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| ACADEMIC HONESTY |
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| The nature of assessment varies according to the subject. But in general, it focuses on academic hones ty wherein s tudent s are encouraged to carry out refrence work but not permitted to copy blatantly from reference material. Neither are they allowed to quote without giving appropriate credit to the original author.
Personal Research Work – All students must give evidence of their ability to carry out independent work. |
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| SUPERVISED BY IBO, GENEVA |
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| To enable students to have the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities, a variety of assessment methods, which take into account their different learning styles and cultural experiences are used. All subjects are externally examined, which means that an international grading team hired by the IBO evaluates the students' work. Most subjects also require internal assessment, which necessitates an external moderation procedure to ensure that uniform standards are maintained. Almost all assessments are supervised by members of IBO Geneva. |
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| STUDENT SELECTION PROCEDURE |
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| After an orientation programme with parents and children, interested students are called in for a common entrance test based on the standard 10th syllabus. Students clearing this test are then called in for a Group Discussion and Personal Interview. All three levels of admission follow clear guidelines from IBDP and are supervised by IB trained faculty before a provisional admission is granted. |
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| METHODS OF ASSESSMENT |
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- An Extended Essay of about 4000 words is one of the main six subject areas. This essay is assessed by an external examiner but must be accompanied by a report from the teacher / supervisor.
- Guided course work in some subjects – This work is internally assessed by the teacher who 'guided' the students and is externally moderated.
- Written examinations are held in May for the students' junior / senior year. The examinations include a variety of assessment techniques such as essay, short answers and multiple choice tests. They are prepared and assessed by the examining panels responsible for each subject (otherwise known as the international grading system).
- Oral examination is conducted face-to-face with teachers or by means of a cassette recording in the case of self-taught languages. Sample recording are externally moderated.
- Internal assessment for the Theory of Knowledge and most other subjects – This may take the form of guided course work, project works, field work and / or laboratory work. All internal assessment is subject to external modification.
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