Dubai: Schools in the UAE on Monday began receiving outcomes for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and Career-related Programme (CP).
Students will be capable of entry their particular person outcomes on-line on Tuesday, becoming a member of greater than 170,000 friends globally who had registered for the May 2021 session below IB.
As in 2020, college students in the UAE and lots of different international locations this yr didn't sit the IB exams due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, colleges right here adopted the IB’s “non-exam route” utilizing a mix of inside evaluation coursework and teacher-predicted grades for the outcomes.
What is the typical rating?
Globally, the typical diploma rating for the May 2021 session is 33.02 factors, up from 31.34 in May 2020. The most diploma rating below IB is 45 factors.
Key figures
• Out of 170,660 college students, 104,275 were in the non-exam route and 65,576 in the examination route (and 809 cut up between each routes)
• The variety of the Diploma Programme candidates for the May 2021 session is 87,307 (in comparison with May 2020 session of 86,657 candidates)
• The variety of college students reaching 40-45 factors is 15,513, up from 9,701 in May 2020
• Diploma go price 88.96 per cent, up from 85.18 per cent in May 2020
Source: IB
In the UAE, there are round 50 IB World Schools. In 2020, some 2,200 college students in the nation obtained their IB outcomes. Last yr, the UAE’s common DP rating of 32.80 surpassed the worldwide common, with a go price of 93.77 per cent.
‘Equal opportunity for students’
Olli-Pekka Heinonen
Olli-Pekka Heinonen, director-general of IB, mentioned: “A key responsibility of the IB this year has been to ensure that our students are not disadvantaged by the pandemic, including in their applications to university and higher education ... This year the IB’s priority has been to provide students equal opportunity to progress after the global disruption due to COVID-19, regardless of whether students sat the examinations or were assessed by the non-exam route. We have carefully considered the impact of the pandemic on students.”
Record outcomes
The UAE’s greatest college group, GEMS Education, recorded the all time IB outcomes in its 62-year historical past, performing above worldwide averages. A complete of practically 600 GEMS Grade 12/Year 13 college students were this yr candidates for IB Diploma. Their common level rating was 36 this yr, in comparison with the worldwide common of 31.30 in 2020, with a go price of 99.5 per cent, above the world common of 85.2 per cent.
Dino Varkey
Dino Varkey, CEO of GEMS Education, mentioned: “Everyone at GEMS Education is genuinely elated with this year’s IBDP results, which are the best in our 62-year history. Our students and their teachers have now delivered two consecutive years of truly exceptional achievement in what is an incredibly difficult and challenging context due to the pandemic.”
A complete of 10 college students throughout the GEMS community achieved the best level rating attainable of 45, together with three from GEMS Wellington International School, two every from GEMS World Academy — Dubai, GEMS International School — Al Khail and GEMS Dubai American Academy, and one student from GEMS Modern Academy.
GEMS World Academy Dubai and GEMS Wellington International School additionally recorded common scores of 38 factors, intently adopted by GEMS Modern Academy with 37 factors and GEMS International School — Al Khail with 36 factors.
Perfect rating
Sidharth Hariharan, student and valedictorian, GEMS Modern Academy, mentioned: “I’ve just received my IB Diploma results, and I am extremely glad to share that I got a perfect score of 45. My plans for the future are to study pure mathematics at Imperial College London, and hopefully I will pursue a career in academia, going into research and teaching mathematics.”
‘It was nerve-racking’
Gauri Menon, additionally from GEMS Modern Academy, who scored 44, mentioned: “I’m planning to attend University of Toronto in Canada to study Life Sciences and specialise in molecular biology. I’m so pleased to get these results. I’ve had two days of absolute sleepless nights, and I’m glad that the results reflect the work and commitment that I’ve put in. It was nerve-racking but I was happy to see my friends get their results as well and share this happiness.”
gulfnews.com
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