IB 2021 outcomes: Schools in UAE start receiving student scores after exams were cancelled

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.”