KARACHI: More than 100,000 students of O- and A-level are waiting anxiously for their results as the Cambridge International Education (CIE) is set to release the results of its June exam series on Tuesday (today).

Globally, there were over 1.6 million entries for the Cambridge international exams in June.

In Pakistan, over 100,000 students at 683 schools sat either Cambridge O-level, IGCSEs, or International AS & A-level. There were over 226,000 entries for Cambridge O-level and IGCSEs and more than 125,000 entries for Cambridge International AS & A Levels from students across the country.

This year, the CIE had ordered a probe into reports of the AS-level Mathematics paper leak. It took the organisation to conclude that the paper was indeed leaked. “We have reviewed evidence from multiple sources and concluded that this specific paper was seen by a significant number of students in Pakistan before the start of the exam,” a CIE letter had said and added that the CIE will give “assessed marks” to students in this particular paper.

At Cambridge O-level and IGCSE, Pakistan Studies, Islamiyat, Mathematics, English Language and Urdu as a Second Language were the most popular subjects.

At Cambridge International AS & A-level, Physics, Mathematics, Business, Chemistry and Computer Science were the most popular subjects. Business overtook Chemistry this year, and Computer Science rose up the ranks to enter the top five, replacing Economics.

Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2024