LIS Announces 2 in 1 Assessment Programme
In conjunction with LIS Open Day 2017, the Principal of Labuan International School, Pn Zainab Batin announces that LIS will offer Dual Certification IGCSE World-Class Cambridge Upper Secondary Curriculum with SPM of Malaysian Curriculum to Upper Secondary Students commencing in 2018.
Labuan International School hosted their Open Day, Charity Food Fair for LIS Foundation. Also organised was the Child Psychology Talk and Expressive Arts Workshop conducted by Dr Azizah Abdullah (KB, PA), a registered counselor and expert in expressive arts therapy from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) for teachers and parents on 4 November, last Saturday.
Labuan International School has been approved as a full Cambridge Centre by Cambridge International Examination to offer its world-leading Cambridge programme since August 2012.
The Cambridge programme for students aged 11 to 19 is made up of three stages - Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary and Cambridge Upper Secondary – giving students a clear path for educational success. Each stage combines a world-class curriculum, high-quality support for teachers and integrated assessment.
Cambridge Upper Secondary leads to Cambridge IGCSE, the world’s most popular international qualification for 14 to 16 year olds.
Every year, nearly a million students from 10,000 schools in 160 countries prepare for their future with Cambridge programmes and qualifications. Success with Cambridge often gives students admission to the world’s best universities – in the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany and beyond.
Pn Zainab Batin, the School Principal said: “Malaysian students who enrol for International Curriculum are now given the opportunity to also take Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia or 2 in 1 Assessment Programme”. Other than that they are also given the opportunity to obtain International Certificate of Education, in short Cambridge ICE Award. for a balanced curriculum that is offered by Cambridge.
Labuan International School and its components (Sekolah Sri Labuan) have managed to merge an international curriculum with the national curriculum especially in ICT Starters, ICT Cambridge and Cambridge English. LIS is the only school in Labuan that offers this one of a kind curriculum.