Q-1 All International/ World Schools are not IB World Schools. What makes a school an IB World School?
	School must be authorized by the International Baccalaureate (IB) of Geneva
	School must offer at least one of the three programs offered by IB
	School should have a cohort of IB trained Teachers and a maintain generous budget for ongoing professional development
	School should meet the progressive infrastructural requirements of rich research resources in laboratories and library.
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Q-2 How many IB schools exist in the world and in India?
	There are 2,094* schools spread over 125 countries all along the globe
	There are 62* IB schools in India
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Q-3 When, how and why was IB started?
	1968 in Geneva, Switzerland
	A group of leading educators from different countries grouped together to develop a contemporary international school curriculum that could be followed universally across the world
	One of the main objectives was to provide a rigorous, consistent high school curriculum for the children of globally mobile families
	In true spirit of its name ‘Baccalaureate’, a French term meaning pre-University, the curriculum was designed with a focus to prepare students to enter and successfully pursue tertiary programs offered by premier Universities of the world
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Q-4 What are the core competencies of IB?
	Development of a curriculum which is essentially dynamic and continuously evolving to remain relevant in the face of continuous change in all areas of the world
	Training of teachers to deliver the ever changing curriculum
	Assessment of the students based on the ever changing curriculum
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Q-5 How many programs does IB offer?
	IB Diploma Program (DP) – a two year rigorous pre-university course (grades 11–12) that prepares students to enter top Universities in the world including India. IB offers a formal external examination at the completion of the DP program for age group 16 to 19 years
	IB Middle Years Program (MYP) – a program for age group 11-16 (grades 6–10)
	IB Primary Years Program (PYP) – a program for age group 3-12 (grades Nursery–5)
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Q-6 Is it mandatory for an IB school to offer all three programs?
	Schools can choose to offer any or all of the programs. Each program has independent process for accreditation. IB offers specific authorisation separately for each program.
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Q-7 What is the IB Learner Profile?
	Transcending the curriculum goals, the inculcation of the attributes of the “Learner profile” is the mission of IB. Each IB student is expected to display the traits of the learner’s profile. Lesson plans, units of enquiries and projects are designed to ensure that the learning outcomes expose the students to and prepare them in one or more of the following learner’s profiles:  Inquirers  Knowledgeable  Thinkers  Communicators  Principled  Open-Minded  Caring  Risk-takers  Balanced  Reflective
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Q-8 Can a student who has gone through another system (such as CBSE/ ICSE etc) join the IB program? What are         the challenges? Is the student able to cope up?
	The first program envisaged in the IB curriculum was the Diploma (DP) program which is offered in grades 11 & 12 (grades 12 & 13 of the British system). PYP and MYP followed in the 90s. Each of the three programs and more specifically the DP program is designed in a way that students from different streams could adapt to the program requirements. Students find application based curriculum and project work quite encouraging and interesting. Each year many students join IB schools in grades 9 and 11 and have performed well consistently.
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Q-9 Does a child from the British system have to lose a year to join an IB school in India?
	No. The British system follows the Key Stage concept and has 13 years of post pre-primary schooling (11+2). The Indian system follows the 10+2 system and schooling finishes in grade 12. The graduating age is however similar between grade 13 of British system and grade 12 of IB since the additional is actually in the early years. Though it might sound that a child is repeating the same grade, it is actually the next grade/level the child takes admission into, in the Indian system What one has to understand thus is that if one is moving into the IB Diploma programme from the British System in the UK to India, one has to complete Grade 11 there to sit for the O levels or IGCSE exam, whereas in many countries including India, the same British curriculum exam is done at the end of Grade 10 (IGCSE). What you can’t do is finish Grade 10 in the UK (which means doing just one year of a 2 years programme) and join the IB Diploma programme!
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Q-10 What does IB offer to students?
	A comprehensive program with inter relatedness between different subjects and themes.
	Opportunity to engage in structured, purposeful inquiry thus helping students to construct their own learning and understanding.
	Develop a deep understanding of important and enduring concepts.
	Conduct research into knowledge which has local and global significance.
	Ability to relate classroom learning to real life situations and apply it in the here & now to bring about immediate change in own life & environment.
	Acquire and practice a range of essential disciplinary and trans disciplinary skills.
	Be encouraged to develop positive attitudes towards learning, the environment & other people.
	Have the opportunity for involvement in responsible action and community service.
	Develop independent thinking, yet appreciating that people with different views could also be right.
	International mindedness by getting exposed to other world languages, cultures and practices, yet remain rooted in one’s own.
	To become an informed participant in world affairs.
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Q-11 What does IB mean for the Parents?
	The programme inculcates values and builds character.
	The curriculum is working to define a balanced program of concepts, knowledge, skills, attitudes and actions for children.
	The curriculum sets high standards for and has high expectations of students.
	The teachers plan the program together, providing a coherent education.
	The curriculum promotes good teaching practice, both through the written curriculum documents and by sharing ideas among authorized schools.
	It incorporates a range of assessment, recording and reporting strategies.
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Q-12 What does IB mean for the Teachers?
	Teachers are not expected to discard years of well-earned skill and experience, rather teachers engage in reflection on their own practice, both individually and in collaboration with colleagues, with a view of sharing ideas and strength.
	Whole school planning – collaborative planning structured around open-ended questions.
	A wide variety of teaching strategies and styles can be accommodated, provided that they are driven by a spirit of inquiry and a clear sense of purpose.
	The more substantial innovations of recent years can flourish.
	All teachers are committed to Internationalism and continue to learn.
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