2021 Introduction to Diploma Programme

MISSION

Statements

THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE:

The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organisation works with schools, governments and international organisations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

This booklet for students and their parent/ caregivers explains the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme at Somerset College.

It is designed particularly for our current Year 10 students who are about to enrol in Year 11 courses and also for students entering the porgramme from other schools at the start of Year 11.

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