UAE schools: IGCSE, A-level exams officially cancelled Nandini Sircar/Dubai File photo UK-curriculum schools in the UAE are working closely with exam regulators on the next steps that must be taken. It's official: IGCSE and A-level exams have been cancelled, a UK board announced today, replacing the exams with teacher-assessed grades (TAGs). The announcement was made by OxfordAQA, one of the largest UK-curriculum examination boards. Principals of UK-curriculum schools in Dubai had earlier anticipated that these exams would likely be reviewed or cancelled as they awaited official instructions from the exam regulator. The cancellation of exams comes after the UK entered its third national lockdown since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, from January 4 until February 15, with schools and colleges closed in many parts of the UK.