Welcome to Advanced level
Advanced Level Section of Sri Lankan School Muscat facilitates students who seek entrance opportunities to tertiary education in the near future. Time spent in the Advanced Level Section is vital as it is the pre-university education stage. Students are nurtured in a way to improve their academic qualification as well as to develop interpersonal relationships with personality development which are the basic requirements for tertiary education and in the career pathways.
The complete Advanced Level course is designed for two years, the 1st year is Advanced Subsidiary Level (AS Level); in Sri Lankan School Muscat AS Level students are in Year 12. The second and last year of Advanced Level course is A2 Level, A2 Level students are in Year 13 in Sri Lankan School Muscat. The Specifications followed in all Advance Level subjects are by Pearson Edexcel. In the international version of Edexcel specification students are evaluated modular wise. The modules completed in AS Level will be assessed at the end of Year 12 and the rest of the modules completed for A2 Level in Year 13 are assessed at the end of the course. The required number of modules to claim Advanced Level qualification is different from subject to subject.
Sri Lankan School Muscat offers subjects in Advanced Level for Bio Science, Management Science and Double Maths Streams. We encourage students to follow four subjects throughout but students have the opportunity to do only three subjects in the second year of Advance Level (A2 Level) as it the requirement for universities. Subjects available in Sri Lankan School Muscat are Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Economics, Accounting, Business Studies, Mathematics and Further Mathematics. In selection of subjects Students in Bio Science and Management Science Streams have the opportunity to select either Chemistry or Economics, Biology or Business Studies, Physics or Accounting and Mathematics. Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Further Mathematic subjects are compulsory for Double Maths Stream students in Sri Lankan School Muscat.
In the subjects Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics and Further Mathematics students should complete six modules to obtain Advanced Level qualification. Four modules should be completed in Business Studies and Economics and two modules in Accounting; 50% of the qualification is completed in AS level.
Enthusiastic academic staff in the Advanced Level section always travel extra mile to assist and guide students to reach an extra step further in their achievements. Well-equipped Chemistry, Physics and Biology laboratories have been engaging students more fascinatingly in practical sessions. Excellent results in the recent past reflects the hard work of students and the commitment of the staff of Advanced Level Section.
Sectional Head- AL
Janake Gunathilake