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Maths, physics and science top Cambridge International pops

<h2>Following a year like no other&comma; over 6&comma;000 students have received their Cambridge International AS &amp&semi; A Level results throughout New Zealand&comma; with the most popular subjects for students across the country proving to be mathematics&comma; physics and chemistry&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;18120" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-18120" style&equals;"width&colon; 200px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-18120" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;schoolnews&period;co&period;nz&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;12&sol;Roger-Franklin-Smith-2020-200x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-18120" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Roger Franklin-Smith<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Roger Franklin-Smith&comma; senior country manager at New Zealand at Cambridge International&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;2020 has been a transformational year and has had a huge impact on teaching and learning across the world&period; A key priority was ensuring that Cambridge International students across New Zealand stayed safe&comma; but could progress with their education&period; The hard work of students and their teachers is evident in the results&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2020 was an extraordinary year for students with schools closed nationally for seven weeks in late March and Auckland students spending a further three weeks learning from home in August&period; In a recent survey by Cambridge International respondents agreed that perseverance &lpar;76&percnt;&rpar; and critical thinking &lpar;59&percnt;&rpar; are strong attributes that are taught through Cambridge International programmes&period; These attributes are reflected in the results of the November 2020 series showing the resilience of students when faced with challenging circumstances&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last year Cambridge International took the decision to hold exams for its global November 2020 series and engaged with education authorities&comma; governments and schools around the world to develop robust guidance to help schools run the November exam series safely and securely&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Altogether more than 470&comma;000 grades were issued&comma; to schools in 139 countries&comma; which was an increase of more than 20&percnt; compared to last year&period; This is partly due to some students moving their entries from the cancelled June 2020 exams series to the November 2020 series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The results for Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge O Levels results are released to schools on 19 January 2021 at 06&period;00 UTC&sol;GMT&comma; and the best and brightest of academia in secondary schools around the country will be celebrated at the 2020 Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards on Thursday 18 February in Auckland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Heather Barker Vermeer

Heather has worked as a journalist, writer and editor in England and Aotearoa New Zealand for over 20 years. She fell in love with words when she received a 'Speak & Spell' tech toy for Christmas in 1984.

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