Director of Academic Planning at the Region of Murcia, Aurora Fernandez, the mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, and the Councillor for Education, Roque Molina, attended the ceremony of diplomas and certificates in the second class of International Baccalaureate the Secondary School "Juan de la Cierva" of the town, made up of thirteen students.
These students completed these studies last year and four of them have also received a diploma, which allows them to continue their studies in any European university.
The ceremony was held at the auditorium of the IES "Juan de la Cierva y Codorniu", has also attended by the center's director, Juan Manuel Martinez, the faculty of the school and families and friends of the students graduates.
This center has been the first in the Region of Murcia in providing this high school, which has joined the IES Alfonso X the Wise of the capital, which are the only ones that provide this type of education throughout the region.
The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a comprehensive training plan with a curriculum of two years proposed by the International Baccalaureate Organization, held parallel and in conjunction with two courses of the regular school Spanish curriculum.
Students who have completed high school can achieve this dual degree as they meet the objectives of the national curriculum to better prepare them to access the Spanish university, while acquiring an adequate preparation for the exam proposed by the IBO and get the diploma, that will open the doors of foreign universities.
As the institute's director said during the presentation of diplomas, the fundamental objective is to train students with a balanced education, comprehensive and independent, promote the formation of world citizens concerned with understanding and solidarity as well as easy mobility international.
