Following an internal inquiry, Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) has determined that three exam papers were partially leaked just prior to the June 2025 exams. According to the organization, grades will be given on August 12 based on the portions of the tests that have been finished. In order to ensure fairness, compromised questions will be eliminated, and full marks will be given for them.
Despite the event, Cambridge promised students and parents in an official statement on Thursday that all candidates would receive fair results. The exam board stressed the security of its tests and its dedication to academic honesty. According to the statement, “justice to honest students is our top priority.”
According to the study, there were three instances of leaks: parts of two questions from AS & A Level Mathematics Paper 42, one question from AS & A Level Computer Science Paper 22, and one question from AS & A Level Mathematics Paper 12. But no entire exam paper was jeopardized.
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A coordinated attempt to sell students phony or leaked papers was also detected by Cambridge. The organization acknowledged that the three papers were partially compromised, even though many online reports of leaks were later shown to be untrue or overstated. “The main victims of this theft are young people who suffered considerable anxiety and distress,” said Uzma Yousuf, Cambridge’s country director for Pakistan, who also expressed sympathy for the students impacted by the incident.
The director of assessment standards, Dr. Anthony Dawson, stressed that corrective measures were implemented to guarantee equity for students who refrained from attempting to obtain the compromised documents. Strict penalties are expected for those found guilty of purchasing and reselling both authentic and fraudulent exam papers, and the board is vigorously investigating those implicated.
Cambridge reaffirmed its dedication to upholding the worth of its degrees and the labor of sincere students everywhere. The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training in Pakistan, as well as other pertinent agencies, have been informed of the investigation’s conclusions.
The National Assembly has also taken notice of the problem, and in response to reports of purported paper leaks, the Standing Committee on Education is looking into it.
Such violations are seen as uncommon because Cambridge administers more than two million exams a year in more than 160 countries. The organization, however, has a zero-tolerance policy for malpractice and is ready to take immediate action to preserve the validity of its evaluations.
