SOTA achieves 100% pass rate for 2013 IBDP test
SINGAPORE — The School of the Arts (SOTA) has reported a 100 per cent pass rate among its 110 students who sat for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) examinations last year, upholding the benchmark set by its first batch of students who graduated in 2012.
The School of the Arts' 2013 graduating cohort. Photo: School of the Arts' Facebook page
SINGAPORE — The School of the Arts (SOTA) has reported a 100 per cent pass rate among its 110 students who sat for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) examinations last year, upholding the benchmark set by its first batch of students who graduated in 2012.
In a statement today (Jan 6), the school also said more than half the graduating cohort last year obtained a score of between 40 and 45 points, with 26 students achieving top scores of 42 points and above.
This is better than the showing among the 2012 graduating cohort — 43.75 per cent of the cohort obtained a score of between 40 and 45 points.
Last year’s graduating students scored 39.18 points on average, higher than the Singapore average of 36.53 points and global average of 29.95 points.
SOTA said last year’s graduating cohort performed particularly well in the Group 6 (Arts), with a mean score of 6 to 7 points in Dance, Film, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts at Higher Level. CHANNEL NEWSASIA