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Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« on: May 08, 2010, 02:32:55 pm »
1)Are the question papers going to be checked by the CIE examiners or the school ones'?????????My teacher says that she is going to check it

2)How will a candidate be given the grades as the grade threshold doesn't specify for A*,B, and E?

3)How many examiners will check one candidates paper?

4)If one wants to give the papers for re checking then what is the procedure...??

5)For the exams,the invigilators going to come from CIE or from school????????? If the ans is school then doesnt the CIE think that the tutors can be injust to students?or students can copy easily??????????????

I know I have asked too many doubts .........................Thanks in advance....................
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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2010, 12:57:56 am »
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1)Are the question papers going to be checked by the CIE examiners or the school ones'Huh?Huh???
i actually had the same qs... i know coursework and french orals etc are internally assessed and then a few students' samples are sent to CIE to be moderated. i think the rest are sent to CIE directly.
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How will a candidate be given the grades as the grade threshold doesn't specify for A*,B, and E?
thresholds are actually different every year depending on how difficult the paper was and the marking curve. B lies between A and C while E lies between the thresholds of D and F
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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2010, 04:36:37 am »
1)Are the question papers going to be checked by the CIE examiners or the school ones'?????????My teacher says that she is going to check it

2)How will a candidate be given the grades as the grade threshold doesn't specify for A*,B, and E?

3)How many examiners will check one candidates paper?

4)If one wants to give the papers for re checking then what is the procedure...??

5)For the exams,the invigilators going to come from CIE or from school????????? If the ans is school then doesnt the CIE think that the tutors can be injust to students?or students can copy easily??????????????

According to what I know:
1) Most exam papers are sent to CIE directly. French oral or other foreign language oral as well as coursework will be assessed by school's teachers and only send some samples to CIE for clarification.

2) Grade thresholds are specified when all the papers have been marked. The grade thresholds published don't usually specify A*, as A* will be the top 10% of the subject, which varies years after years. The general grade for A* is either more than 85% or more than 90%.

3) Your papers will be marked by 3 or 4 examiners.

4) If you want your papers to be re-marked, this is quite complicated. I just heard that it's gonna be fairly expensive. If you want to re-take the exams, then apply for the October November session.

5) It depends on CIE whether the invigilators will be from schools or CIE. CIE normally directs invigilators to come to your school when they feel like it. Most of the time, they'll be from your schools though. But in 2008, there were 4 invigilators from CIE came to my school to invigilate Additional Maths & Economics exams. About the papers, I don't think the teachers are allowed to look at the papers in advanced (but ICT practicals and foreign language orals, the teachers are allowed to open and have a look at it before the exams). Exam papers are delivered to your schools 1 week before the exams start but are kept in the exam officer's office of your school.

Hope it helps ;)

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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2010, 08:19:34 am »
Thanks  to both of you.

One more question
When are the results going to be published ,what is the procedure for getting provisional marksheet.........?????????

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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2010, 09:01:50 am »

When are the results going to be published ,what is the procedure for getting provisional marksheet.........?????????


Results will be published at your school on 12th August. But IGCSE certificates will be given out in October.

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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2010, 01:06:59 pm »
Thx and one more thing will we know our marks in the results or only grades can we see our papers?????????/
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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2010, 01:10:37 pm »
Thx and one more thing will we know our marks in the results or only grades can we see our papers?????????/

As far as i kno .. no marks .. no papers .. only grades or percentile .. :)

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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2010, 02:26:05 pm »
Thx and one more thing will we know our marks in the results or only grades can we see our papers?????????/

For IG, you won't know your mark, only the grade. If you want your papers to be remarked or you wanna retake the exams, then you are allowed to know your marks. ;)

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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2010, 02:28:50 pm »
For IG, you won't know your mark, only the grade. If you want your papers to be remarked or you wanna retake the exams, then you are allowed to know your marks. ;)
No I said can we see our papers.........
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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2010, 04:29:20 pm »
No I said can we see our papers.........

No. The best way is try to remember your answers for a paper. Then when the mark schemes come out, check it  ;D

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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2010, 04:55:22 pm »
how long after the exam do the mark schemes come out?

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Re: Query abt this upcoming exam................?
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2010, 07:36:08 am »
I'm not sure. It depends though. Usually 1.5 or 2 months after the exams. :D