What is Good Between International Baccalaureate board (IB) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)?

1. What is Good Between International Baccalaureate board (IB) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)? Emerald International School

2. As a parent are you confused which school or boards ensure the best syllabus which impacts the child’s future in a positive manner? The decision of choosing the best school and the curriculum has a great impact on the student’s career. There are various schools which offer different curriculum such as State Boards, CBSE, ICSE, IB etc. It is the duty of the parent and the children to collectively decide on which board is of vital important, so choose the best boarding schools in India for NRI which is both academic oriented and focuses on the overall development of the child. Here, is a brief on which is the best amongst IB and CBSE.

3. International Baccalaureate (IB) The IB curriculum offers one of the most rigorous and high-quality education with the best-trained minds in the schools. Its teachers are trained throughout and are widely acclaimed and teach globally recognized syllabus to the teachers. Schools offering IB are certified to IBDP. The teachers and the administrators are required to go standard teaching to demonstrate excellent academic lessons to the students. It focuses on a single curriculum which is used by IB schools worldwide. It is a kind of University Preparation Program that facilitates fundamental skills amongst the students which chiefly focuses on the future of the students.

4. Advantages • The IB curriculum focuses chiefly on critical thinking which caters the students to independent thinking with the help of complex thought process. They encourage debating skills and comprehensive skills on the students. • It has a globally recognized syllabus accredited by many universities worldwide. • It provides different learning level such as Standard level and High level. Students are free to choose their course and learn and give examinations in the future. • They offer other courses which are different form the common streams such as Psychology, Visual Arts which are not mainstream but has various career opportunities in the future. Hence, as the syllabus prepares for the university level, students need to worry less regarding their further studies.

5. Though it is globally accepted, there are universities still which do not recognize the IB syllabus such as Italy and Europe. So, students should ensure and fact check before enrolling themselves to IB syllabus abroad. • Since IB courses focus on covering a vast amount of syllabus and topics, so scoring becomes a bit difficult in the IB syllabus. Though the course is difficult and in-depth, scores will affect during examinations. • Another big disadvantage of IB is that there is no central university acknowledgment for IB syllabus school. They have started to receive a lot of complains due to the location is not specific and fixed and students have to travel a lot too far away locations for the process and other requirements. • Though it covers a lot of subjects and themes, there are not enough competitive schools to teach all the courses. As the syllabus is bit complex, it takes time to understand, hence is a bit rigid for easy understanding of the students. Disadvantages

6. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) CBSE is one of the largest and oldest board in India which was approved by the Government of India in 1929 and reports to the Ministry of Human Resource Development and recognized by many schools and colleges across India. It is responsible for conducting examinations and maintaining uniformity which is held under one board with the same curriculum across the nation, which favors a wide range of students and benefits them too. It conducts innovative teaching-learning methodologies with effective skill learning activities for the students for comprehensive learning. The syllabus and the teaching pattern are continuously updated with regards to constant trend in the education fraternity.

7. CBSE syllabus is prepared according to competitive examinations such as AIEEE and AIPMT. So, there is an advantage for the CBSE students to crack all medical and engineering examinations easily as compared to the other boards. • It works in the favor of students whose parents have a transferable job and are in always in a constant position of relocation across India. As the syllabus comes under the Government of India, students find it easy to continue with the same syllabus hassle free. • CBSE promotes conceptual learning and avoids the idea of rote learning. The questions are made such way, that it checks the conceptual understanding of the students rather than promoting a concept of just answering the question. • CBSE offers a range of opportunities in the field of sports. It promotes the idea and importance of both indoor and outdoor sports and conducts examinations for sports too. It explores student sports activities and conducts national level sports tournaments too. • CBSE which is run by the Government of India aids the students financially too. It provides the scholarship to the students who come from a financially challenged background and cannot afford the burden of educational fees. Advantages

8. Conclusion Both IB and CBSE is nationally and internationally acclaimed curriculum which covers a wide range of interactive and interesting syllabus which benefits the students. Both have a perfect course structure designed in the favor of the students’ future. It is the responsibility of the parents and students both to decide which is the best schools in India for NRI students and which curriculum favors their child for a better prospect and career in the future. Ensure that the board is both flexible and students are able to pursue their field of interest.

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