What is the IB Middle Years Programme?
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 subjects 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 standalone
programme but it is flexible enough to accommodate
the demands of most national or local curriculums.
