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EDUCATION
Several academic institutions in the country
have achieved notable milestones over the past
year.
In September 2020, 18 students of International
School Brunei in the 2020 cohort of 58 Year 13
students received the ISB Board of Directors
Awards for their performance, marking an
outstanding year of International Baccalaureate
(IB) Diploma results.
For reaching the top echelon of IB results,
graduates received Excellence Awards in
Bronze, Silver or Gold categories and graduates
who achieved substantial performance
improvement were awarded a Special
Achievement Award.
Jerudong International School students scored
highly on ‘A’ Level examination despite being
impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 100
students completed the ‘A’ Level studies with
39.8 per cent achieving grades A* to A, 63 per
cent, grades A* to B, 10 students, four A* or A
and 14 students, three A* or A.
In September 2020, Universiti Islam Sultan
Sharif Ali (UNISSA) notched another milestone
through its Islamic Economics and Finance
Faculty (FEKIm) after being awarded the Global
Islamic Finance Awards 2020 (GIFA 2020) for
two consecutive years where the university was
awarded for the GIFA Market Leadership Award
2020 (Education in Islamic Banking and Finance)
Category, outdoing three other nominated
institutions at the global level. FEKIm UNISSA
rst received the same GIFA Awards in 2019.
The nomination of FEKIm in GIFA fromCambridge
International Finance Advisor (IFA), United
Kingdom (UK) as the GIFA Awards nominee
2019 and 2020 is a major recognition in the
global industry towards the achievement of the
faculty in the development and advancement
of studies in the eld of global Islamic banking
and nance.
In June 2020, the Institute of Brunei Technical
Education (IBTE) introduced ‘iSkill’, its latest
new quali cation programme comprising
ve speci c courses to serve local industry
needs. The programme is developed in close
collaboration between the relevant industry
and the support of the Manpower Industry
Steering Committee Working Group (Energy),
together with IBTE.
The rst programme, iSkill™ NTec in Welding
(Oil & Gas), was launched in August 2020 and
conducted for two years at the IBTE Sultan
Bolkiah Campus, Seria. Other programmes
include ISQ in Scaffolder, ISQ in Rigger, ISQ in
Blaster Painter and ISQ in Marker/Pipe Fitter.
HIGHLIGHTS ON SOME OUTSTANDING PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS