Cambridge confirms leak of AS-level Mathematics paper, postpones upcoming exam as 'precautionary step'

Cambridge International Education (CIE) on Wednesday confirmed the leak of an AS-level Mathematics exam paper held on May 12, and announced the postponement of another Mathematics paper scheduled for Friday, May 15. Amid recent reports of Cambridge exam paper leaks, students who appeared for an AS-level Mathematics paper on Tuesday made fresh claims that the paper they received was identical to a solved paper they had come across on social media just a day earlier. “We can confirm that Cambridge International AS-Level Mathematics Paper 52 (9709), taken in our administrative zones 3 and 4 on May 12, was shared prematurely against our strict regulations,” said a statement issued by the board on Wednesday. “We investigate such incidents promptly and thoroughly and we are now working to understand the extent of the leak and determine next steps.” The statement said that “as an additional security and identification measure”, and upon discussions with “key stakeholders” in the country, the board was postponing the exam for Cambridge International AS Level Mathematics Paper 32 (9709), due to be sat in Pakistan on Friday (May 15). “We will replace this with a new exam paper and communicate a new exam date within the June series by Friday May 22,” the statement said. The release date of AS- and A-Level results, however, remains unchanged (August 11). Cambridge’s Country Director of Pakistan Uzma Yousuf commented, “Our priority is to ensure that students are not disadvantaged by this incident, and we continue to take all possible measures to protect the integrity of our exams.” She added that the board’s decisions were taken by senior and experienced professionals “in possession of all the facts”, stressing that its principles were to ensure the fairness and reliability of the grades awarded, “so that universities and other users of the grades can continue to trust them”. “The nature of the exam paper theft we are seeing in this exam series is unprecedented,” Yousuf said. “W