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                  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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