International Baccalaureate – Kanakia International Schools

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International Baccalaureate (IB)

An international educational foundation with headquarters in Switzerland, the IB offers three programs – the primary years program, middle years program, and the IB Diploma program. With a large focus on teachers, who are at the center of the program, the IB organizes regular workshops to equip the teachers with the appropriate educational tools at all stages.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is an international non-profit educational foundation that offers programs for students in the age group 3-19 years. They do not operate any schools of their own. Instead, they support schools that are willing to offer IB programs through the process of qualification and maintenance and accredit them as IB World Schools.

The IB Program

Structure

Primary Year Program

Age: 3-12

Subjects Taught:
Language; Mathematics, Science, Social Studies Arts; Personal, Social and Physical Education

Assessment:
Internal

Middle Year Program

Age: 11-16

Subjects Taught:
Language (2); Humanities, Science, Mathematics, Arts, Physical Education, Technology

Assessment:
Internal

Diploma Program

Age: 16-19

Subjects Taught:
Language; Individuals and Societies, Experimental Science, Arts, Mathematics and Computer Science*

Assessment:
Internal

The IB Program –

Focus Areas

Teachers

The teacher is at the center of the three IB programs. During the candidacy stage (before authorization of a school as an IB World School, it is mandatory for the teachers to undergo the professional development training program that the IB offers to ensure high standards of teaching. For the authorized schools, yearly teacher development workshops are conducted for all the three programs where teachers from the IB authorized schools are supposed to undergo training.

International
Education

The IB program has a clear focus on international education with content in an international context being covered in the curriculum. Students are also encouraged to think beyond what the curriculum states and to engage in community activities to further the all-round development of the student. Particularly at the diploma level, students are offered a variety of options (arts and science courses), thus offering flexibility.

Collaboration
between Schools

Collaborative development of the schools is furthered by the IB through an online curriculum centre, which is a forum where schools and teachers share resources and discuss various academic matters. Worldwide conferences for the IB world schools are also conducted once in two years. The IB also offers recognition to schools that wish to form local associations for collaboration and development activities at the regional level.

IB Diploma

IBDP is an academically challenging and balanced program of education with final examinations that prepares students, aged 16 to 19, for success at university and life beyond. It has been designed to address the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical well-being of students. The program has gained recognition and respect from the world’s leading universities.

The Curriculum

IB Diploma Programme students must choose one subject from each of the five groups (1 to 5), ensuring breadth of knowledge and understanding in their best language, additional language(s), the social sciences, the experimental sciences, and mathematics.

Students must also choose either an arts subject from group 6 or a second subject from groups 1 to 5. DP subjects can be taken at a higher level or standard level.

At least three and not more than four subjects are taken at a higher level (240 teaching hours), while the other subjects are taken at standard level (150 teaching hours). Students can study and take examinations, in English, French, or Spanish.

Two DP subjects are classified as interdisciplinary subjects and so satisfy the requirements of more than one subject group:

Literature and performance – group 1 and group 6
Environmental systems – group 3 and group 4

In addition to disciplinary and interdisciplinary study, the Diploma Programme features three core elements that broaden students’ educational experience and challenge them to apply their knowledge and skills.

The Diploma

Programme core

The extended
essay

Theory of
knowledge

Creativity, Action,
service (CAS)

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The IB Program

Structure

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Focus Areas

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The Curriculum

The Diploma

Programme core

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