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I get your point, but doing a solution manual is an overshot
CIE (whether it is O-level, IGCSE, or a level) surprise students from all over the world, with their unpredictable and rather out of context questions, so depending on me to do past papers might induce over reliance in weak students and results in overall poorer grade
I appreciate your concern for the weak, and I would offer help as long as I am available, but making all past papers available as solutions for all students is probably hard for me to complete in context of time + would stop students from practicing
my number one tip here is just to break down the question into its constituents then rearrange with a possible solution
another studying robot :/
depends upon the subject as far as the unique nature of questions goes
check the Candidate Response Booklets if you have not they are available on the website gceguide or you could ask your school it is their responsibility to use those to guide students
the solution manual should not prevent students from practicing because in the end each student has to practice to develop the thinking skill required, solution manuals at-least good ones 'guide' a student towards an answer making them think constructively, so far the ones available are okay at best because they never really guide students
there are many students who study without tuitions of any kind because they simply cannot afford it, solution manuals let such students and others understand where they went wrong and why
yes daily time will be an issue for most students like yourself to be making solution manuals but this is something you can continue slowly over years
the breaking down of a question is a standard CIE tip, do not know why teachers have stopped using it if they have done so, we used to underline the key words of questions and answer accordingly, doing different types of questions to get good at one type of question is also something we used to do, so try answering questions of different boards and educational systems of different countries, try Schaum's Outlines
also check books like Make it Stick by Peter C. Brown such books will give you research backed studying techniques