The International Baccalaureate (IB) offers high quality programmes of international education to a worldwide community of schools. The IB is a nonprofit educational foundation, motivated by its mission, focused on the student.

Founded in 1968, They currently work with 2,061 schools in 125 countries to develop and offer three challenging programmes to over 541,000 students aged 3 to 19 years. Their three programmes for help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world.

The 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 pupils 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 pupils 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.

  Each programme includes a curriculum and pedagogy, student assessment appropriate to the age range, professional development for teachers and a process of school authorization and evaluation. The programmes are available through 2,061 IB World Schools in 125 countries.

  Find out more at their web site.

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