Cambridge International Education (CIE) confirmed Thursday that the questions of three ASPROD’s questions and a level were partially leaked throughout Pakistan.
CIE, part of Cambridge University Press and Evalent, offers internationally recognized exams to more than 10,000 schools in more than 160 countries. In Pakistan, the levels of O (degrees 9-10) cover a range of broad topics, while levels A and AS (degrees 11-12) are more specialized and advanced, providing ways to higher education in Pakistan and abroad. ICD exams are generally carried out twice a year, in June and November, with results published in August and January, respectively.
“We have written to our schools in Pakistan to tell them that, against our regulations, some content of three questions was available before the Pakistan schedule exam in Pakistan,” the CIE said in a statement.
Affected exams include:
- Cambridge International As/a Level Mathematics Paper 12, where a question was shared before the exam.
- Cambridge International As/a Level Mathematics Paper 42, where parts of two questions were shared before exam.
- Cambridge International As/a Level Computer Science Paper 22, where parts of a question were shared before taking the exam.
However, he said: “In all three cases, we found no evidence that the entire document had been shared before the exam.”
CIE said it will issue a curriculum qualification for all subjects on August 12, 2025, as usual, saying that “the qualification will be based on the completed question document content.”
“We have decided to take measures for each of these programs/components to maintain the integrity and equity of evaluation for all candidates, and so that we can grant a general qualification of the study program in our days of published results.
“Therefore, we have ignored some questions of each document: we will give you complete grades for these questions,” he added.
The examiner said the candidates will not be disadvantaged by these actions and will be granted a final “fair and reliable” final rating.
“Our actions ensure that the candidates who accessed the paper content before their exam do not have any advantage and will not reach more qualifications when cheating,” he added.
CIE said he is protecting the integrity of the evaluation and ensuring that he remains a reliable qualification by schools and universities around the world.
Cambridge said that negligence cases are “extremely seriously”, and added that multiple investigations are ongoing. He promised to take decisive measures against anyone who has proven to have been involved in negligence.
He said the centers will probably be rejected, and this information will be shared with other organizations granted. “For candidates, it is likely to mean disqualification and the prohibition of entering our exams,” he added.
CIE said that before each series of exams, it carries out extensive and detailed planning to review the exam security agreements.
“The security of our exams is of the utmost importance. As usual, we will review and plan the security agreements before the next series of exams,” he added.
