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eligible for admission into Under-
graduate Degree Programmes
of any recognised Indian Higher
Education institution.
Known for its rigorous interna-
tionally oriented education, the IB
offers the Primary Years Program
(PYP, for ages 3-12), Middle Years
Program (MYP, for ages 11 to 16)
and International Baccalaureate
Diploma Programmes (IBDP, for
ages 16-19) to schools globally.
Currently, in India, nearly 198
schools offer IB programmes.
In 2012, the IB launched its
fourth programme, the Inter-
national Baccalaureate Career- it blends academic and vocational and South Asia including candi-
Related Programme (IBCP) qualifications enabling students date schools pursuing IBCP.
globally after a 6-year pilot. The to develop adaptable skills and The WACP offers over 40 var-
IBCP’s unique educational frame- cultural sensitivity required to suc- ied skill-based career pathways
work consists of three elements: ceed in an increasingly connected spanning journalism, artificial
academic study; the skills-based world. Currently, nearly 300 IB intelligence, data science, diet
core and a career-related study World Schools offer IBCP. and nutrition, business admin-
(CRS). Under CRS, students study World Academy of Career istration, sports management,
a professional course in their Programmes (WACP), a Singapore event management, pre-medical,
chosen area of specialisation, us- based educational research or- pre-engineering, etc., with an
ing the IBCP’s practical real-world ganisation that offers K-12 based aim to provide only the best to
approach to learning. Schools career-related courses in multiple its students. However, despite
can choose to offer the CRS most academic streams designed for IBCP’s highly appealing prospects,
suited to local conditions and the 21st-century learners. WACP of- the Ahmedabad-based Mahatma
needs of their students. The dis- fers various new-age Career study Gandhi International School – be-
tinguishing feature of IBCP is that modules to many schools in India ing Gujarat’s first authorised IBCP

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