International Baccalaureate

Life in the 21st Century, in an interconnected, globalized world, requires critical-thinking skills and a sense of international-mindedness, both of which International Baccaluareate (IB) Diploma Programme students learn and understand.

The IB Diploma Programme

The IB Diploma Prgramme is designed as an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with final examinations that prepares students, normally aged 16-19, for success at university and life beyond.  The programme is normally taught over two years and has gained recognition and respect from the world’s leading universities.
Since the late 1960’s, the programme has: 

• provided a package of education that balances subject breadth and depth, and considers the nature of knowledge across disciplines through the unique theory of knowledge course
• encouraged international-mindedness in IB students starting with a foundation in their own language and culture
• developed a positive attitude to learning that prepares students for university education
• gained a reputation for its rigorous external assessment with published global standards, making this a qualification welcomed by universities worldwide
• emphasized the development of the whole student-physically, intellectually, emotionally, and ethically

In addition, the programme has three core requirements that are included to broaden the educational experience and challenge students to apply their knowledge and understanding.

The extended essay is a requirement for students to engage in independent research through and in-depth study of a question relating to one of the subjects they are studying.

• Theory of knowledge is a course designed to encourage each student to reflect on the nature of knowledge by critically examining the different ways, of knowing (perception, emotion, language, and reason and different kinds of knowledge (scientific, artistic, mathematical, and historical).
• Creativity, action, service requires that students actively learn from the experience of doing real tasks beyond the classroom.  Students can combine all three components or do activities related to each one of them separately.