International Baccalaureate Organisation defends awarding model after backlash from pupils – The National

International Baccalaureate Organisation defends awarding model after backlash from pupils – The National

A new review process has been introduced to re-evaluate pupils' results

















Pupils sit an exam in the UK. Tens of thousands of pupils around the world are calling for their International Baccalaureate results to be re-evaluated, saying they do not reflect their performance. Getty 







International Baccalaureate Organisation has defended itself against claims that it unfairly graded pupils this year after tens of thousands complained about their end-of-year results.



Pupils and schools around the world critiqued the organisation for its lack of transparency regarding its awarding model this year with many claiming an algorithm that missed the mark was used to predict grades.



After exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, the organisation said pupils would be assessed based on their coursework, internal exams and predicted grades.



IB Diploma and Career-related programme results were released to more than 170,000 pupils on July 6, prompting almost 22,000 pupils to dispute their grades in an online petition that claimed they were an unfair reflection of their performance.



The number of pupils in Hong Kong awarded perfect scores dropped by almost a third this year, The South China Morning Post reported. Similarly, Indian media reported