Accreditation and Subjects
Jerudong International School is accredited by AQA, Edexcel, CIE and OCR to award its students GCSE and A-Level examination.
Students undertaking the GCSE examinations are offered a choice of Accounting, Art, Business Studies, Design and Technology, Drama, Economics, English Literature, Food Technology, Geography, ICT, Music and Statistics, in addition to the mandatory subjects of Mathematics, English and the Sciences which are offered as a triple award. Students take a minimum of 10 subjects in GCSEs.
A-Level students are offered Media Studies, Further Mathematics, Music Technology and Psychology in addition to the subjects offered at GCSE. Students are also given a choice of Biology, Chemistry and Physics as singular subjects. A-Level students undertake 4 subjects at the start of their A-Level as well as doing the IELTS or English Language to AS-Level.
JIS offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) for year 12 students starting in September 2011.
Language courses, for either A-Level and GCSE, can be taken up by students at the start of the academic year include Bahasa Melayu (O-Level and Foreign Language), French, Spanish, Mandarin and Urdu as well as Ugama classes for Muslim students. Enrollment in the accredited language courses usually depend on the level of proficiency exhibited by the students although classes for complete beginners are also available.
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