IB World School

IB Programs and Montessori Principles

An International Baccalaureate (IB) education is the perfect framework of Montessori approach as it has so many parallels:

  • both are child-centred (rather than teacher-centred)
  • both are based upon Method rather than Content
  • both promote individual enquiry
  • both promote social and community behaviour
  • both promote children’s education for peace
  • both believe in self-discipline and integral sense of purpose
  • both have diversity leading to global perspectives
  • both promote the value of solid, hard and uninterrupted work

Advantages of IB Education and Montessori Approach

Discover Montessori School is IB World School

We are proud to announce the official authorisation of Discover Montessori School as an IB World School offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP) of the International Baccalaureate (IB). Our school is about to become an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) candidate school*.

Since September 2023, Discover Montessori School has been implementing the IB PYP and MYP programs, as we share a common philosophy — a commitment to providing high-quality, challenging international education, which we believe is essential for our students.

International Baccalaureate (IB)

Today, there are more than 5,000 IB schools in more than 140 countries. Moreover, the IBDP is recognised by universities and employers worldwide.

Lauded for nurturing principled, knowledgeable, and open-minded young adults, the IB equips and encourages students to become active, responsible global citizens. As such, the IBO has developed a set of attributes that constitute the ideal learner profile, which includes the following:

  • Inquirers
  • Knowledgeable
  • Thinkers
  • Communicators
  • Principled
  • Open-minded
  • Caring
  • Risk-takers
  • Balanced
  • Reflective

Our teachers incorporate these attributes in each lesson and foster them in each of our students.

Programmes

The IB aims to nurture internationally minded young adults who help create a better world, which is in line with Dr Maria Montessori’s thinking:

Education should not limit itself to seeking new methods for a mostly arid transmission of knowledge: its aim must be to give the necessary aid to human development.

Dr Maria Montessori

Discover Montessori School is an IB World School for the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the Middle Years Programme (MYP).  

Our school is about to become an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) candidate school*. IB World Schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to high-quality, challenging international education, which Discover Montessori School believes is essential for our students.

*Only schools authorised by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme, or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorisation will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org