He said he believed head teachers should have the freedom to choose between the IGCSE and the usual GCSE.
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Overall, UK schools made 50, 000 IGCSE entries this year, this compares to the more than 5m GCSE entries last year.
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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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In French, the Edexcel IGCSE did not include a speaking test.
It says the IGCSE is simply a more rigorous assessment.
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In maths, neither IGCSE had a non-calculator paper.
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