IGCSE (o levels)as a pvt student

apple_blossom · February 26, 2011, 8:14am

hey i would like to know can a person give pvt exam only for biology subject? if he/she has already given phy,che exam through a local board?

blessed2006 · February 26, 2011, 8:31am

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oh yes of course you can do it. you can do it through british council-pakistan

see their flow chart for private candidates
http://www.britishcouncil.org/pakistan-exams-gce-reg-flow-chart-pvt-2.pdf

ps. you said that you did phy, chem etc via local board (if you do bio via british council then the board will be british like edexcel, aqa etc…i am not sure but they might say that you should have other science subjects too…so for this you get your marks converted so it shows what it should have been according to the british board.)

apple_blossom · February 26, 2011, 9:12am

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thanks alot blessed , but i am in uae do you have any idea of uae requirements / policies. so it wont be possible to giv single subject exam? no chances at all !!

blessed2006 · February 26, 2011, 9:15am

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u welcome but ek minute tell me do u want to go give this exam from uae or pakistan? me confused.

apple_blossom · February 26, 2011, 9:25am

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UAE :)

blessed2006 · February 26, 2011, 9:36am

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british council is in uae too. and yes you can register just for one subject too. they are bothered with the money i.e. you pay on time whether you register for one or 20 subjects its up to you (this is my assumption since the form doesnot say anything like that you must choose atleast 3 sujcets etc etc and what i said earlier (that they might ask you which relevant subjects you have etc etc) well i confused it to something else)

so yes you can do it privately

here is the bc website for uae
http://www.britishcouncil.org/me-uae.htm

apple_blossom · February 26, 2011, 9:39am

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Hey blessed what is CIE,OCR here i dont understand
can you help !!

apple_blossom · February 26, 2011, 9:40am

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http://www.britishcouncil.org/me-uae-cie-registration.htm

which one to choose ??

blessed2006 · February 26, 2011, 9:41am

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i think for you this is the correct form
http://www.britishcouncil.org/edexcel_igcse_june_2011_dxb.pdf

do read “declaration by student” and “i understand that” sections since they are very important

blessed2006 · February 26, 2011, 9:44am

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CIE (cambridge international examination) EDEXCEL and OCR are all uk boards. so you basically you will be doing biology with uk board. all these three boards offer biology and to be very honest these three boards are well recognised so cant say which is the best for bio. but i'll say choose the one with less fee :) since they are all good.

apple_blossom · February 26, 2011, 9:45am

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ahaan all right i’ll go through it can i learn bio in 2 months ( person who doesnt know about it) :hinna:

apple_blossom · February 26, 2011, 9:46am

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whats the diff btw them OR in other words which one is easier ??
sorry for asking so many Q's :(

blessed2006 · February 26, 2011, 9:53am

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no worries at all.

to be very honest i am not into science so i wouldnot know which one is easier but i know one thing its not that one board does hard exams than the other. they provide more or less the same exam.

btw if you arenot prepared then you should take the exam next yr. just an advice :)....bio is a difficult subject and 2 months arenot enough

apple_blossom · February 26, 2011, 9:58am

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i am thinking to do this yr, as i have soo many things to do for next yr

blessed2006 · February 26, 2011, 10:03am

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ok in that case maybe you can ask them if you sit the exam with resit lot but it wont be resit for you (resits are later on the year and you will get more time).

goodluck and anymore help needed ask me.

blueangel · February 26, 2011, 10:05am

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there are two sessions.....may/june and oct/nov
you can register in either..it's upto you.

apple_blossom · February 26, 2011, 10:12am

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hi blueangel , so you caught me here
but i have seen only may in that time table ufffff this time table is a bit confusing for me y there r 3,4 bio’s help me folks

http://www.britishcouncil.org/edexcel_june-2011-igcse-final-timetable.pdf

blueangel · February 26, 2011, 10:17am

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that is because the registeration is open for the upcoming may/june exams NOW. When these''ll be over....then the registrations for oct/nov exams will be displayed..

apple_blossom · February 26, 2011, 10:21am

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R u 100% sure ?? , I am not able to visit them due to my work hours,and they r not open on saturday's either. i sent an email but they didnt reply :( this thing forced me to open a new thread regarding all my Q's ..

hope i am not troubling you guyz

blueangel · February 26, 2011, 10:29am

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arrey baba…see this site… it tells you that the registeration dates and the price of subjects if you are sitting in dubai

http://www.britishcouncil.org/cie_candidate_information_flyer_mj_2011_dxb.pdf

http://www.britishcouncil.org/cie_gce_o_level_mj_2011_dxb.pdf
Ab dono parho ghaur se webistes!! It tells the fees of biology exam plus the dates of registeration for may/june!!

But blessed is right…for someone who hasnt studied bio…2 months is an extremely short time. You should sit for the oct/nov exams.