Locals ace exams to outshine peers in global diploma
Six pupils get full marks for IB programme and others score much higher than world average.
[First published on 09 July, 2013] Hong Kong pupils have outperformed their overseas peers in one of the most globally recognised pre-tertiary exams.
Some 850 pupils from six English Schools Foundation secondary schools who sat the examination for the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma in May notched up an average score of 34.6. And six of them got perfect scores of 45.
That compares with the global average of 29.8.
Twenty-seven pupils from direct subsidy school St Paul's Co-educational College received an average score of 40.7. Five of them achieved a near-perfect 44.
And over 100 pupils from the Canadian International School got an average score of 35.5.
Six subjects worth a maximum seven points each must be completed in the two-year secondary programme. To pass, pupils need a score of at least 24.
