CIE Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
| Upper Secondary 16-18yrs |
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| Middle Secondary 14-16yrs |
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| Lower Secondary 11-14yrs |
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| Primary 5-11yrs |
Vocational Qualifications
Teaching Qualifications
Cambridge International Certificate of Education (ICE)
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions about the Programme
- What is the Cambridge ICE certificate?
- Do I have to enter for the Cambridge ICE certificate?
- To qualify for the Cambridge ICE certificate, must candidates take all their subjects in one session?
- I shall be taking nine IGCSE subjects, two more than the minimum of seven subjects required to qualify for ICE. How will my Cambridge ICE grade be calculated?
- One of my subjects is not available at IGCSE so I’m taking it as an O Level instead. Does this mean I can’t use it towards the Cambridge ICE certificate?
- My main examination session is June, but one of the subjects I want to take is only available in the November session. Does this mean that it can’t count towards the Cambridge ICE certificate?
- My Centre has applied for me to be considered as a candidate for Cambridge ICE over two sittings. The first sitting has taken place and I didn’t do as well as I’d hoped in one of my subjects. Can I retake it in the second sitting?
- Do students have to take at least one subject from each of the five groups to qualify for the award of the Cambridge ICE certificate?
- What is the Cambridge ICE certificate?
- The Cambridge ICE certificate is a group award designed for Centres that want to offer a broad curriculum. Candidates enter and sit for a minimum of seven subjects selected from the five IGCSE curriculum areas.
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- Do I have to enter for the Cambridge ICE certificate?
- Yes. A Centre must make a separate entry for the Cambridge ICE Award for each candidate who fulfils the Cambridge ICE entry criteria. To enter a candidate for the Cambridge ICE Award, a Centre must make an entry by means of the Cambridge ICE entry code in addition to the syllabus and option codes for the examinations the candidate takes. Failure to include Cambridge ICE in the candidate entry will result in only IGCSE certificates being issued without the Cambridge ICE certificate.
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- To qualify for the Cambridge ICE certificate, must candidates take all their subjects in one session?
- No. CIE allows candidates to qualify for Cambridge ICE over two sessions provided they take place during a period of 13 months, i.e. June to November, June to June, November to June, or November to November.
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- I shall be taking nine IGCSE subjects, two more than the minimum of seven subjects required to qualify for ICE. How will my Cambridge ICE grade be calculated?
- As long as you fulfil the entry requirements for Cambridge ICE (passes in seven subjects, covering the five IGCSE subject groups and including two different languages), your seven best results, irrespective of subject or group, will be used to calculate your Cambridge ICE grade.
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- One of my subjects is not available at IGCSE so I’m taking it as an O Level instead. Does this mean I can’t use it towards the Cambridge ICE certificate?
- With the permission of CIE, certain subjects taken at GCE Ordinary Level may be counted towards Cambridge ICE certification. However, please note that such substitutions will not be permitted if the proposed substitute subject is available as an IGCSE subject in the same session, and that no candidate who has taken fewer than six IGCSE subjects will be awarded a Cambridge ICE certificate. CIE Customer Services will be able to confirm whether the particular O Level you are taking can be counted towards ICE.
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- My main examination session is June, but one of the subjects I want to take is only available in the November session. Does this mean that it can’t count towards the Cambridge ICE certificate?
- No. CIE allows you to qualify for Cambridge ICE over two sessions provided they take place during a period of 13 months, i.e. June to November, June to June, November to June, or November to November.
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- My Centre has applied for me to be considered as a candidate for Cambridge ICE over two sittings. The first sitting has taken place and I didn’t do as well as I’d hoped in one of my subjects. Can I retake it in the second sitting?
- Yes, you can, but it is the result you achieved at the first sitting that will be counted towards your Cambridge ICE certificate. The result you achieve at the second sitting will be reported to you on a separate subject certificate.
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- Do students have to take at least one subject from each of the five groups to qualify for the award of the Cambridge ICE certificate?
- To qualify for ICE, students must pass two different languages from Group I and one subject from each of the remaining subject groups II–V. Their seventh subject can come from any of the five groups.
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