From 2012 all candidates taking Cambridge Exams are required to have their photograph taken on the day of their test. We are introducing this because of the increase in candidates using their Cambridge Exams Certificate qualification for immigration purposes and applying for work, university and college.

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All IELTS candidates will have their photo taken by IELTS staff on test day before the test. The photograph taken by IELTS staff will appear on the IELTS Test Report Form (TRF).

IELTS is enhancing its security systems in order to keep pace with evolving technology. The new systems have been piloted successfully around the world, and all centres worldwide will be using them in 2012.

IELTS is dedicated to protecting the genuine candidate, whilst at the same time ensuring the highest standard of customer care and the validity of test scores. These additional security arrangements will provide additional protection for genuine candidates against fraudsters and those who try exploit test takers. They also provide receiving organisation the additional reassurance that the person whose photograph appears on the TFR is the person who took the test.

A new exam centre was open on the 5th of March 2012 at the University of Polytechnics in Jihlava. Students and general public will thus have the opportunity to take exams in English in Jihlava. The Cambridge ESOL certificate is internationally valid and it helps its holders to obtain work or study abroad.

"Our centre will organise exams in General English, but the we are planning to offer also exams in Business or Legal English, because they could be useful for our students," said Jitka Ryšková from the Department of Foreign Languages. "We also started to offer exam preparation courses." The centre will also organise various events connected with the English language and it will develop the English section of the university library that is accessible also to the public.

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