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Cambridge International AS & A Level Information Technology (9626)

Syllabus overview

Cambridge International AS & A Level Information Technology enables learners to become effective and astute users of IT.

Learners will:

develop a broad range of IT skills, knowledge and understanding
apply their learning to efficiently solve problems in a range of situations
study the structure and use of IT systems for a variety of contexts
learn about practical IT solutions for business and creative digital technology
learn about new and emerging technologies and their impact on society.

Syllabuses

The syllabus year refers to the year in which the examination will be taken.

Syllabus updates

Summary of the changes
- We have updated the Cambridge International AS & A Level Information Technology syllabus to make sure that it meets the needs of learners, schools and higher education institutions around the world for first assessment in 2025. The overall content is largely the same.
  
  To make the syllabus clearer to teachers and learners, we have:
  - restructured the subject content
  - added additional examples to explain requirements
  - refreshed learning outcomes to keep up to date with new technologies.
  The updated syllabus is for examination from March 2025 onwards. Examinations are available in June and November, and in March for India.
  
  For full details of the changes, please see the 2025-2027 syllabus above.
Teaching and learning resources
- Coming soon
  
  We are developing a comprehensive range of resources to help teachers deliver this updated syllabus.
  
  We aim to provide a scheme of work and other relevant classroom resources. Example Candidate Responses will be available following the first examination in 2025. Visit the School Support Hub from June 2025 onwards for details.

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Important notices

Grade descriptions
- For some subjects, the syllabus states that Grade Descriptions will be made available after first assessment in 2020, 2021 or 2022.
  
  Publication of grade descriptions was paused in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the temporary changes to the grading standard that have been in place for 2020, 2021 and 2022. We are currently working on producing these grade descriptions. This work will make sure that grade descriptions reflect examination outcomes appropriately and are based on the more stable grading standard that we expect to have in place for June 2023 onwards.
Front covers
- From 2020, we have made some changes to the wording and layout of the front covers of our question papers to reflect the new Cambridge International branding and to make instructions clearer for candidates - learn more.

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