Perfect scores for 41 IB students from Singapore

SINGAPORE has kept up its strong performance at the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma examinations.

Forty-one candidates were awarded the perfect score of 45 in the exams in November last year - one better than the year before.

A total of 1,370 students from Singapore took the exams. Almost all candidates -97.90 per cent - passed the exams. They scored 36.50 points on average, higher than the global average of 30.01.

An overview of the results was released by the Swiss-based International Baccalaureate Organisation on Friday.