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International Baccalaureate Program
What is IB?
Background
Established in 1968, the International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) was the first program offered by the IB and is taught to students aged 16-19. Currently, there are more than 5,000 schools so far have chosen to teach International Baccalaureate® (IB) programs, with its unique academic rigor and emphasis on students’ personal development. Those schools employ over 70,000 educators, teaching more than one million students worldwide.
Our Mission
CREATING A BETTER WORLD THROUGH EDUCATION
The International Baccalaureate® aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
Courses
IB courses are offered in 6 subject groups: Studies in language and literature, language acquisition, individuals and societies, sciences, mathematics, and the arts in standard level and higher level classes. Students are required to take 3 standard level and 3 higher level courses anytime during 11th and 12th grade. Theory of Knowledge is also a required class taken in the spring semester of junior year and fall semester of senior year. The course explores how the student, the individual or knower, utilizes language, sense perception, emotion, reason, imagination, faith, intuition, and memory to come to know what we know.
International Baccalaureate— A Truly Unique Experience
CHANGING THE WORLD
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IB programs are recognized around the world and ensure an increased adaptability and mobility for IB students.
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The curriculum and pedagogy of IB programs focus on international perspectives of learning and teaching, while insisting that students fully explore their home culture and language.
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IB World Schools must undergo an exhaustive authorization process in order to offer one or more of the programs, which includes a study of the school's resources and commitment to the IB mission and philosophy.
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IB teachers participate in a wide variety of professional development opportunities to constantly update their knowledge and share their expertise with colleagues around the world.
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Many students graduating from the Diploma Programme find that it enhances their opportunities at tertiary institutions. The IB works closely with universities around the world to gain recognition for IB programs.
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The core components of IB programmes encourage students to participate in creative and service-oriented activities, while at the same time emphasizing the importance of reflection on a personal and academic level.
Learner Profile
The IB learner profile describes a broad range of human capacities and responsibilities that go beyond academic success. They imply a commitment to help all members of the school community learn to respect themselves, others and the world around them. It aims to develop learners who are inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced, and reflective. For more information check out IB Learner Profile.