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  • Primary Years Programme

    Primary Years Programme

    The PYP marks the start of a lifelong journey. It develops caring and culturally aware children aged 3 – 12 to become active participants in their own learning.

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  • Middle Years Programme

    Middle Years Programme

    Building a solid academic foundation, the MYP develops students’ confidence in managing their own learning and making connections between their learning in the classroom and the real world.

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  • Diploma Programme

    Diploma Programme

    A future-ready programme that builds students’ inquiring mindset, fosters their desire to learn, and prepares them to excel at their careers and lead meaningful lives.

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  • Career-related Programme

    Career-related Programme

    A unique programme for students in their final school years. It equips them with future-ready skills and prepares them to follow their career pathways—combining academic subjects with their own professional interests.

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  • IB Chief Schools Officer Dr Nicole Bien visits Pakistan

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  • The Festival of Hope celebrated the power of an inspiring young community in India

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  • The IB incorporates Portuguese to the Middle Years Programme

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  • IB partners with SEK to introduce the first online Diploma Programme pilot in Spain

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  • UWC Atlantic and International Baccalaureate partner to transform education

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  • The Festival of Hope heads to India to inspire the young generation

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  • IBWS

    New tool for IB candidate schools to project authorization timeline

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  • The IB introduces the first online Diploma Programme pilot in Japan

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  • Global Youth Action Fund applications are now open to all students

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  • IB partners with SDSN Youth to galvanize social entrepreneurship and SDGs among young people

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  • The IB celebrates the first Career-related Programme and IB continuum school in Pakistan

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  • Student wellbeing: a collaborative learning journey with schools worldwide

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  • Academic integrity

    Tips on upholding academic integrity: “It is important to start by establishing a climate of trust in our students”

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  • The Festival of Hope’s Hackathon of Hope winners announced

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  • The Festival of Hope collaborates with IBlieve to elevate the youth community

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  • Japan reaches the goal of 200 IB Programmes implemented in schools country-wide

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  • IB students named as US top science scholars

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  • Artificial intelligence in IB assessment and education: a crisis or an opportunity?

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  • Arijeet

    Inclusive education: Student with total vision impairment shares his IB experience

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  • Promoting student agency and classroom collaboration through formative assessment

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    Empowering a generation of change-makers to redefine the future of education at the IB Global Conference, Australia

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