Singapore, Sunday, 6 January 2013: The sixth cohort of ACS (Independent) International Baccalaureate (IB) students received their results today at 9am. They were part of the 1,370 students from Singapore who sat for the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) examinations in November 2012.
2. Of the 468 ACS (Independent) students who received their IB results this year, 37 obtained the perfect score of 45 points. The IBO announced two days ago that 41 candidates in Singapore achieved a perfect score in the November 2012 session. Globally, there were 176 perfect scorers for 2012.
3. The 2012 cohort of ACS (Independent) IB students also improved on the school’s average score, raising it from 41.35 points last year to 41.65 points this year. Significantly, the quality of passes has improved, with 84.6% of students scoring 40 or more points, compared to 78.2% in the previous year. According to the IBO, over 4,300 students in Asia Pacific took the IBDP examinations in November 2012 and the average score worldwide was 30.06.
4. Among the students who received their results today was the school’s pioneer cohort of 23 Humanities Scholarship Programme (HSP) students. They performed well, with nine of them among the perfect scorers. ACS (Independent) took in its first batch of HSP students in 2011 and is the only HSP centre in Singapore offering the IBDP. The Humanities Scholarship is offered by the Ministry of Education to encourage outstanding students to study the humanities at the pre-university level.
5. Says Mr Winston Hodge, Principal of ACS (Independent), “Our school family and community share in the joy of our students’ success. We are pleased that the hard work of our students and teachers has been recognised by this solid performance. The outstanding set of results is testimony to the rigour and quality of the IBDP Programme offered by ACS (Independent). It is also a recognition of the dedication of our students and their teachers who have journeyed so faithfully with their students on their path of growth.”
6. This is the school’s sixth cohort of IB students and its largest cohort to-date. ACS (Independent) offers the IBDP as part of its Integrated Programme. The school also offers the four year Express programme which leads to the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination.
7. The school is grateful to the ACS Board of Governors, the ACS Board of Management, the ACS Old Boys’ Association, the Methodist Church, the Ministry of Education, parents and all stakeholders who have supported our students, teachers and our school consistently.
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ACS (INDEPENDENT)
ACS (Independent) is the first national school in Singapore to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. Our first cohort of IB students sat for the IBDP examinations in 2007.
The school’s results for 2011 and 2012 IBDP examination are tabulated below:
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2012 |
2011 |
1 |
No. of Diploma candidates |
468 |
454 |
2 |
Average total points score |
41.65 |
41.35 |
3 |
Average grade |
6.61 |
6.54 |
4 |
Number of Perfect Scorers |
37 |
29 |
5 |
% of cohort with 40 points & more |
84.6% |
78.2% |
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
The IBDP is a rigorous and challenging pre-university course of study.
Apart from taking six subjects, IBDP students must complete three core requirements which are designed to challenge and broaden the educational experience:
- produce an independent piece of research culminating in the 4,000 word extended essay
- take a course in the Theory of Knowledge (TOK), and
- perform 150 hours of developmental activities and community service (known as “Creativity, Action, Service”).
The final IB Examinations make up 70% – 80% of total grade for each subject. The remaining 20% – 30% is determined by class assignments such as the EE, the TOK essay and CAS performance.
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