▁Pers pect ives ▁instead . ▁The ▁average ▁grade ▁achieved ▁by ▁a ▁secondary ▁student ▁studying ▁in ▁the ▁I GC SE ▁program ▁in ▁S ON ▁is ▁an ▁A ; ▁most ▁students ▁achieve ▁several ▁A / A * ▁gr ades . ▁ ▁I . B . ▁Di pl oma ▁Program ▁The ▁International ▁Bac cala ure ate ▁Di pl oma ▁Program me ▁( IB DP ) ▁is ▁a ▁two - year ▁educational ▁programme ▁primarily ▁aim ed ▁at ▁students ▁aged ▁ 1 6 – 1 9 . ▁It ▁is ▁taken ▁by ▁students ▁starting ▁from ▁Form ▁ 5 ▁( G rade ▁ 1 1 ) ▁and ▁ending ▁in ▁Form ▁ 6 ▁( G rade ▁ 1 2 ) ▁with ▁the ▁exam in ations . ▁The ▁program ▁provides ▁an ▁intern ation ally ▁accepted ▁qual ification ▁for ▁entry ▁into ▁higher ▁education ▁and ▁is ▁recogn ised ▁world wide . ▁The ▁School ▁of ▁the ▁Nations ▁is ▁currently ▁one ▁of ▁only ▁two ▁schools ▁in ▁Mac au ▁to ▁offer ▁the ▁IB ▁Di pl oma ▁Program ▁as ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁curr icul um ▁( the ▁other ▁being ▁The ▁International ▁School ▁of ▁Mac au ). ▁The ▁School ▁of ▁the ▁Nations ▁offers ▁the ▁following ▁subjects ▁for ▁the ▁IB ▁Di pl oma ▁Program ▁( fur ther ▁subjects ▁are ▁also ▁available ▁for ▁online ▁study ▁through ▁P amo ja ; ▁those ▁are ▁not ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁list ▁below ): ▁ ▁Group ▁ 1 ▁- ▁Studies ▁in ▁Language ▁and ▁Liter ature ▁English ▁A ▁H L / SL ▁Group ▁ 2 ▁- ▁Language ▁Ac quisition ▁Chinese ▁B ▁H L / SL ▁Mand