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Policy for timetabling UK

examinations in international

centres

Regulation, Standards and Research For internal and external use

April 2013Issue 1.0



Policy for timetabling UK examinations in international centres

Authors Karen Hughes and Tope Gay.

Owned by Head of Regulations, Standards and Research. Authorised by Responsible Officer

April 2013 version 1.0

Contents

Page

Scope of Policy 3

Policy Statement 3

Regulatory References 4

Policy Review Date 5

Useful Contacts 5

Related Documents 5

Timetable Variation and Confidentiality Declaration forOvernight Supervision for International Centres

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Time Zone supervision grid (GMT) Appendix A

Time Zone supervision grid (BST) Appendix B

Centres in GMT -10 to -2 time zones Appendix C

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Authors Karen Hughes and Tope Gay.Owned by Head of Regulations, Standards and Research. Authorised by Responsible Officer


The key role of Pearson Education Ltd (Pearson) is to secure standards forthose qualifications we certificate. As part of our commitment to quality

assuring standards and therefore protecting learners, Pearson providesguidance and support to help centres and their learners achieve theirlearning and development goals. Pearson also ensures that any regulatoryrequirements our regulators impose on us are met, and that we supportcentres to meet those requirements.

Our regulatory policies are integral to our approach and articulate in aconsistent way how we meet our regulatory requirements. They are reviewedannually to ensure that they remain fit for purpose.

Scope of Policy This policy is for internal and external use and applies to all Edexcelexaminations conducted in international centres.

Policy Statement

In order to maintain the integrity and security of Edexcel academic andgeneral examinations all international centres are required to adopt thefollowing procedures in relation to the start and finish times of examinationsand the supervision of candidates who are sitting examinations.

January, March, November and June series

Centres taking ANY Edexcel academic and general examinations, includingGCE A levels, Applied GCEs, GCSEs and International GCSEs, are required tokeep their candidates under supervision until 1 hour after the start of theexamination in UK. This is called the release time.

The release time is the local time which is equivalent to:

10.00 GMT (or BST) for morning examinations14.30 GMT (or BST) for afternoon examinations

When the release time occurs after the end of the school day, centres mustensure that candidates are kept under school supervision until the local timewhich is equivalent to:

07.00 GMT (or BST) for morning examinations11.30 GMT (or BST) for afternoon examinations

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This supervision period might not end until late in the evening or continueovernight because candidates in the UK will not yet have started theirexaminations. In these cases centres may release candidates to

parental/guardian supervision until the end of the supervision period.

Any release to parental/guardian supervision must be recorded in theTimetable Variation and Confidentiality Declaration for OvernightSupervision for International Centres. The declaration must beappropriately signed and retained by the centre for 6 months and may besubject to monitoring by Pearson. A copy of the declaration may be found onpage 6 of this document.

Tables listing both the release time and the earliest time at which candidatescan be released to parental/guardian supervision may be found on

Appendix A for January, March and November series when GMT applies in UK

Appendix B for June series when BST applies in UK.

Centres are reminded that exam question papers must be collected from thestudent at the end of the exam and should not be retained by students in

any circumstance.

Requirements for centres located within time zone GMT 0 – GMT +4

ALL centres located in the time zone GMT 0 to GMT +4 must take theirexaminations at the same time as the UK (09.00 or 13.30 GMT/BST) and

candidates must remain under supervision until 1 hour after the start of theexamination.

Regulatory References

Ofqual requires all awarding organisations to establish and maintain theircompliance with regulatory conditions and criteria. As part of this process,policies that relate to Pearson’s status as an awarding organisation will

reference the particular conditions and criteria that they address.

This policy addresses the following regulatory criteria and conditions:

Compliance with regulatory documents A8.1

Pearson may use appropriate means to check that these conditions have

been adhered to and will take action if there is evidence of anycontravention. This could lead to the disqualification of any candidatesinvolved and could affect whether Pearson will allow such concessions to bemade in the future.

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CountryTimeZone

GMT

Morning examinations start at09.00 GMT

Afternoon ex13

Releasetime

Earliest release to parental / guardian supervision

Releasetime to pare

IRANAFGHANISTAN

+4.5 14.30 11.30 19.00

MALDIVESPAKISTANUZBEKISTAN

SRI LANKA

+5 15.00 12.00 19.30

INDIA +5.5 15.30 12.30 20.00

NEPAL

BANGLADESH+6 16.00 13.00 20.30

MYANMAR +6.5 16.30 13.30 21.00

CAMBODIA

INDONESIA

LAOSTHAILAND

VIETNAM

+7 17.00 14.00 21.30

BRUNEICENTRALINDONESIA

CHINAHONG KONGMALAYSIA

PHILIPPINES

SINGAPORETAIWAN

+8 18.00 15.00 22.30

JAPAN

KOREA

EASTERNINDONESIA

+9 19.00 16.00 23.30




Appendix B

June series (BST applies in UK)

CountryTimeZoneGMT

Morning examinations start at09.00 UK BST

Afternoon ex13.

Release

time

Earliest release

to parental / guardian supervision

Release

time to pareUK

GHANAIRELAND

MOROCCO

PORTUGAL

+1 10.00Not applicable

Examination start time is 09.00 UK BST14.30

Examinati

BELGIUM

FRANCE

GERMANYHUNGARY

NETHERLANDSNIGERIA

POLANDSPAIN

SWITZERLAND

+1 10.00Not applicable

Examination start time is 09.00 UK BST14.30

Examinati

BULGARIA

CYPRUSEGYPTGREECE

SOUTH AFRICA

TURKEYUKRAINE

ZIMBABWE

+2 11.00

Not applicable

Examination start time is 10.00

(09.00 UK BST)

15.30 Exami

BELARUSETHIOPIA

JORDAN

KENYAKUWAITQATAR

SAUDI ARABIATANZANIA

+3 12.00

Not applicable

Examination start time is 11.00

(09.00 UK BST)

16.30 Exami

UAE

RUSSIA+4 13.00

Not applicable

Examination start time 12.00(09.00 UK BST)

17.30 Exami




Country

Time

Zone

GMT

Morning examinations start at09.00 UK BST

Afternoon ex13.

Releasetime

Earliest release to parental / guardian supervision

Releasetime to pare

IRAN

AFGHANISTAN+4.5 13.30 10.30 18.00

MALDIVESPAKISTAN

UZBEKISTAN

SRI LANKA

+5 14.00 11.00 18.30

INDIA +5.5 14.30 11.30 19.00

NEPAL

BANGLADESH+6 15.00 12.00 19.30

MYANMAR +6.5 15.30 12.30 20.00

INDONESIATHAILANDCAMBODIA

LAOS

VIETNAM

+7 16.00 13.00 20.30

CENTRAL

INDONESIA

CHINAHONG KONG

PHILIPPINES

TAIWAN

SINGAPOREMALAYSIA

BRUNEI

+8 17.00 14.00 21.30

JAPAN

KOREAEASTERN

INDONESIA

+9 18.00 15.00 22.30



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Appendix C

Centres located in GMT -10 to -2 time zones

All centres must ensure that candidates remain under supervision from 9.00 GMT for morning

examinations and from 13.30 GMT for afternoon examinations.

When this supervision period occurs before the start of the school day, centres must ensure thatparents/guardians keep candidates under supervision from 9.00 GMT until they arrive at thecentre.

This must be recorded in the Timetable Variation and Confidentiality Declaration forOvernight Supervision For International Centres. The declaration must be appropriately

signed and retained by the centre for 6 months, and may be subject to monitoring by Pearson.

January, March and November series (GMT applies in UK)

June series (BST applies in UK which is GMT +1)

CountryTimeZoneGMT

Morning examinationsstart at 09.00 GMT

Afternoon examinationsstart at 13.30 GMT

Brazil, Canada, Chile,Paraguay, Argentina

-4 05.00 09.30

Bahamas, Cuba, PuertoRico, USA, Venezuela,

Jamaica, Colombia

-5 04.00 08.30

USACanada

-6 03.00 07.30

-7 02.00 06.30

-8 01.00 05.30

-9 0.00 04.30

-10 23.00 (-1 day) 03.30

CountryTimeZoneGMT

Morning examinationsstart at 09.00 BST

Afternoon examinationsstart at 13.30 BST

Brazil, Canada, Chile,

Paraguay, Argentina

-4 04.00 08.30

Bahamas, Cuba, PuertoRico, USA, Venezuela,Jamaica, Colombia

-5 03.00 07.30

USA

Canada

-6 02.00 06.30

-7 01.00 05.30

-8 0.00 04.30

-9 23.00 (-1 day) 03.30

-10 22.00 (-1day) 02.30