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Sri Lankan GCE O/Level students are 40 years behind their counterparts in the UK vis-a-vis the use of calculators, which were introduced into secondary schools in the UK around 1980. These ordinary scientific calculators had arithmetic functions, squares, square roots, reciprocals, trigonometrical, exponential and logarithmic functions and their Inverses, etc. They were not graphic display calculators (i. e. calculators that can display graphs, statistical functions, answers to definite integrals,etc. on a small screen at the press of a few buttons).
Cambridge O/L Exams were replaced by the GCSE/IGCSE (General/International General Certificate of Secondary Education) exams about 35 years ago. Use of Graphic display Calculators are allowed in some maths papers in the GCSE / IGCSE Exams. Cambridge IGCSE Maths Exam has 6 Papers. Papers 1, 3 and 5 constitute the Core Exam and Papers 2, 4 and 6 constitute the Extended Exam. Graphic display Calculator
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Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 09:14 GMT+7 This supplied photo shows the campus of Vietnam Australia International School on 3-2 Street in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City.
More than 100 direct contacts of a foreign teacher at an international school in Ho Chi Minh City have been quarantined after he was confirmed as a coronavirus patient.
A spokesperson of Vietnam Australia International School (VAS) told
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Tuesday that a foreigner who teaches Cambridge programs at its campus on 3-2 Street in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City had been diagnosed with COVID-19.
More than 100 of his direct contacts, mostly students and his co-workers, have been quarantined.
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Mumbai: VIBGYOR High – Goregaon has achieved 100% results in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exams conducted in February 2021 by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Dhanashri Dutta, Aniq Jiwani and Aravir Puri have emerged as school toppers with 93.12%, 92.12% and 91% respectively. The results were declared on May 25.
Congratulating the students on their stellar performance displayed in the face of many challenges, Kavita Sahay Kerawalla, Vice Chairperson, VIBGYOR Group of Schools, said,
“It is a matter of immense pride for us that our student cohort has delivered yet another successful performance in the Cambridge International examinations despite the tumult and uncertainty of the past year, and we congratulate all our Grade 10 graduates for this achievement. Such an accomplishment clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of an agile approach, which enabled them to adapt quickly to the changed circumstances and