percentile system

[MAAK]

Is percentile system in O Levels is still there or it has been finished?

 

[XPFMember]

Assalamoalaikum!!
It's still there....cant be abolished

 

[shahlakh]

What is a percentile system anyway? i mean is it like........... let us take pakistan studies. For example a person got 70 out of 75 in history and 52 out of 75 in geography. So they would convert 75 and 52 into percentage i.e. 93 and 69%. then they would add 93 with 69 which becomes 162. they divide 162 by 200 and multiply it by 100 to take out the total percentage. This becomes 81% which is an A.

 

[SAUD ASLAM]

No its not like that.It is more complicated than it

 

[shahlakh]

Then how much complicated is it then?

 

[Shahroz95]

Assalamoalaikum, I've heard that the percentile system has been removed and they're using absolute grading nowadays. They said this on their Facebook Page. 'The candidates will be graded on how well they do themselves', I have quoted this from their page.

 

[MAAK]

can u give me the link to website where they said it

 

[Shahroz95]

@MAAK,
sure I can, http://www.facebook.com/update_security ... 4033297021

 

[UxaiR]

No there's just huge misconception among people from the back few months !
Percentile is still there in O ' level and A' level and it cant be abolished

 

[Shahroz95]

@ Uxair,
the british council and the CIE said it themselves that that the percentile system has been removed......................how can u say that it hasn't been removed?

 

[shahlakh]

Are you really sure shahroz? But by the way what is percentile and how does it work?

 

[XPFMember]

Assalamoalaikum!!

Well percentile is still there!!! In one of the 2012 syllabuses..may be on all..this is what written:
Percentage uniform marks are also provided on each candidate’s Statement of Results to supplement their grade for a syllabus.
The uniform percentage mark is stated at syllabus level only. It is not the same as the ‘raw’ mark obtained by the candidate, since it depends on the position of the grade thresholds (which may vary from one session to another and from one subject to another) and it has been turned into a percentage.

Note..this info wasnt there in the 2010 syllabus..that % uniform marks will be there on the statement of results!

 

[Shahroz95]

Walaikumassalam,
Math_angel, you may be correct, BUT the BC and the CIE said that on the SOR, only the candidates' grades will be written..................

 

[shahlakh]

Shahroz. can you just tell me one thing? What are the grade thresholds of Pakistan studies? I mean I know that it varies from year to year, but let us just predict what the grade thresholds of Pakistan studies are for this session.

 

[Shahroz95]

Lets see.....................I'd take a guess at............B grade being the average result of all the candidates................what do you think? Do you have any idea when the statistics of the Oct/Nov 2010 session would be released?

 

[Shahroz95]

The following link provides the 'Conversion of formula for GCE O and A Levels' (It includes what the CIE has done with the A* and the percentile):
http://www.britishcouncil.org/pakistan- ... otice5.pdf

 

[CaptainDanger]

I am still confused I don't get it at all....

 

[oldfashionedgirl]

i agree.....the percentile system HAS been removed

 

[XPFMember]

Assalamoalaikum!!!

well percenile system is still there!!!

the official document says

The percentage uniform mark is not the same as the actual mark that the candidate obtains on the question paper, since it depends on the position of the grade thresholds (which may vary from one session to another and from one subject to another) and it has been converted into a percentage. The percentage uniform mark will always be calculated out of 100

Still confusions or????

 

[CaptainDanger]

THanks...