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 The International Baccalaureate (IB)The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, offering challenging educational programmes for a worldwide community of schools......creating a better world. There are three coordinated programmes of study which incorporate the best aspects of national curricula from around the world. What are the three IB Programmes? The Primary Years Programme is for students aged 3-11 years; it focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside. The Middle Years Programme is for students aged 11-16 years; it provides a framework of academic challenge that encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and the real world, and become critical and reflective thinkers. The IB Diploma Programme is for students aged 16-18. It is an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with final examinations that prepares students for success at university and in life beyond. Are the IB programmes only available in private schools? The IB programmes can be taught in state, private, national and international schools. They can be offered individually, but a growing number of schools offer them as a continuum of learning. The IB does not own or manage any schools. Instead the community is made up of state and private schools called IB World Schools. There are currently over 2,500 IB World Schools and almost 700,000 IB students from Australia to Zambia and in 134 countries in between. What is the philosophy of the IB Programmes? The programmes are learner-centered and inquiry-based. They emphasize education as a process (learning how to think, learning how to learn), not just a product (a collection of knowledge), thereby stimulating the students' natural intelligences. Do students have to study all three as a continuum? No. Each programme was designed as a stand alone programme. Approved IB world schools around the world may offer one or two or all three of the programmes. However, all three programmes have these common characteristics:
Yes. Students transferring to other IB world schools will have common learning experiences in terms of conceptual development and skill acquisition. The content may be different as schools in other countries would wish to reflect the unique nature of their locations. Close attention is paid to a range of national curriculums when developing the IB programmes. IB students transferring to countries with national curriculums should have no trouble with meeting the standards of national schools.
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