UNIVERSITIES OF CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD “A” LEVELS

Following reports published in the UK press referring to erratic results envisaged to be obtained by  tens of thousands of students sitting for “A” levels of the Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Minister of Education and National Culture, Mr Evarist Bartolo, immediately instructed the Ministry to contact the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, to convey the concern of the Maltese candidates who sat for the said examinations.

The problems referred to in the UK press concerned mainly a computer database error which produced wrong “A” Level grades and entered candidates for subjects they had not studied for or did not enter them at all.

In a faxed message received yesterday 6th August 1998, the Principal Manager of the International Centre Services at the University of Cambridge reassured Minister Bartolo that the processing of candidates from Malta is proceeding on schedule and without any particular difficulty.

The case concerning the Maltese candidates was specifically looked into and it is now reported that the University of Cambridge is already in possession of a complete set of data for almost all of the candidates and most are already graded.

The results of the Maltese candidates are expected to be dispatched on Monday, 17th August 1998.

Copy of the letter received from the Principal Manager of the International Centre Services at the University of Cambridge is attached.