IGCSE CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATIONS KESSIAH MAKHWATHA 9TOM

CONTENTS What is the meaning of IGCSE? How many countries do IGCSE examinations? Why you choose IGCSE ICT? How many papers do they write in IGCSE ICT?

WHAT IS IGCSE? IGCSE stands for international general certificate secondary examinations IGCSE was founded in 1858 More than 4000 schools teach using the IGCSE syllabus

HOW MANY COUNTRIES DO IGCSE EXAMINATIONS? Over 135 countries teach using the IGCSE syllabus Some of the countries with the best IGCSE results are as follows in 2010:

WHY CHOOSE IGCSE ICT? Cambridge IGCSE is internationally recognized by schools, universities and employers as equivalent to UK GCSE. The IGCSE Information and Communication Technology syllabus encourages students to develop lifelong skills including: the ability to understand and implement new and emerging technologies within a business environment how to analyze, design, implement, test and evaluate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems considering the impact which new technologies will have on ways of working and the social, economic and ethical issues associated with them awareness of the ways ICT can help in practical and work-related scenarios.

HOW MANY PAPERS DO THEY WRITE IN IGCSE ICT? THEY WRITE THREE PAPERS PAPER 1 2HOURS Written paper testing sections 1–8 of the curriculum content and assessing the skills in Assessment objective AO2 All questions compulsory: mostly multiple choice or short answer questions, but also some requiring longer responses 100 marks weighted at 40% of total

HOW MANY PAPERS DO THEY WRITE IN IGCSE ICT? THEY WRITE THREE PAPERS PAPER 2 2.5HOURS Practical test assessing knowledge, skills and understanding of sections 9–16 of the curriculum content 80 marks weighted at 30% of total

HOW MANY PAPERS DO THEY WRITE IN IGCSE ICT? PAPER 3 2.5HOURS Practical test assessing knowledge, skills and understanding of sections 9–16 of the curriculum content 80 marks weighted at 30% of total

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