Talk:Ordinary Level

Confusion - Some people

There are people today who believe the General Certificate of Education was abolished, not thinking that it was only the lower half of the GCE that was abolished, thats because we don't refer to A levels as GCE A levels, but people at one time did call their O' Levels "GCEs". Some people would be my way of saying people in general, maybe a bad way to say it, but this is wikipedia and if there is a better way to mention this then be my guest, it's an open encyclopedia afterall. Though your correct, this is actually original research made by myself, which actually will not have any references at the moment, but I am hoping to find something.Amlder20 13:51, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

If it's original research by yourself, then by definition it shouldn't be on Wikipedia at all per WP:OR. I understand what you're trying to say here, but you can't cite either yourself (unless you've been published) or "some people" as a source — iridescent (talk to me!) 14:01, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

It's been removed because could not back it up. Amlder20 16:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

The information on this page is contradicted by the page on General Certificate of Education, with respect to the fail grade and others. 199.71.183.2 20:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

The things is that with the Advanced Level, an A is a pass and an E, the truth is that in the GCE article, no one really knows what the D and E really stood for and seems rather vague if anyone knows whether that is true or not. Anyway, I have included that in the article to prevent any future edit-wars. Amlder20 13:30, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

When?

Some reference needs to be made in the introduction regarding when during a student's academic career this takes place. My assumption is that it's during secondary education, which is what is only implied in the section about the GCSE. Unimath (talk) 07:24, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

So what are they really?

This article may be useful to people who already know what O-levels are. There's a lot about the history of them and countries where they are used, however, the article doesn't explain what they are. These tests are applicable to which age groups? What subjects are covered? How are the tests administered? Can any analogies be drawn between these tests and those in the US?

There is mention of grades but these do not seem to corelate to what we call grades in the US, which are the years a child attends school, i.e. kindergarten through 12th, so this causes confusion. (Originally O-level passes were at Grades 1 through 6, with grades 7 through 9 being a fail) It sounds like you mean that the O-levels are graded 1 through 9 with grades 1 through 6 being passing grades and 7 through 9 being failing grades.

This article could be made a lot more informative for people in foreign countries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prettycow (talk • contribs) 19:16, 11 December 2008 (UTC)