Why do the O-Level n A-Level exam papers come from Cambridge University?

Question

Why not From Oxford Or Harvard?

Answer 1

There are (or were in my day, at the tail end of O-levels) a number of examining boards in England & Wales (Scotland has its own system). One was Cambridge, another was Oxford & Cambridge. I don't know if they were actually linked to the universities or made up of groups of academics from them acting for their own profit.

There were also the likes of London and the Joint Matriculation Board. It was always up to schools to choose which board's exams their pupils would take - my school used different boards in different subjects - and then there was a national body to make sure all the qualifications were of the same standard.

Obviously Harvard has never been big in this environment because it's entirely unconnected - and presumably unfamiliar - with the British education system.

Answer 2

O levels? How old are you? They were last used in 1987!

Cambridge Uni provide an exam board for assessing qualifications, there are several of these exam boards, they are known as AQA, Edexcel, OCR and there's a Welsh one too.

Answer 3

o-level stopped in the 1800's didn't it?

its like a business for them, they write papers and mark them, the government gives them money for it.