Hong Kong students raise their game with 25 perfect scores in IB exams
Fifteen ESF pupils achieve the maximum 45 marks, along with six at St Paul’s Co-Educational College
At least 25 students clinched perfect scores in the International Baccalaureate (IB) examination, seven more than last year.
Among those achieving the maximum 45 points were 15 from international schools under the English Schools Foundation (ESF), six from St Paul’s Co-Educational College, and one each from Canadian International School, Diocesan Boys’ School, German Swiss International School and Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School.
It was the best performance by the seven ESF schools, prior to any exam reviews, since they adopted the IB diploma as a university entrance qualification in 2007.
Two thousand students in 29 international and local schools took the IB exam, according to the International Baccalaureate Organisation, a non-profit educational foundation that authorises schools to offer the curriculum.
The majority of students in Hong Kong take the city’s own Diploma of Secondary Education while a few sit the British A-level curriculum.
It was all very exciting. My grandmother started crying [when I told her]