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Students cheer for their colleagues during the end of term prize
giving ceremony inside the school’s auditorium.
enthusiastically received by the
school community. Dr Chiara Tabet,
IB DP Coordinator and Head of
Senior School at Al Bateen, credits
the success of the programme to
the transparency of its academic
standards and assessment criteria.
The curriculum is designed by the
IB organisation, rather than by
individual schools, to challenge
students and provide them with skills
and competencies that will be key to
their successes both at university and
in their chosen careers. Universities
worldwide love this programme, and
typically favour students who have
completed it, because assessment
results in the IB DP are a good
predictor of academic performance
in higher education.
Special attention is given to all
Senior School students and their
families, who will receive one-toone guidance relating to university
applications. According to Dr Tabet,
each application must be carefully
prepared within the school; this
helps to maximise students’ chances
to receive offers from the best
universities worldwide.
“This also reflects our academic
ambitions. An outstanding Senior
School is one in which every student
is in a position to realise his/her
dreams. We pride ourselves on
the high standards we expect our
students and staff to meet. No IB
student at Al Bateen is ever left
alone. The entire school community
is here to support and encourage
their desire for academic success,”
she adds.
Finally,
Dr
Tabet
posits
that
enthusiasm, kindness and ambition
are key qualities that Al Bateen’s IB
students exemplify.
Al Bateen Secondary School is home
to students who are happy, highly
creative, and responsible. They are
continuously excelling within their
subject areas under the watchful
guidance of educators who firmly
believe in their own continuous
development
as
education
professionals.
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