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Exam guides
O Level and IGCSE in Bangladesh: The 2026 Deadlines That Actually Apply to You

Cambridge says 16 August and 21 September. In Bangladesh the British Council closed regular registration on 5 August and...

Aug 6, 2026 · 16 min read
News
Cambridge’s First Digital Exams Have Been Sat — Here’s What Actually Happened

The June 2026 series is done, so we can stop guessing: 5,700 digital exams at 19 centres in 10 countries, multiple choic...

Aug 6, 2026 · 15 min read
Study tips
Gaming and IGCSE Revision: How to Keep Both Through Exam Season

The problem is not the hours you play — it is playing and revising in the same hour. Four things games do better than re...

Aug 5, 2026 · 17 min read
Exam guides
Egypt's New Baccalaureate vs Thanaweya Amma vs IGCSE: The 2026 Choice, Honestly

Parliament made the Egyptian Baccalaureate law: optional, free, four tracks, and retakes allowed. It just matched two of...

Aug 5, 2026 · 11 min read
Exam guides
Which Egyptian Universities Accept IGCSE — and What They Actually Ask For

Every Egyptian university asks for "eight subjects" and almost none of them mean the same thing by it. Tansik, AUC and G...

Aug 5, 2026 · 11 min read
Subject guides
IGCSE History 0470: Two Papers, Two Completely Different Skills

Paper 1 awards nothing for source evaluation. Paper 2 awards nothing for explanation. Cambridge's own assessment tables...

Aug 5, 2026 · 11 min read
Subject guides
IGCSE English 0500 or 0510? The Choice That Follows You to University

First Language English and English as a Second Language are different qualifications with different papers — and on both...

Aug 5, 2026 · 10 min read
Subject guides
IGCSE Maths 0580 vs 0607: Which One Are You Actually Taking?

One takes two papers with a scientific calculator. The other takes three, needs a graphic display calculator, and ends w...

Aug 5, 2026 · 10 min read
Subject guides
IGCSE Computer Science 0478: Half Your Grade Is Written in Pseudocode

Paper 1 is 60% recall. Paper 2 is 60% application. Each is worth half the qualification, which is why confident programm...

Aug 5, 2026 · 9 min read
Parents
The UAE Licenses Private Tutors. What to Check Before You Pay for Another Hour.

Private tuition in the UAE runs on a two-year work permit from MoHRE and the Ministry of Education — free to the tutor,...

Aug 5, 2026 · 10 min read
Exam guides
Qudurat and Tahsili: The Saudi University Tests Your British School Doesn't Teach

Saudi public universities admit on a composite score — at KFUPM, 50% Qudurat and 40% Tahsili against just 10% school gra...

Aug 5, 2026 · 12 min read
Exam guides
The 2026–27 School Year in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, Mapped Against Every Exam Date

UAE term dates, Saudi term dates and every Cambridge and Edexcel deadline on one timeline — including the four collision...

Aug 5, 2026 · 12 min read