KARACHI, Aug 12: The results of the O and A level Cambridge International Exams (CIE) taken in May-June will be released on Tuesday.

The results will be announced worldwide through the CIE Direct website where they will be uploaded at 6am British Summer Time (10am PST). The CIE-approved centres and exam officers who have access to the website can then announce the results to the students according to their schedules.

Requesting all students to collect their results in school uniforms, Karachi Grammar School website has posted its schedule for announcing the results at its college section starting right away at 11am for the senior year students going on in descending order till 12.45pm for the first year students.

Meanwhile, St Patrick’s High School, Karachi, has posted on its website a request for the students not to arrive before noon to collect their results. “The CIE May-June 2013 results will be announced on the CIE website at 11am. The results will then be downloaded, printed and distributed from 12 noon. The pass-out students should not come before 12 noon to pick up their result,” the notification reads. A-Level admission forms will also be made available at the school from Tuesday.

Foundation Public School, too, has posted a notification for all its Cambridge students to report to school “on time” to collect their result although they don’t state what time exactly they are expected to be there. Still it is something as several of the other well-known CIE-affiliated schools were yet to update their websites regarding information about the exam results.

But the students don’t really need these announcements as they already were counting days to the result day and are well aware about when and where to collect their results from. Monday saw several give vent to their anxieties on social media. “If you had the courage to give your exams, then also gather the courage to collect your results on Tuesday,” read one tweet. Another nervous wreck was tweeting every now and then giving the final countdown in hours and minutes to result announcement while most wished each other good luck.

The exams this year were marred anyway by the board ordering a retake of the O-level and IGCSE Pakistan Studies and Islamiyat papers in Pakistan due to a breach prior to the taking of the examination in May. Therefore, most students of the more than 500 CIE-affiliated schools who appeared for the exams in May had to re-sit the exams again on June 13 and 14. Many also opted to withdraw from the examinations for which they were refunded while some decided to re-take the examination in November for which they don’t have to pay any additional charge.

CIE congratulates students

On the occasion, Michael O'Sullivan, chief executive, CIE, issued a statement congratulating all students on their exam results.

“The examinations as part of the University of Cambridge operate in more than 160 countries around the world. We value our work in Pakistan, where we provide assessments and other educational support in more than 520 schools. This year schools in Pakistan made over 200,000 exam entries for Cambridge international qualifications, increasing by six per cent since 2012.

“As well as congratulating all students on their exam results, on behalf of Cambridge I would also like to extend a big thank you to students, teachers and their families for their support in making the second sitting of the Cambridge O-Level and IGCSE Pakistan Studies and Islamiyat examinations a success.

“While it remains a source of great regret to us that this course of action was necessary, we are delighted to see that almost all of the 15,000 candidates who entered for the examination originally were able to participate in the second sitting. A small number have chosen to take the examinations in November 2013 instead, and will do so without any additional charge.

“Now that the marking is complete we can see that the overall results are in line with those of previous years, confirming that the papers were no more or less demanding than usual.

“We take security of examinations very seriously, and must accept responsibility when security is breached. We must also uphold the integrity of our examinations so they continue to be recognised worldwide as reliable indicators of students’ level of attainment. We have a duty to ensure that all students taking these exams receive a fair and valid grade.

“We are honoured to be entrusted with such an important role in the education of the young people of Pakistan and will continue to support our schools in providing world class education,” the statement read.