Tutopiya presents you the ultimate guide to IB MYP!
Quick Introduction to IB
What is IB?
IB is a curriculum offered for students age 3 to 19 , comprising four programmes that focus on teaching students to think critically and independently.
The 4 programmes are as follows:
Primary Years Programme
Middle Years Programme
Diploma Programme
Career-related Programme
| Programme | Age group |
| IB Primary Years | 3-12 |
| IB Middle Years | 11-16 |
| IB Diploma | 16-19 |
| IB Career-related | 16-19 |
For today, Tutopiya will go in-depth on IB MYP. You may also refer to an infographic that gives you an overview of IB MYP at the bottom of this blog post.
What is IB MYP?
IB MYP stands for International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. It is a five year course, for students aged 11 to 16. The purpose of MYP is to prepare students for the 2 year IB Diploma Programme (IBDP).
MYP encourages students to make practical connections between their studies and the real world.
IB MYP Curriculum
The MYP requires at least 50 hours of teaching time for each subject group in each year of the programme. The subjects taught in the are divided into eight subject groups, and they are as follows:
- Language and Literature
- Language Acquisition
- Individuals and Societies
- Sciences
- Mathematics
- Arts
- Physical and Health Education
- Design
Interdisciplinary unit
Each year, students are required to engage in at least one collaboratively planned interdisciplinary unit. This involves at least two subject groups.
The purpose of interdisciplinary learning is to allow students to understand bodies of knowledge from two or more subject groups to integrate them and create new understanding.
This helps to foster critical thinking in students, as well as maximising their ability to understand complex issues.
Long-term project
For students that complete their MYP in year 3 or 4 they will take on the community project whereas for students that complete their MYP in year 5, will complete the personal project.
The long-term project will allow students to be able to extend their knowledge as well as develop new skills and attitude.
The project will allow the students to go through these:
- Learn, identify and discover.
- Create, plan and record the development of the project.
- Decision-making, develop understanding and communication skills.
A project from start to finish, from identifying the problem to solving and finding a solution to the problem.
eAssessment
It is an on-screen examination that is optional for the MYP assessment. A software had been specially designed for students to take this eAssessment. The software was also developed to be easy to use such that students can take the test without trainings.
Qualifications
To successfully obtain the internationally-recognized IB MYP certificate you will need the following:
The subject with the highest level, in the eight subject groups, will be put on the certificate, to be added to create a total out of 56.
The pass requirements is that, each group must have a subject with at least a level 3, the total must add to 28 and the candidate must meet the Service and Actions requirements set by the school.
Cost
For authorised schools
The annual school fees are as follows:
| Programme | Price Annually (USD) | Price Annually (SGD) | No. of Years |
| Diploma | 11,650 | 13,865 | 2 |
| Middle Years | 10,050 | 11,945 | 5 |
| Primary Years | 8,520 | 10,130 | 6 |
For candidacy
In the Americas, all schools pay the IB in US dollars. For the PYP, MYP and DP, the application for candidacy fee is USD$4,000.
All schools in Asia-Pacific pay in Singapore dollars. For the PYP, MYP and DP, the application
for candidacy, fee is S$6,100.
You may refer to this infographic to get an overview of IB MYP.
Should I consider taking the IB MYP curriculum?
Read on our latest blog post that discusses the benefits and drawbacks of International Baccalaureate.
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