The Examination Boards

		The Examination Boards
The Basics & FAQ's Schools in the USA GCSE Courses The Examination Boards Registering for the Examination Definitions and Glossary GCSE & Homeschool GCSE & Traditional Education News & Updates Higher Nationals AICE IGCSE & Cambridge Program IGCSE Teaching Materials SQA Scotland AQA The Cambridge Program Edexcel OCR CCEA Northern Ireland) WJEC Welsh Examination Board Boards Outside the Uk		The GCSE Examination Boards although non-profit making and independent of government are regulated by the QCA, a UK government body that ensures all UK qualifications fit into the National Qualification Framework or NQF. The object of the NQF is to make all qualifications at one level comparable, thus an AQA GCSE = Cambridge Program IGCSE = SQA Standard Grade. Each Examination Board generally has a regional base and a specialist marketing area. CIE specialise in the international market, the SQA and EDEXCEL specialise in 'Associate Degree programs in addition to GCSE, AQA produces the widest variety of GCSE's