IB

[|International Baccalaureate]

Overview

Over 800,000 students are enrolled in one of the three IB programmes at schools in 138 countries. Our three programmes span the years from kindergarten to pre-university. The programmes can be offered individually or as a continuum.

The Primary Years Programme for students aged 3 to 12 focuses on the development of the whole child in the classroom and in the world outside. The Middle Years Programme for students aged 11 to 16 provides a framework of academic challenge and life skills, achieved through embracing and transcending traditional school subjects. The Diploma Programme for students aged 16 to 19 is a demanding two-year curriculum leading to final examinations and a qualification that is welcomed by leading universities around the world.

IB World Schools Authorization to become an IB World School is an intensive process that typically takes two or more years and includes site visits by an IB team. A regular process of evaluation is undertaken by schools that have been authorized.

Program Model:



Over the course of the two-year programme, students: Normally: Subjects, other than languages, may be taught and examined in:
 * study six subjects chosen from the six subject groups
 * complete an extended essay
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">follow a theory of knowledge course (TOK)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">participate in creativity, action, service (CAS).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">three of the six subjects are studied at higher level (courses representing 240 teaching hours)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the remaining three subjects are studied at standard level (courses representing 150 teaching hours).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">English
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">French
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spanish

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The IB Diploma Programme]

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