PUBLIC EXAMINATION

The weighting of components of public examination in Economics is as follows:

Component		Weighting	Duration
Paper 1	Multiple-choice questions will be set on the compulsory part of the curriculum. (45 questions)All questions are compulsory.	30%	1 hour
Paper 2	Section A: Short questions will be set on the compulsory part of the curriculum.All questions are compulsory.	26%	2 hours 30 minutes
	Section B: Structured/essay-type/data response questions will be set on the compulsory part of the curriculum. All questions are compulsory.	35%
	Section C: Structured/essay-type questions will be set on the elective parts of the curriculum.Candidates are only required to attempt the questions from one of the two elective parts.	9%