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Offline Kiwi

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Is GCSE syllabus equivalent to GCE O level syllabus?
« on: January 22, 2013, 07:17:43 pm »
Is GCSE syllabus equivalent to GCE O level syllabus?
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Offline astarmathsandphysics

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Re: Is GCSE syllabus equivalent to GCE O level syllabus?
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2013, 12:28:36 pm »
No it is not. O level is harder. The GCSE syllabus is getting tougher but GCSEs in England are notoriously easy. O levels which are sat overseas are more designed to weed out the weaker students who would not benefit from further study.
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Re: Is GCSE syllabus equivalent to GCE O level syllabus?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2013, 08:04:26 pm »
Quote from: astarmathsandphysics on January 24, 2013, 12:28:36 pm
No it is not. O level is harder. The GCSE syllabus is getting tougher but GCSEs in England are notoriously easy. O levels which are sat overseas are more designed to weed out the weaker students who would not benefit from further study.
Or is GCE o level syllabus equalvalent to IGCSE?
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Re: Is GCSE syllabus equivalent to GCE O level syllabus?
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2013, 01:11:46 pm »
Definitely more so.
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