IGCSE Physics Tutors in Dhaka

As with IGCSE Mathematics, "IGCSE Physics" is not a single qualification in Dhaka schools. LatteTutors matches IGCSE Physics tutors by examining board, and confirming the exact board and code a student is sitting is the first thing a tutor checks before building a study plan, since the two main boards taught in Dhaka differ in structure and assessment style.

The two boards covered here are Cambridge IGCSE Physics, syllabus code 0625, published by Cambridge International, and Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Physics, syllabus code 4PH1, published by Pearson. Both cover the standard IGCSE physics curriculum — forces and motion, electricity and magnetism, waves, energy, and atomic physics — but as independently set, marked, and structured qualifications.

Some Dhaka schools use "IGCSE Physics" loosely in parent communication without specifying the board, which is understandable since both qualifications sit at the same broad level and serve the same purpose, but it is not helpful for exam preparation. LatteTutors asks every family to confirm the board and tier directly with the school’s exams office if it is not already clear, since this single detail determines which past papers, command-word conventions, and practical-assessment format a tutor should be preparing the student for.

Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 is assessed through a combination of a multiple-choice paper and a theory paper at Core or Extended level, together with a paper assessing practical skills — either through direct practical assessment or the Alternative to Practical paper, depending on how a school has entered its students. Topics include motion, forces, energy, thermal physics, waves, light and sound, electricity and magnetism, and atomic and nuclear physics.

The Alternative to Practical component is a common area of difficulty specific to this board, since it requires students to demonstrate experimental methodology and interpret data from a described experiment without having necessarily carried it out themselves, which is a distinct skill from the theory content.

Within the theory papers, electricity and magnetism topics — particularly circuit calculations involving series and parallel resistors, and the qualitative explanation of electromagnetic effects — are a recurring source of requests, since these combine a calculation skill with a conceptual explanation in the same question in a way many students find genuinely tricky to balance under exam time pressure.

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Physics, syllabus code 4PH1, is a separate specification assessed through papers at Foundation or Higher tier, covering forces and motion, electricity, waves, energy resources and energy transfer, solids/liquids/gases, magnetism and electromagnetism, radioactivity and particles, and astrophysics, with practical work assessed separately from the written papers.

While the underlying physics topics overlap substantially with Cambridge 0625, the paper structure, the balance between calculation and descriptive questions, and Edexcel’s specific command-word conventions differ, so LatteTutors matches Edexcel-pathway families with a tutor who has specific, verified experience with 4PH1 past papers.

Edexcel 4PH1 includes an astrophysics topic within its structure that is not present in the same form on the Cambridge 0625 syllabus, covering areas such as the life cycle of stars and the structure of the solar system, and students following the Edexcel pathway benefit from a tutor who is specifically aware of this topic rather than one whose experience is limited to the Cambridge specification alone.