IB Career-related Programme (IBCP)
Velammal Global School is a candidate school* for the IBCP.This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy – a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education – that we believe is important for our students.
*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorisation will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes visit https://www.ibo.org/.
The Career-related Programme (CP) at Velammal Global School combines the academic rigor of the IB with practical, career-related studies.
- Age Range: 16-19 years
Overview

WHAT IS IBCP ?
“The International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme is the fourth IB programme which is designed for students of 16 to 19 years of age. It is a unique programme designed to bring the academic rigour and global focus of the IB through career-related courses.”
IB CP Requirements
Reflective Essay
Language Development
Personal and Professional Skills
Service Learning
Two DP courses
Career related studies
IBCP students undertake a Career Related Study (CRS), a core consisting of four components and two IBDP courses.
For CP students, DP courses provide the theoretical underpinning and academic rigour of the programme; the Career-Related Study (CRS) further supports the programme’s academic strength and provides practical, real-world approaches to learning; and the CP core helps develop skills and competencies required for lifelong learning. The CP Core are:
- Reflective project: is intended to promote high-level research, writing and extended communication skills, intellectual discovery and creativity.
- Language development: access to a language programme that will assist and further their understanding of the wider world.
- Personal and Professional skills: practice for students to develop attitudes, skills and strategies to be applied to personal and professional situations and contexts now and in the future.
- Service learning: is the development and application of knowledge and skills towards meeting an identified and authentic community need.
CRS Offered at VGS
VGS, in collaboration with World Academy of Career Programmes (WACP), offers Business Administration as Career Related Studies. More CRS courses will be offered in due course.
IB Career Related Programme Assessment

IB CP Award
The Certificate of the Career-related Programme of the International Baccalaureate will be awarded subject to satisfactory completion of the following requirements by a candidate:
- The candidate has completed the specified career-related study.
- The candidate has been awarded a grade 3 or more in at least two of the Diploma Programme courses registered for the Career-related Programme.
- The candidate has been awarded a grade of at least D for the reflective project.
- Personal and professional skills, service learning and language development requirements have been met.
- The candidate has not received a penalty for academic misconduct.
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