GCSE? why are people talking about it?

Question

I'm seeing a lot of questions that have to do with that today. What is GCSE? who takes it? whats it for? Alot of people are asking "I GOT MY GCSE RESULTS" and they seem to be happy about it. what is it? can someone kindly explain. thanks =) And plz I dont want any links.

Answer 1

the last compulsary exams in secondary education in the UK

basically at the end of high school

got mine today, am really pleased with them =D

Answer 2

The General Certificate of Secondary Education (CASES.E) is the principal means of assessing pupils’ attainment at the end of compulsory secondary ...

It is used to determine weather you pass .. If you do it an e used to help you get the job you want or get back into school or uni!

From an A* to a D is a pass

But most schools only take A* to a C as a pass

There are two levels you can do at G.C.S.E

Foundation :

Less complicated than Higher

The highest grade you can achieve is a C

HigherComplicatedted!

The highest is an A*

x*x

Answer 3

It stands for General Cetificate of Secondary Education. It's an public exam that you take in the UK at the age of 15, usually 16. It's the last compulsory examination in UK schooling.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

GCSEs are the exams that we have here in the uk when we finish secondary school.......basically, the exams that we take in our final year of school when we are 16 (thats the age that we LEGALLY have to attend school until)....... So to people that want to carry on in further education I suppose they are important......But dont ask me what it stands for though!!!

Answer 5

Its in the UK.

Mostly 16 year olds..get their results today.

Answer 6

GCSE stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education. GCSE's are the exams that 15/16 year olds take at the end of their final year of high school.  

SO, as I'm 15 and in my final year of high school, I took my GCSE exams in ALL of the subjects I was studying, in May/June, and got my results back today.

The highest grade you can get is A* and it goes down like this:

A* (highest)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G (lowest)

U (unclassified)

I did pretty well, I got an A in eight of my subjects, two B grades and two C grades.

Hope this was clear and it helped!