Module 1, task 2: IB, past and future?

Founding of the IB in Genova

Oct 25, 1968

This is the formal founding of the IB organization, and is an important milestone. https://www.ibo.org/globalassets/digital-tookit/presentations/1711-presentation-history-of-the-ib-en.pdf

Heads Standing Conference

1977

The first Heads Standing Conference (HSC).
https://books.google.no/books?id=D1UGVo8AI2AC&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=heads+standing+conference+ib&source=bl&ots=9r-i1G3mbi&sig=QHFQAzysMbX7osG_veN0cFCES2g&hl=no&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU-pq_vfHcAhVHxaYKHb6bBUY4ChDoATAAegQIChAB#v=onepage&q&f=false

The Mission Statement

1996

The Mission Statement for IB education can be compared to Law of education for countries, and illustrates the values the IB education system is based on.

IB is canging in a changing world.

Oct 15, 2022

After severalgreat natural disasters due to climate changes, the IBO has began to discuss to change the mission statement to assimilate all problems in the world.

The New Mission Statement

Oct 15, 2025

New IB mission statement (excerpt) The International Baccalaureate aims to develop responsible, inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect, and work for sustainable development.

The status of ESS

Aug 23, 2030

The Curriculum have been changed and ESS is now a mandatory subject, to the cost of mathematics.