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3. The maximum mark for any skill will be 9. The mark awarded for each skill assessed by practical
exercises should be the average of at LEAST TWO separate assessments for MM, AI and PD.
Only one mark is required for ORR. In each Unit, total marks awarded at the end of each
Module will be 0 to 15.

4. Specific Objectives lending themselves to practical work are highlighted by single underlining.
However, teachers need not confine their practical exercises to these objectives.

5. Candidates who do not fulfil the requirements for the School-Based Assessment will be
considered absent from the whole examination.

6. Candidates’ laboratory books should contain all practical work undertaken during the course
of study. Those exercises which are selected for use for the School-Based Assessment should
be clearly identified. The skill(s) tested in these selected practical exercises, the marks
assigned and the scale used must be placed next to the relevant exercises.

7. Teachers’ criteria and breakdown of marks for assessing a skill must be clearly stated and
submitted with the laboratory books.

8. The standard of marking should be consistent.

9. The relationship between the marks in the laboratory books and those submitted to CXC® in
the ORS should be clearly shown.

 REGULATIONS FOR PRIVATE CANDIDATES

1. Candidates who are registered privately will be required to sit Papers 01, 02 and 032. Detailed
information on Papers 01, 02 and 032 is given on page 70 of this syllabus.

2. Paper 032 will constitute 20% of the overall assessment of the candidates’ performance on
the Unit.

 REGULATIONS FOR RESIT CANDIDATES

1. Candidates may reuse any moderated SBA score within a two-year period. In order to assist
candidates in making decisions about whether or not to reuse a moderated SBA score, the
Council will continue to indicate on the preliminary results if a candidate’s moderated SBA
score is less than 50% in a particular Unit.

2. Candidates reusing SBA scores should register as “Re-sit candidates” and must provide the
previous candidate number when registering.

3. Resit candidates must complete Papers 01 and 02 of the examination for the year in which
they register.

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