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It is difficult to overestimate the importance of one’s AS level results. For most students, the AS level exams provide the final school-leaving certificate which is used to gain entry into university, other tertiary study options, or perhaps to apply for a job. If one’s results are poor, one may miss life-changing opportunities such as the opportunity to study medicine or engineering, or even the opportunity to enter university at all.

Apart from the formal issues like results and recognition, effective study at AS level helps to prepare a young person intellectually and personally for future studies, for the working world, and for life in general. 

When selecting IG subjects, there is a lot of information that one needs to know about each subject: What is its code? When is it written? Is it available to private candidates? Is it available at core and extended levels? This article explains these issues and summarizes the information for all the subjects in a convenient table.

Bookmark this page and use it as an index and quick reference for all available IG level subjects!

Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) offers many different subjects at AS and A level to suit the needs of a wide range of students as they prepare for tertiary studies or work. Although the full range of subjects is not available to private candidates, there are enough that are available to make Cambridge International AS and A levels a worthwhile choice for most private candidates. Cambridge International offers two exam sessions per year: the May/June exam session and the October/November exam session. There is also the March exam session which applies to India only. Most subjects are examined in both sessions, but again not all. In the table below, I have listed all the subjects that are offered by Cambridge International, giving their codes, when they are examined and whether they are available to private candidates.

Bookmark this page and use it as an index and quick reference for all available AS/A level subjects!

All students wanting to study at a South African university must obtain a university exemption to be admitted into tertiary studies. No university in South Africa will accept a student without this exemption. The exemption indicates that a student has met the basic requirements and conditions at secondary school level in order to be admitted to study a degree at a university or other tertiary institution. For school-going children writing the NSC (National Senior Certificate), the university exemption is issued automatically by Umalusi with their 'matric' results if they meet the necessary requirements. However, students with a foreign qualification like the Cambridge IG and AS/A Levels need to apply to Universities South Africa (USAf) and in particular to the matriculation board for exemption. USAf will issue conditional or full exemptions to students who meet certain requirements in terms of the Higher Education Act (Act 101 of 1997) no 1317 dated 5 December 2008.

In this article, I discuss the USAf requirements for exemption as they relate to the homeschooler with Cambridge IG and AS/A Level subjects, and how to apply for such an exemption.

Qualifications issued by Cambridge Assessment International Education (Cambridge International) are well known for their educational quality as well as their widespread recognition, making Cambridge International an excellent choice for the final years of secondary schooling. But deciding to enrol for a Cambridge International qualification is only the beginning. The real challenge comes in mastering the various curricula and in preparing yourself for the final exams. In this regard it is important to understand what Cambridge International does and does not do.