S.L. 327.696 Art. 6Structure of the Examination. 

(1) With the exception of Greek and Latin, candidates may register for the Examination as school or private candidates.

 Candidates may only register for Greek and Latin as private candidates.

(2) With the exception of the subjects marked with an asterisk in paragraph (1) of regulation 4:

(a) the Examination in all other subjects shall consist of two papers: Paper I and Paper II as specified in the respective syllabi;

(b) Paper I for school candidates shall consist of unmoderated school-based assessment that is to be set and assessed by the school;

(c) Paper I for school candidates may be tiered at either levels 1-2-3 or levels 1-2 according to the respective MATSEC syllabus;

(d) Paper I for private candidates shall be a controlled assessment and shall mainly focus on the learning outcomes marked in the respective syllabi as suggested for school-based assessment;

(e) Paper I for private candidates shall be a controlled assessment assessing Levels 1, 2 and 3 as described in the respective syllabus and set and marked by MATSEC;

(f) Paper II shall be a controlled assessment set and marked by MATSEC and is common to school and private candidates;

(g) With the exception of Mathematics, all Paper II controlled assessments shall be tiered at two levels: levels 1-2 and levels 2-3;

(h) Paper II for Mathematics shall be tiered at three levels: levels 1-2, levels 2-3 and levels 3-3*;

(i) Candidates shall be required to indicate on their application form whether they wish to sit for their Paper II assessment at levels 1-2 or levels 2-3 or levels 3-3* (for Mathematics only); and

(j) In the Supplementary Session, only levels 2-3 shall be offered for Paper II and as indicated in paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 5.

(3) In all subjects marked with an asterisk in paragraph (1) of regulation 4:

(a) the assessment for school candidates shall consist of three components. Paper I shall consist of unmoderated school-based assessment that is set and assessed by the school, a coursework component which shall be set and assessed by the school and moderated by MATSEC and Paper II which shall consist of a controlled assessment set and marked by MATSEC and is common to school and private candidates;

(b) Paper I, Paper II and the coursework component shall be set at levels 1-2-3; and

(c) Candidates may register as private candidates if they would have already registered for the same subject in a previous Main Session. In such cases the candidate’s Paper I mark and coursework mark are transferred from the previous session.