universities and institutes of higher education. In addition to the IGCSE, UCLES have recently introduced the Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE).
Advanced Level (A level)
GCE A level examinations are normally taken follwoing the GCSE and after two years of study, either in the sixth form of secondary schools, sixth form teriary colleges or in colleges of further education. A level and AS (Advanced Supplementary) examinations are set by the five GCE Examining groups and Boards. You can study London Examinations AS and A Levels at schools and colleges in more than 100 countries - ask your local British Council office for delails of the one nearest to you.
Traditionally students followed courses in two or thee related subjects, for example the Sciences or the Humanities. However with the introduction of less conventional higher education courses, less traditional combinations of A Level are now more common.
AS Advanced Supplementary (AS ) Level
As qualifications were introduced in 1987 and exam taken in 1989 with the purpose of broadening sixth form studies beyond the traditional clusters of science or arts subjects. The AS qualification is designed to occupy half the teaching and study time an A-Level, but it is set to the same standard and was deemed as a two year course. Like A Level , it is graded A to E, with grade standards related to the corresponding A Level grade. The syllabuses take account of the shorter teaching and study time available so that while the quantity of work is less, the quality is the same as that required for the equivalent A-level grade. Two AS qualifications can therefore be regraded as the equivalent of one A level and are generally accepted in place of one A level for university entrance..
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