International Baccalaureate Programme in Perm Region (Russia) as a Government Initiative: First Results

Marina Sheveleva,Anastasiia Redkina

doi:10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n11p527

Abstract

International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is an academically challenging self-funded high school program which is recognized by the world’s leading universities. It was introduced in one of the regions of Russia (Permskii krai) by the local government with the aim to ensure access to high quality education and to improve regional educational system overall. High school students get international IB diploma while this process is largely financed by the regional government. The aim of this paper is to examine how effective this scheme is and to give recommendations for its improvement.In order to answer the research question different major stakeholder groups were surveyed: students, school-leavers, and teachers. Official documents, underlying the implementation of this program, were analyzed. Analysis of the findings was made with the help of institutional approach.The results of this paper represent benefits and shortcomings for each stakeholder group of the project. The recommendations given in the paper deal with the increase of efficiency of this scheme: additional incentives should be created and introduced to increase benefits for the regional part of the contract. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n11p527

Highlights

In the latest decade people have become aware of the fact that knowledge is one of the main components of economic and social development
High quality of education on sciences and humanities, better English-language skills as well as personal development which is a key feature of the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme” (Decree of the Perm Krai Government..., 2007)
The following points were defined as indicators of successful performance 1) budget disbursement, 2) the number of authorized schools, 3) the number of students enrolled in the IB programme

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In the latest decade people have become aware of the fact that knowledge is one of the main components of economic and social development It can play a key role in the development of countries and regions as well as influence their competitiveness. The problem of the human resources development that have all necessary competences and are able to meet global challenges of constantly changing competitive environment is traditionally formulated and discussed with reference to the higher educational system (Salmi et al, 2011). The importance of this problem is recognized all over the world, it is further proved by the growing number of studies in the area of management and economics of higher education. Basic competences such as ability to collect and analyze information, critical thinking, creative approach to the question posed, foreign-language skills are introduced in the secondary and high school

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