The IB Middle Years Programme, for students aged 11 to 16,
provides a framework of academic challenge that encourages students to
embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and
the real world, and become critical and reflective thinkers.
The programme:
- Encourages international-mindedness in IB students, starting with a foundation in their own language and culture.
- Encourages a positive attitude to learning by challenging students to
solve problems, show creativity and resourcefulness and participate
actively in their communities.
- Reflects real life by providing a
framework that allows students to see the connections among the subject
themselves, and between the subjects and real issues.
- Supports
the development of communication skills to encourage inquiry,
understanding, language acquisition, and to allow student reflection and
expression.
- Emphasizes, through the learner profile, the
development of the whole student-physically, intellectually, emotionally
and ethically.
The IB Middle Years Programme may be taught as a
stand-alone programme but it is flexible enough to accommodate the
demands of most national or local curriculums.