The IB future projections By emilymhaworth@hotmail.com 1968 Diploma Programme Launched 1983 Spanish becomes IB official language Changing from previous official languages of French and English 2001 1000 IB World Schools 2030 10 000 IB World Schools 2040 Internal Assessments completed in real life setting All IA's must be researched through a placement in a real life setting, to gain experience and real life results. 2050 Spanish and Mandarin become official IB languages