54 JIS students get IB diplomas

JAKARTA (JP): As many as 58 of the 276 examination candidate students of the Jakarta International School (JIS) have completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma program held by the school in May.

JIS said in a statement yesterday that of the 58 diploma candidates, 54 were awarded the diplomas. It represented a success rate of 93 percent, which compares very favorably with the world average of 79 percent.

In order to be awarded the IB diploma a student must attain a total of 24 points from the six examination subjects with extended essay and the theory of knowledge. The average points score for the 1995 IB diploma students was 32.7.

Five students deserving special recognition for attaining a total-points score of 40 or more are Patrick Gross, Parvatti Sharma, Yun Sun Nam, Ludwig Blaurock and Roger Sullivan. (01)