Diploma:

Which is the right fit for your child?

The International A-Levels* and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programmes (IBDP) are some of the most popular pre-university programmes available in Singapore. Both two-year programmes are academically rigorous and are recognised by universities worldwide. Universities don’t really have a ‘preferred’ qualification: Admissions Departments evaluate each student based on their overall achievements, including academics and extracurricular activities. As long as your child meets the minimum grade requirements in the necessary subjects for their chosen course, it doesn’t really matter whether they’re applying with the A-Levels results or IBDP.

What really matters is that your child chooses a pre-university programme that is suitable for them. Both A-Levels and IBDP have their merits, so what parents and students should be looking for is a programme that can help the latter excel and achieve their full potential.

Since we’ve established the similarities between the A-Levels and IBDP, let’s take a look at their respective differences.