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==History and background==

In 1945, the "Conference of Internationally-minded Schools" asked the [[International School of Geneva]] (Ecolint) to create an international schools programme.<ref name="Peterson p. 17">Peterson p. 17</ref><ref>Fox p. 5</ref> When he became director of Ecolint's English division, Desmond Cole-Baker began to develop the idea, and in 1962, his colleague Robert Leach organized a conference in Geneva, at which the term "International Baccalaureate" was first mentioned.<ref name="Peterson p. 17"/><ref>Hill, 2007 p. 19</ref> An American social studies teacher, Leach organized the conference—with a $2500 grant from [[UNESCO]]—which was attended by observers from European schools and [[UNESCO]]. Writing about the genesis of the International Baccalaureate in ''Schools Across Frontiers'', [[Alec Peterson]] credits Leach as "the original promoter of the International Baccalaureate."<ref>Peterson p. 18</ref> At the end of the conference, Unesco funded the International School Association with an additional $10,000, which was inadequate to do more than produce a few papers, or bring teachers together for meetings.<ref name="Peterson18-26">ibPeterson p. 18-26</ref>

[[File:Ecolintchateau.jpg|thumb|right|Château at [[Ecolint]] where [[International Baccalaureate|IB]] was developed.]]

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|The [[Association of Indian Universities]] recognizes the IBDP as an entry qualification to all universities, provided that the applicants include a document from the IB 86 detailing percentage equivalency and that specific course requirements for admission to medical and engineering programs are satisfied.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibo.org/country/universities_rec.cfm?country_code=India&current_country=IN|title=Recognition of IB diploma for admission to universities and colleges: India|publisher=ibo.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211081456/http://ibo.org/country/universities_rec.cfm?country_code=India&current_country=IN|archive-date=11 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aiuweb.org/evaluation/Grade%20Conversion%20IB.pdf|title=IB Diploma is accepted by Indian colleges|date=April 2012|access-date=2015-07-08|via=online search}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=Hilbig, Wolfgang |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1122189772 |title="I" |date=15 September 2019 |publisher=Seagull Books |isbn=978-0-85742-715-1 |oclc=1122189772}}</ref>

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