About
Bilkent Erzurum Laboratory School (BELS) is a private school in Erzurum, Turkey, with primary, middle and high school sections. Its academic programmes include IGCSE and the IB Diploma Programme, and it has a foreign languages department and a science department.
Key facts
Source: Read from the school's website
Curriculum
IB Diploma · IB PYP · IGCSE
Students
436
Type
Local school, international programme
- Ownership
- Foundation
Curriculum and academics
Source: Read from the school's website
Curricula, explainedIB PYP · IB DP (Diploma) · IGCSE
The IB's four programmes
Schools often run only some of the four. Highlighted boxes are the ones this school offers.
- IB PYPOffered
Early years to primary · Ages 3–12
The IB's primary programme. Children learn through questions and units of inquiry rather than separate subjects.
- IB MYPNot here
Middle years (ages 11–16) · Ages 11–16
The IB's middle-years programme: eight subject groups taught with links between them, ending with a personal project.
- IB DP (Diploma)Offered
Last 2 years of school · Ages 16–19
The IB's university-entrance qualification — what people usually mean by "the IB". Six subjects plus the Extended Essay, TOK and CAS, scored out of 45.
- IB CP (Career-related)Not here
Last 2 years of school · Ages 16–19
The IB's career-related route for the same ages as the DP: at least two DP courses plus a career-related study chosen by the school.
Last two years: DP or CP
IGCSE
Ages 14–16, 2 years · Ages 14–16
A subject-by-subject qualification taken around age 16 in British-style schools — usually 5–10 subjects studied over two years.
Ages are the usual bands; schools can differ.Curriculum basics guide
- Teachers
- 66
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- Accreditations
- CIS, IB
- Memberships
- COIS
Location
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Prof. Dr. İhsan Doğramacı Bulvarı, Çat Yolu/Palandöken, Erzurum 25070
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