Pre-exam despatch guide (India and Romania) - March series - Instructions for exam officers

Oct 23, 2026

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Pre-exam despatches for the March exam series provide exam officers with the stationery, administrative documents, despatch labels, and script packets needed for preparation and submission. The guide explains how to check all items against an at-a-glance list, what to do if anything is missing, and how to submit forecast grades by 27 February. It covers secure script handling, using Submit for Assessment or Direct submission, and packaging and tracking internally assessed samples and scripts. It also outlines posters and in-room resources.

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What materials are in this despatch and what should I do with them?

What do I do now?

Important information

Submit for Assessment and Direct submission

Step-by-step packaging and sending work

At a glance table - all you need to know about the pre-exam despatch

Administrative forms you need to complete and return to us

Materials for submitting internally assessed samples and scripts

For exams officers Pre-exam despatch guide (India and Romania) March series Your pre-exam despatch contains most of the materials you will need for the March exam series: exam stationery, key administrative documents, despatch labels and script packets. By early February, you will also receive a despatch containing your confidential question papers. What materials are in this despatch and what should I do with them? Your despatch contains a number of different items depending on the syllabuses and components you have made entries for. The ‘At-a-glance table’ on the next page lists all the items, along with a brief description of how to use them and the approximate number of copies you should have. What do I do now? • Carefully check the contents of the despatch. If you are missing any items or need more copies please contact us (or your Cambridge Associate) as soon as possible. Remember, the materials in your despatch are based on your final entries. You will receive materials you need for any late entry amendments or retake entries separately. • Submit your forecast grades by 27 February using Direct. • To find out how to submit marks and work for internally assessed and/or externally assessed components (such as examined coursework and non-coursework tests), go to: [www.cambridgeinternational.org/samples](www.cambridgeinternational.org/samples) • Once you have used the samples database to check the submission method you will need to use one or both of the following methods to submit marks and work tous, depending on the submission requirements for each component. Important information Return all scripts immediately after each exam. If this is not possible send them at the end of each exam week. Keep scripts in a secure place before you despatch them. As a precaution do not send scripts for all the components of the same syllabus in the same outer package. [Go to:](Go to: www.cambridgeinternational.org/scriptreturn)[ ](Go to: www.cambridgeinternational.org/scriptreturn)[www.cambridgeinternational.org/scriptreturn](Go to: www.cambridgeinternational.org/scriptreturn)[ ](Go to: www.cambridgeinternational.org/scriptreturn)[for detailed guidance.](for detailed guidance.) -use Submit for Assessment to submit marks and work. Submit for Assessment allows you to submit marks and work online for some internally assessed and/or externally assessed components (such as examined coursework and non-coursework tests), instead of sending them to us on CD or USB, or using Secure Exchange. There is more information about Submit for Assessment on our website at: [www.cambridgeinternational.org/submit-for-assessment](www.cambridgeinternational.org/submit-for-assessment) and/or -submit marks using Direct and then package and send us work following the steps below: 1. Submit your marks using Direct by 27 February. If you are an Associate Centre, submit marks to your Cambridge Associate. 2. Label each piece of work in your sample using the enclosed identification labels 3. Place the samples for different components in separate script return packets. Each packet must include a copy of your Direct internal marks report and the relevant forms. The forms are available from the samples database. Attach the correct bar-coded label to each packet. 4. Place your packets in an outer package. You can place packets for different internally assessed components in the same outer package. Stick the enclosed address labels to each outer package. 5. Send your samples using a method that provides a tracking facility (e.g. a courier) by 27 February. If you are an Associate Centre, return samples to your Cambridge Associate by the agreed date. Keep a record of your courier details. • Before the start of the exam period, display the ‘Notice to Candidates’ and ‘Candidate Warning’ posters outside and inside your exam rooms. • All the other materials are for use in the exam room. Store them safely until the day of the exam a

FAQs

What should exam officers do first after receiving the pre-exam despatch?

Carefully check the contents of the despatch and contact the organisation (or your Cambridge Associate) as soon as possible if any items are missing or you need more copies.

How can marks and work be submitted before the March exam series?

Submit marks and work either by using Submit for Assessment for eligible internally and externally assessed components, or by using Direct and then packaging and sending the required samples following the listed steps.

What are the key requirements for returning scripts and securely handling materials?

Return all scripts immediately after each exam; if not possible, send them at the end of each exam week. Keep scripts in a secure place before despatch and do not send scripts for all components of the same syllabus in the same outer package.

Oct 23, 2026

Uploaded by Aurelia