Cambridge updates on grade submission process

Cambridge announced the update on submitting grades for teachers for the O and A levels exams for June 1, 2020 session. The exams were canceled due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. An estimated 270,000 students appeared in the exams in Pakistan, according to 2018 numbers.

Meanwhile, a four-step process of grading will be adopted by the Cambridge to grade students

Step 1. Centre determines a predicted grade for each candidate for each syllabus entered
Step 2. Centre determines a rank order of its candidates within each grade for each syllabus
Step 3. Head of centre confirms the predicted grades and rank orders, and centre sends them to Cambridge International
Step 4. Cambridge International carries out a standardization process, combining data from the school with other data, and awards final grades.

The Cambridge has also given students an option to defer the predictive June 1 exams and sit in November exams instead once the pandemic threat is over.

Most common questions asked by students on the Cambridge website were

Can a school request that registrations from the May/June 2020 series be automatically transferred to the October/November 2020 series?

Unfortunately, our systems do not allow an automatic transfer from one exam series to another exam series. Schools will need to withdraw their entries and re-enter students for the next series.

What will be the deadline for re-registration for the October/November 2020 exams series?

The British Council will announce the exact registration timelines for October/November session in due course, but we expect it to be around August time as normal.

Does a candidate have to pay full fee if they appear in the remaining components during October/November session?

A candidate must complete all components in one exams series as per the regulations. It is therefore not possible to split components across more than one exam series.