Coordinator's message
Coordinator's message
message from the Diploma Programme Coordinator
message from the Diploma Programme Coordinator
Bushra Jamal
Assalam-u-alaikum and welcome to the IB Diploma Programme!
If you are looking for a rigorous and challenging education programme, and you always strive to achieve more
Being At Beaconhouse Newlands Islamabad – International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, we take pride in supporting our educational values: Dignity, tradition, and excellence that have inspired young men and women to serve and be dignified members of the community. Our aim is to graduate students on time, with the choices and options needed to follow their goals and dreams. Academic excellence, a holistic approach to education, responsiveness to the individual needs of all students, and a nurturing atmosphere that is fueled by our staff, are all core values of our school today.
As a school, we are inspired by the accomplishments we have seen in the last few years. We take pride in being a partner in the holistic upbringing of Pakistani children.
About the Programme
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP)
The DP curriculum is made up of three mandatory core components – the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course, Extended Essay (EE) based on independent research, and participation in Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) – along with six subject groups.
- Theory of Knowledge (TOK) requires students to reflect on the nature of knowledge, to understand how we know and what we claim to know. The TOK course takes up 100 teaching hours over the period of two years and is assessed through the TOK Exhibition and a 1,600 word essay. The TOK exhibition provides students with the opportunity to make connections between real-life and TOK, while the essay encompasses conceptual elements.
- The Extended Essay (EE) requires students to submit a 4,000 word research paper based on an independent, self-directed inquiry. Students may choose to either investigate a topic of special interest to them or may undertake an issue that has global significance. A subject specialist supervisor is assigned to facilitate students through the process.
- Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) requires students to be involved in a range of activities alongside their academic studies involving creativity, sports and voluntary community service.
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