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I am a student registered as an IGCSE Candidate
for May/June 2011 session.
We had a Biology Paper 3 exam today which had a
duration of 1 hour and 15 minutes.
The invigilators use an analogue wall clock to
time the ongoing examination.
I use my Digital Watch's built in Stopwatch
feature to help me time the Exam in order to help
me take the exam at a suitable pace and keep a
track of time.
I start the stopwatch at the same time the
invigilator tells us to start writing.
However, she had stopped the exam a few times
before the allotted time printed in the question.
In today's examination, she had told us to stop
writing at 1 hour 13 minutes and 47 seconds
exactly, according to my Digital Stopwatch, which
is most likely to be more accurate than the
analogue wall clock.
Therefore, after the examination, I had talked
to the invigilator and had told her that she had
taken stopped the examination about a minute
early.
She responded to me in a harsh manner. I was humiliated.
What she had told me was that I do not have the right to
question her words and that she had looked at the
analogue wall clock when she had asked us to stop
writing.
As a candidate, I believe I have the right to
complete my paper and revise it until the last
second of the duration given by the CIE.
She had made me write a note in which I was
forced to write that I had questioned the
invigilator. She had told me that she would report
me to CIE for questioning her authority and
thereby, cancel my further examinations.
I have 2 more exams left for this session and I
honestly feel that I had done nothing wrong by
telling her that she had given us less time, based
on the timings of my stopwatch. I was not rude to
her either and said nothing further to avoid
further problems.
Will I be penalized for it even if I believe
that I had done nothing wrong by asking for the
time we all deserved?
I have sent this exact message to CIE through their Contact Form.
for May/June 2011 session.
We had a Biology Paper 3 exam today which had a
duration of 1 hour and 15 minutes.
The invigilators use an analogue wall clock to
time the ongoing examination.
I use my Digital Watch's built in Stopwatch
feature to help me time the Exam in order to help
me take the exam at a suitable pace and keep a
track of time.
I start the stopwatch at the same time the
invigilator tells us to start writing.
However, she had stopped the exam a few times
before the allotted time printed in the question.
In today's examination, she had told us to stop
writing at 1 hour 13 minutes and 47 seconds
exactly, according to my Digital Stopwatch, which
is most likely to be more accurate than the
analogue wall clock.
Therefore, after the examination, I had talked
to the invigilator and had told her that she had
taken stopped the examination about a minute
early.
She responded to me in a harsh manner. I was humiliated.
What she had told me was that I do not have the right to
question her words and that she had looked at the
analogue wall clock when she had asked us to stop
writing.
As a candidate, I believe I have the right to
complete my paper and revise it until the last
second of the duration given by the CIE.
She had made me write a note in which I was
forced to write that I had questioned the
invigilator. She had told me that she would report
me to CIE for questioning her authority and
thereby, cancel my further examinations.
I have 2 more exams left for this session and I
honestly feel that I had done nothing wrong by
telling her that she had given us less time, based
on the timings of my stopwatch. I was not rude to
her either and said nothing further to avoid
further problems.
Will I be penalized for it even if I believe
that I had done nothing wrong by asking for the
time we all deserved?
I have sent this exact message to CIE through their Contact Form.
