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IB Exam update: May 2021 - weighting of Papers

We now the full situation with regard to the May 2021 exams in terms of weighting, timings and number of essays.

Changes to IB history exams May, 2021

Weighting of papers

The weighting of the papers has not been changed:

Timing of exams

Timing for the exams are as follows:

Paper 1 - 1 hour (unchanged)

Paper 2 - 45 minutes

Paper 3 - 1 hour 45 minutes

The number of essays students have to answer for Papers 2 and 3

This has been amended as follows:

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