IB IGCSE BOARD

Asst. Prof. Ketan Kamble
Dnyan Ganga Education Trust’s College of Education (B.Ed.), Thane
IB and IGCSE Board by Asst. Prof. Ketan Kamble 1

 International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International
Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is an international educational foundation.
 Found in 1968.
 Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
 IB has a presence in over 150 countries throughout the world.
 In India since 1976.
 Mode of teaching is in 3 languages: English, French or Spanish.

 The IB offers an education for students from age 3 to 19.
 Schools can choose to offer any or all of the programs.
Programs of IB
Primary Years
Programme
(PYP)
Middle Years
Programme
(MYP)
Diploma
Programme
(DP)
Career-related
Programme
(DP)

 PYP prepares students to become active, caring, lifelong, learners who show respect
for themselves and others.
 Capacity to participate in the world around them.
 Age range: 3 – 12
 Subjects in the Primary Years Programme (PYP) are :
 Language.
 Social Studies.
 Mathematics.
 Science and Technology.
 Arts.
 Personal, Social and Physical education.
 In the final year of the PYP, student, carry out an extended, in-depth , collaborative
project

 Encourages students to make practical connections between their studies and the real
world.
 Age range : 11 – 16
 Middle Years Programme (MYP) comprises eight subject groups :
 Language acquisition.
 Language and literature.
 Individual and societies.
 Sciences.
 Mathematics.
 Arts.
 Physical and health education.
 Design.
 In the final year of the programme, MYP e-Assessment provides IB-validated grades based
on examinations and course work.
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 The programme aims to develop students who are have excellent breadth and depth of
knowledge- students who flourish physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically.
 Age range : 16 – 19
 Subjects in Diploma Programme:
 Students who pursue the IB diploma must take six subjects :
 One each from Groups 1 – 5 and either one from Group 6 or a permitted substitute from
one of the other groups.

 Three or four subjects must be taken at Higher level (HL) and the rest at Standard level
(SL).
 To be awarded an IB diploma, a candidate must fulfill three core requirements in addition
to passing his or her examinations:
 Extended Essay
 Creativity, Activity, Service
 Theory of knowledge
Group Subjects
Group 1 Studies in language and literature
Group 2 Language acquisition
Group 3 Individuals and societies
Group 4 Experimental scinces
Group 5 Mathematics
Group 6 The arts

 The IB uses both external and internal assessment in the DP.
 Students take written examinations at the end of their courses, marked by external IB
examiners.
 Marks awarded for each course range from 1 (lowest) to 7 (highest).
External Assessment Internal Assessment
Essays Oral work in languages
Structured problems Fieldwork in Geography
Short-response questions Laboratory work in the Sciences
Data-response questions Investigations in Mathematics
Text-response questions
Artistic performancesCase-study questions
Multiple-choice questions

 CP is a framework of international education which addresses the needs of students
engaged in career-related education.
 Leads to further/higher education apprenticeships or employment.
 Age rages: 16 – 19
 CP students undertake a minimum of two IB Diploma Programme (DP) courses, a core
consisting of four components and a career-related study.
 Students take written examinations at the end of their IB Diploma Programme courses,
marked by external IB examiners.
 Marks awarded for each course range from 1 (lowest) to 7 (highest).
 Students who complete the programme receive the International Baccalaureate Career-
related Programme Certificate in their chosen field of study and their secondary school
degree.

 IB works closely with universities in all regions of the world to gain recognition for the IB
diploma.
 University admissions officers and government officials have direct online access to all
syllabi and recent examinations.
 To assist IB diploma students in making appropriate choices, the organization holds a
database containing details of universities around the world with up-to-date information
about their requirements for admission.
 INTERNATIONAL :
 IBDP is an internationally accepted and acclaimed Pre-University Course.
 INDIA:
 IBDP is being recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to the +2
stage qualification of an Indian Board.
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 The International General Certificate of Secondary Education or IGCSE as it is known, is
one of the most recognized secondary level qualifications in the world.
 It is administered by the prestigious institution, the University of Cambridge in England.
 The ties of the Cambridge International Examinations with India, date back a century.

 More than 70 subjects are offered by IGCSE.
 Each group in IGCSE curriculum has five subject groups with several subjects within.
 A student should take a minimum of five subjects and a maximum of 14 subjects.
 English, Mathematics and Sciences are the core subjects.
 For each subject, one IGCSE Certificate will be awarded i.e. for five subjects, five
certificates will be awarded.
 The IGCSE is graded on an 8-point scale from A* to G with a 9th grade “U” signifying
“Ungraded”.

 IGCSE is a globally recognized English language curriculum.
 Many schools follow SSC and CBSE curriculum, several international schools follow the
IGCSE curriculum.
 IGCSE is taken in over 100 countries by an annual candidate entry of more than 250,000.
 Grade C in IGCSE English satisfies the English proficiency requirements of many
universities in the UK and other Anglophone countries.
 Most of the International Universities prefer students who have at least one IGCSE
Certification.

Acknowledgement : Bhupendra Shrike (Typewriting)

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