Updated Guidance on Exams for summer 2020
Updated Guidance on Exams for summer 2020
Cambridge International Update on how to handle the exams :
Asking schools and exam centres to consider what evidence they will be able to gather to support these decisions. The evidence should consist of examples of work candidates have done to prepare for their May/ June 2020 exams.
The approach will be to ask schools and exam centres to collaborate with Cambridge International To make evidence-based decisions about grades for each candidate in each subject they have entered for in the May/June 2020 exam series for:
Cambridge IGCSE,
Cambridge O Level,
Cambridge International AS & A Level and Cambridge Pre-U
The types of evidence that might be available could include but will not be limited to:
mock exams coursework (complete or incomplete) assignments AS Level results for ‘staged-route’ A Level candidates grades in previous sittings for candidates re-taking exams.
No need to set students fresh work to gather evidence – for example, no need to set new mock papers, set assignments or ask them to complete unfinished coursework. We understand that centres may not be able to access all of this evidence remotely. At this point, we ask centres to begin to consider what evidence they have available. All of the evidence that you gather must be authenticated (that is, your centres must be satisfied that it is the candidate’s own unaided work). Heads of centre will be responsible for vouching for the authenticity of the evidence gathered about every candidate.
Private Candidates with Exam centres: Cambridge International will treat private candidates in Exam centres like the Exam House in the same way as school candidates, in that all the grades we award will be based on evidence.
Where a pupils and candidates have not been taught at the exam centre handling their entry, exam centres must carefully investigate what evidence of the candidate’s work can be obtained and authenticated.
Evidence from a candidate’s previous school is likely to be acceptable. Evidence from parents or from the candidates themselves should not be accepted. Evidence from tutors needs to be considered in the individual context.
Heads of Exam Centre will be responsible for vouching for the authenticity of the evidence gathered about every candidate.