International Baccalaureate (IB)

The International Baccalaureate® (IB) is a nonprofit educational foundation. Their mission is as follows:

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.

Founded in 1968, they currently work with 3,295 schools in 141 countries to offer three levels of programmes:

• The Primary Years Programme (PYP) 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 (MYP) for students aged 11 to 16 provides a framework of academic challenge and life skills through embracing and transcending traditional school subjects.
• The Diploma Programme for students aged 16 to 19 is a demanding two-year curriculum that meets the needs of highly motivated students, and leads to a diploma that is recognized by leading universities around the world.

To learn more about the International Baccalaureate, visit their website.

For questions about this information, contact Chrystyna V. Mursky (608) 267-9273

Last updated on 11/8/2011 7:42:24 AM