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Developed by the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), the Pre-U has been likened to a more "traditional A-level".
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Cambridge International Examinations says 400 state schools in the UK are now preparing pupils for IGCSEs, compared with 97 in 2010.
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They compared the IGCSE syllabuses from the two exam boards that offer the qualification, Edexcel and Cambridge International Examinations, with two GCSE syllabuses.
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Recently accredited and available for teaching from September 2008, the Pre-U has been developed by Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) as a university entry qualification likened to a more "traditional A-level".
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University of Cambridge International Examinations' (CIE) Head of International Education (Ministries), Dr Newman Burdett - who attended both the Kuala Lumpur conference - said the June event had given CIE the opportunity to meet with Ministry personnel face-to-face, and to further strengthen and renew partnerships.
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However, just 1, 220 - all originally awarded by the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations (OCR) board - were eventually raised.
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