Together the TOK and EE make up to three points towards a student’s overall diploma score. CAS does not make up part of the overall diploma score but authenticated participation is required before the diploma is awarded. IBDP vs A-levels The IB diploma programme is designed to help students...
Hainan Micro-city Future Schoolis a Candidate School for the Diploma Programme. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that the Diploma Programme believes is impor...
One of these programs is theInternational Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), an internationally recognized educational framework geared toward primary school children aged 3 to 12. (The three other programs are theIB Middle Years Programme, theIB Diploma Programme, and the IB Career-rela...
In the United States today, there are about 970 IB Diploma Programme high schools. At these schools, some students complete the full IB curriculum in pursuit of what's called an IB Diploma (which we explain in more detail below). At some schools, students are allowed to take a couple of...
International Baccalaureate (IB) The International Baccalaureate, also known simply as the IB, is an internationally recognised programme for students aged 3-19. The IB programme aims not only to develop students’ knowledge in a range of subjects and disciplines, but also to help them become con...
What is the IB? Most people think of the IB or International Baccalaureate as the organization which sponsors the highly-regarded college preparatory IB Diploma Programme. Indeed the IB Diploma is where it all started. The IB Diploma is the college preparatory component of a curriculum that begins...
The International Baccalaureate middle years programme (IBMYP) is fairly new. It was first established as an initiative of the International Schools Association before being introduced as part of the IB continuum in 1994. After a review, it was relaunched in 2014. Now there are more than 1,300...
In this first installment of KiasuParents’ special feature, we introduce the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma programme as an alternative to the mainstream pre-university education. Still regarded as a road less travelled, it is nonetheless gaining the attention of parents and students alike....
As the IGCSEs are academically rigorous and include compulsory exams, they offer a degree of challenge that can better prepare students from the IB Diploma Programme. By preparing and sitting examinations at 16, students develop analytical skills and study habits needed to do well. ...
(Creativity, Activity, Service) journey in the Diploma Programme, they are often asked two important questions. It’s easy to simply talk about what we want to achieve, but the IB’s Diploma Programme demands that students take action and put their plans into practice. The programme is ...