Frequently asked question regarding International Baccalaureate (IB).
What is IB School?
Why Parents are looking to send their kids to IB International Schools?
How to Start a IB School?
What are basic Infrastructure Requirement for an IB School?
How to get IB Board authorization?

IB International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968.
The International Baccalaureate (IB) offers four high quality, challenging educational programmes to students aged 3 to 19.
The IB programmes focus on fostering critical thinking and building problem-solving skills, while encouraging diversity, international mindedness, curiosity, and a healthy appetite for learning and excellence.
An IB education provides students distinct advantages as they enter a world where asking the right questions is as important as discovering answers.
IB offers 3 educational programs, namely
- PYP or Primary year program for KG to Class-5
- MYP or Middle year program for Class-6 to Class-10
- DP or Diploma program for Class-11 and Class-12
Infrastructure Requirement for IB School : Like CBSE, IB has not given any clear instructions for the Infrastructure requirements for the school. Its says clearly that ‘all campuses are recognized as comprising a single school according to legal and local govt registrations’ and
The process of Affiliation is called Authorization in IB Board. IB authorization is a tougher procedure and is also a time-consuming process. IB has a streamlined authorization process that has to be completed by a candidate school to become an IB school. If the school is able to complete this intensive, globally consistent process, then it enables the school to deliver an outstanding IB education. There is a sequence to steps one has to go through to start an IB school.
IB Authorization Process: The entire process of expressing interest to final authorization is a 2-3 year process. The school has to go through the following phases-
- Consideration
- Request for candidacy/decision on candidacy
- Candidate phase
- Request for authorization/decision on the authorization.
One has to understand the complexity and the level of perfection that is required in each stage and complete it without any glitches.
Then the candidate school will be granted permission for IB program to be executed.
Advantages of IB Diploma:
- The students who finish an IB Diploma have a wide range of options available for higher studies in International Universities.
- The Acceptance rate of IB Diploma students in Top Universities in most countries is high.
- The students get to choose three subjects from a range of options, this facilitates interdisciplinary learning and this develops a broad knowledge base among students.
- The IB has in place an efficient Teacher Assessment Mechanism unlike in most other boards which helps maintain a constant check on the quality of teachers.
- IB Diploma offers the most rigorous curriculum at the pre-university level, this reflects on student performance at the University level.
- Owing to their vast knowledge base the IB Diploma students have more opportunities in research-oriented studies, in which they generally outperform their peers from others International curriculums.
For more details please check IB Website.
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