What is the International Baccalaureate?
Well, Tony's previous post on the IB programme was way back here in 2006 and since then the IB programme has really taken off with more and more Malaysians opting for it as an alternative to the A-levels programme/ SAM etc. I had the good fortune of being a scholarship recipinet of the IB Scholarship at the International School of Kuala Lumpur, which was the first IB school in Malaysia stretching way back to 1989. The IB at ISKL has beena wonderful experience and I will write more on the ISKL scholarship soon, in the meantime if you are interested you can read more here . In the course of the next two weeks, I will be covering various aspects of the IB diploma in a series of articles including: History of the IB diploma The general structure of the IB diploma Some benefits of the IB diploma Some pitfalls of the IB diploma Compare it to A-Levels Recognition worldwide in terms of university acceptances Who I would recommend the IB to Today I will be discussing the general structure ...