Dear IGCSE Candidates,
There is a change of syllabus for Cambridge IGCSE Accounting (0452) from the current year 2018/19 sessions. The students who are willing to take exams from year 2020 will have to opt for the updated syllabus. For your ease, the comparison is given as under:
IGCSE Accounting Paper 1 - Syllabus Changes:
Previously, the time for IGCSE Accounting Paper 1 was 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was the numerical based paper with eight to twelve MCQ questions. From all of the book, there were upto 5 questions based on topics from different areas. All were compulsory questions. The total weight-age of this paper was 50% with 120 Marks.
Now, for IGCSE Accounting Paper 1 as per updated syllabus of 2020 will have the same time of 1 hours and 45 minutes but the major change in the paper will be, the change of question types. Now, all the questions will be either short questions / MCQs containing 30% weight-age and 35 Marks in Total.
IGCSE Accounting Paper 2 - Syllabus Changes:
There is a change of syllabus for Cambridge IGCSE Accounting (0452) from the current year 2018/19 sessions. The students who are willing to take exams from year 2020 will have to opt for the updated syllabus. For your ease, the comparison is given as under:
IGCSE Accounting Paper 1 - Syllabus Changes:
Previously, the time for IGCSE Accounting Paper 1 was 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was the numerical based paper with eight to twelve MCQ questions. From all of the book, there were upto 5 questions based on topics from different areas. All were compulsory questions. The total weight-age of this paper was 50% with 120 Marks.
Now, for IGCSE Accounting Paper 1 as per updated syllabus of 2020 will have the same time of 1 hours and 45 minutes but the major change in the paper will be, the change of question types. Now, all the questions will be either short questions / MCQs containing 30% weight-age and 35 Marks in Total.
IGCSE Accounting Paper 2 - Syllabus Changes:
There is no major change in timings of IGCSE Accounting Paper 2 but the allocation of marks will now be raised to 70% of the Total which consists of 100 Marks (50% and 120 Marks Previously). This time the IGCSE Accounting Paper 2 will be purely structured paper from all areas of the book.
The comparison applies to all countries including Zone 4, India and Pakistan by the Cambridge International. All of the Past Papers for IGCSE Accounting (0452) Pakistan will become invalid for the 2020 sessions. For Specimen Papers and worksheets for new syllabus, you may inbox me anytime.
IGCSE Accounting - Previous Syllabus: (upto 2019 exams)
IGCSE Accounting - Current Syllabus: (2020 onwards exams)
IGCSE Accounting - Current Syllabus: (2020 onwards exams)
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