The Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication Technology syllabus encourages students to develop lifelong skills including:
- the ability to understand and implement new and emerging technologies within a business environment
- how to analyse, design, implement, test and evaluate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems
- considering the impact which new technologies will have on ways of working and the social, economic and ethical issues associated with them
- awareness of the ways ICT can help in practical and work-related scenarios.
Assessment at a glance
Paper 1 of 2 hours
Written paper testing sections 1–8 of the syllabus and assessing the skills in Assessment objective AO2. It may also assess knowledge and understanding from sections 9–16 of the syllabus.
All questions compulsory: mostly multiple choice or short answer questions, but also some requiring longer responses
100 marks weighted at 40% of total
Paper 2 of 2½ hours
Practical test assessing knowledge, skills and understanding of sections 9–16 of the syllabus. It may also assess some core knowledge and understanding from sections 1–8 of the syllabus.
80 marks weighted at 30% of total
Paper 3 of 2½ hours
Practical test assessing knowledge, skills and understanding of sections 9–16 of the syllabus. It may also assess some core knowledge and understanding from sections 1–8 of the syllabus.
80 marks weighted at 30% of total
