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8 POINT COUNTERPOINT
THE
GREAT DEBATE
A LEVELS IB DIPLOMA
PRAVEEN KUMAR D PRASAD SATHYA NARAYANA
Teacher at Traill International School Senior English Teacher at Aga Khan
(Bangkok, Thailand) Academy (Hyderabad, India)
“A levels do a terrifi c job, and have been doing so for “The IB is an excellent match for international
the longest time. One of the best things about the education. The IB curriculum caters to the
Cambridge curriculum is that it prompts students pursuit of success of 21st-century learners
to be critical thinkers, which is a very important skill in diff erent ways. IB is more rigorous and
for both university and the workplace. Most of the rewarding than A Levels and is perhaps
content possesses high academic relevance and better able to prepare the community of
practical applicability to the modern day. Content- young adults for the challenges of university
wise, both A levels and the IB Diploma programme are THIS MONTH’S QUESTION: and the tougher standards demanded by
almost the same, but the approaches (teaching and Which curriculum better employers today. IB, through its Learner
assessment) are quite diff erent. While assessment for Profi le, constantly reminds the learners about
A levels is done though written and practical exams prepares students for the need to be ethical thinkers, an important
(the traditional approach) by competent examiners, learner attribute. Of equal importance, IB
IB assesses students through a combination of their careers: A Levels prepares students to become critical thinkers,
course assignments, extra-curricular activities and or the International and as a result, they are able to communicate
an extended essay. Another benefi t of Cambridge’s and collaborate eff ectively with others — skills
up-to-date syllabus is that it enables students to solve Baccalaureate (IB) that help learners at school and beyond.”
real world problems, and caters to a diverse student
community from across the globe.” Diploma? Prasad Sathya Narayana has been working
with IB and CIE schools in India and other
Praveen Kumar D has been teaching Cambridge A What do you think? Email us your views at: countries for the past 19 years.
level Economics and Business for the past nine years. gurleen@masalathai.com
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