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Preparation Centre
Portal (PCP)
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Logging on to PCP
• Click on the UAT link for the Preparation Centre Portal https://esolb2b.uat.britishcouncil.org/#

• Enter your username and password

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PCP – Key messages

• When you enter the PCP site you will see a menu path along
the top

• Preparation Centres will have the option to upload

candidates, review candidates and see a summary of data
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Uploading Candidates

• There are 4 steps to upload candidates

• Exam & Venue

• Upload Candidates
• Confirmation
• Complete

• Candidates must be uploaded through a pre-prepared Template

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Bulk registration Template

• You must complete the following mandatory fields
• Title
• Other Names
• Family Name
• Email
• Date of birth (in the format dd/mm/yyyy)
• Gender
• Telephone or Mobile
• Special Needs Yes/No
• Guardian fields (depending on age)

• Save the excel file to your drive

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Uploading Candidates
• Click on Upload Candidates
• Select the Location, Venue, Exam and Date which you want
to upload candidates for
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Uploading Candidates

• Click on
• Find your saved file and click on Open
• Next to Choose Files you will see your template uploaded
• Click on
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Confirmation
• Tick to say you have read the Terms and Conditions
• The Terms and Conditions pull through from the Country
details tab and the Exams tab in the Admin site
• Click on Confirm
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Complete
• If there are any errors in the upload you will get a message
• It is very important that all errors are fixed otherwise the
candidates will not appear on the Admin site
• The Preparation Centres must review the errors and fix them
before the upload will complete successfully
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Review and Complete

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Review and Complete

• Click on Fix Error and complete the required fields

• The list of errors will be shown at the top of the screen

• Correct the errors and click

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Complete
• You should now see the total number of successful uploads with
no errors

• The upload can only be viewed by you (BC staff) on the Admin
site once all errors are fixed
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Admin Site view

• BC staff can approved/reject or transfer the upload
• Upon approval/rejection/transfer of upload the Preparation
Centre will receive an email.
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Editing Candidate Details - PCP

• Once the upload is approved in the Admin site Preparation
Centre staff can view and amend candidate details

• Search Registrations and Registration Summary shows the

same information but in a different format
• There are limitations to details that can be edited
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Search and edit Candidate upload

• In the Registration Summary tab details of registered candidates

will display according to the exam, exam date and format of
exam
• Click on the arrow to display the candidates
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Search and edit Candidate upload

• You can sort any columns you wish by clicking on the
column name

• To search for candidates, click on the

filter symbol on the surname tab

• Once you have entered your search

criteria, click on ‘filter’

• To edit any candidate record, click on their surname.

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PCP Account

The following tasks can be accessed from the Accounts tab

 
• Edit your own account details
• Create a new account for another person
• Edit details or Delete other portal users
• Password Reset