FIBS

FIBS aka Finnish International Baccalaureate Society organisation is Finland's IB schools' own students' organisation. It serves as a joint organisation for both IB students and IB graduates in Finland. FIBS' duties are to advance IB diploma's familiarisation in Finland, easen the IB graduates' way into academic education in Finland, keep contact with the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO), oversee IB diploma students' and graduates' rights in general and to organise several activities for them.

Anyone who is studying on IB or the preparative pre-diploma year can become FIBS' student member. FIBS collects no membership fee, either. When the student member graduates or otherwise ends their studies on the IB programme, they are deemed sundered from the organisation during the same membership period. Anyone who has graduated from a Finnish IB school can apply as a senior member of FIBS. In addition, by unanimous vote, the organisation's board can elect honorary members.

FIBS' board consists of active IB students and/or senior members (i.e. already graduated students) chosen by the general assembly. Currently, FIBS' board consists of a chairman, vice chairman, 8 members and 2 deputies. FIBS also has a board of representatives that takes care of the local communication between the members and the board. Every IB school appoint their own representatives from amongst the students.

FIBS also organises varying events for the IB students. The most valued of these are the annual TOK-cruise and the more irregularly held Pre-DP meeting.

Furthermore, FIBS also produces IB badges for the IB students' white caps (graduation hats) to replace the traditional Lyre badge, which the IB Diploma graduates are technically not entitled to wear.

IB

IB comes from "International Baccalaureate". It is an education programme organised by International Baccalaureate Organisation.

This site will soon provide a short but throughout introduction to greater detail what IB is, but in the meanwhile, you are welcome to find out more from IBO's website.