IDP vs British CouncilThis question comes to every person’s mind who is in process of taking an IELTS exam. This article is not to solidify the fact of idp vs bc, but it is actually an attempt to sway away the myth from the minds of people concerning difficulty and marking in IDP or BC IELTS exams. IELTS exam has been joint effort of British Council, IDP and Cambridge assessment English so it does not make a difference whether you appear for the test by booking through IDP or by booking through British Council because no matter what, from which ever institute you book the exam the exam will be same and there will not be any difference in the difficulty level of the exam. People have a doubt in their minds that sometimes, the British Council exam is easier sometimes they have a feeling that the IDP exam might be easier, but in reality it does not make a difference that from which institute a person books the exam.
It is rumoured that people have a feeling or people are being told that one of the exam might be easier than the other be it, British consul or IDP, but the main reason behind this is that British Council and IDP have the referral agents for exam bookings, so whenever somebody books an exam through the referral agents (Referral agents are the mostly the coaching institutes) they get a certain portion of the exam fee as commission to refer the candidates and that is why they spread the news that if you book exam doe a particular institute , their marking will be easier, and the same is the pattern followed by the other Institute’s referral agents, but in reality it does not make a difference that from which Institute your book for the exam, the difficulty level remains the same because British council and IDP are not making the separate exams. The exam is is jointly owned by three Institutes IDP, British Council and Cambridge assessment English.
However, there is one difference which people should be taking care of while booking the exam, that is what facilities are available at a particular centre. Different test centres are associated with different conducting organizations so it’s possible that at certain locations one of the centre might not be offering headphones and the other centre might be offering. For example in Canada most British Council centres offer headphones and for the IDP centre they do not have headphones at most of test locations in British Columbia, as in December 2020.
So, do not worry , prepare and book the exam and give is confidently. Whichever organization conducts the exam ,it will not affect your final scores.
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