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- The International Baccalaureate
is a pre-university course of study aimed at the education of
the"whole person", and is designed for persons in their
last two years of secondary school. IB was developed by a group
of educators at the International School of Geneva in the early
1960's to establish a common curriculum and university entry
credential for geographically mobile students. This group of
teachers were also motivated by an idealistic vision: they hoped
that a shared academic experience emphasizing critical thinking
and exposure to a variety of viewpoints would foster tolerance
and inter-cultural understanding amoung young people. The IB
curriculum can be administered in any country and is recognized
by universities in every country. Some universities demand that
a student obtains an IB Diploma while others give subject credit
and preference with enrolment.The IB has experienced rapid growth
since its inception and now numbers over 1000 member schools
in nearly 100 countries.Many national schools offer the IB Diploma.
In fact, the United States of America has more schools offering
IB than any other country, and these schools are not international
schools.
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