The IB Mission Statement

The IB has a hard-earned reputation for quality, high standards and pedagogical leadership.  The IB is more than its educational programmes and certificates however. In its heart, it is motivated by a mission to create a better world through education.

The IB promotes intercultural understanding and respect, not as an alternative to a sense of cultural and national identity, but as an essential part of life in the 21st century.

All of this is captured in the IB mission statement:

        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 organization works with schools, governments and international organizations 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.