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Gogodasi
7 years ago

But it doesn’t match the quality of GCE Cambridge – it is far much lower, even in the UK it is known to be the cheapest examination and hence not many schools administer it. This is why Kamuzu rejected it at Kamuzu Academy and opted for Cambridge. Hayes is on a campaign to promote Pearson syllabus in order to attract weak schools to adopt it because it is not popular in the UK. GCE University of London comes second to Cambridge exams and every High school pupil in the UK will tell you the same.

Unknown
7 years ago
Reply to  Gogodasi

it is popular in the UK and colleges around the world accept them. In South Africa, they are accepting them and they are way easy than Cambridge exams. With these qualifications we students are able to adopt more skills compared to Cambridge. We get to work with different types of organizations such as FMB and help out charities. Just because you never got the chance to do them that does not mean you should criticism them. Kamuzu Academy wanted to just do GCE Cambridge but SAIntS wanted to be different and not just offer one thing. Don’t forget SAInts has… Read more »

Anon
7 years ago
Reply to  Gogodasi

Yes you are quite right. I do not like the tone of the comment from ‘Gogodasi’ as it suggests that Cambridge examinations are somehow superior. All GCSE examinations from these exam boards: AQA (AQA Education Ltd) CCEA (Northern Ireland Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment) City & Guilds OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) Pearson SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) WJEC are ratified under the the Joint Council for Qualifications and even without membership (Cambridge as a case in point), all GCSEs no matter which board are equal in difficulty and value. They are all level 2 qualifications. SAIntS is a… Read more »

Gugo
Gugo
7 years ago

Well done!

anon2
anon2
7 years ago
Reply to  Gugo

A story tuned to attract customers and not present the reality on the ground..Why are the teachers of the students not mentioned? Is it because they are Malawians? Why send someone that never taught any of these kids to receive the award?

with over 90% Expatriates at SAINTS, why is it hard to beat Kamuzu Academy and BMIS in terms of Exam pass rate? Its important to state that you achieved the best results among fellow weak schools not out of the best schools..Too much cosmetic stuff at SAINTS….too much noise for nothing.

Justice
Justice
7 years ago
Reply to  anon2

Why so much hate? Can you not be happy for the students and celebrate their academic achievements? Why must you spurn the school just because some of their learners have excelled? The awards were set up by Pearson and not as an attempt to advertise St. Andrews. Congratulations to the students and I wish them the best in their future endeavours.

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