Here is the new rating system for the IGCSE. This is surely a sudden improvement from the board of examination. Some keynote parents and teachers must read up.

Grade 5 will be the new ‘good pass’ for GCSE Mathematics.Under the new system, a ‘good pass’ – currently a C grade – will become a grade 5 under the new scale. The new ‘good pass’ is comparable to a high C or low B under the currentsystem, making it comparable to the standard aimed for by pupils in top-performing countries such as Finland, Canada, the Netherlands and Switzerland.