The importance of the Personal Project comes from the fact that it allows students:

– to learn about and develop their personality;

– to show a consolidation of their learning in the MYP;

– to strengthen and present ATL skills acquired during the MYP;

– to demonstrate the IB Learner profile’s attributes;

– to get experiential learning,

i.e. the experience of taking the responsibility to accomplish the project over a long time-period and reflecting on its learning process and outcomes;

– to produce a truly personal and often creative product/outcome;

– to develop as independent, lifelong learners.

• All students must complete a PP with most of the work done in the final year of MYP (grade 10);
• Students must spend a minimum of 25 hours on their PP;
• PPs are not part of the curriculum of any subject group;
• PPs are internally assessed and standardised by supervisors and externally moderated by the IB examiner in accordance with the PP assessment criteria;
• PP should be done in one of the PP languages approved by the school, i.e. Kazakh, Russian or English (agreed with the supervisor!).

Each student has a supervisor who provides assistance and advice:

• Ensures that the chosen topic complies with legal and ethical standards (health and safety, confidentiality, human rights, animal welfare and environmental issues);
• Guides/assists the students in the process and completion of the project;
• Ensures the authenticity of the submitted work;
• Evaluates the MYP project using the criteria in the handbook;
• Participates in the standardisation of the assessment process established by the school;
• Submits personalised project assessments to the MYP Coordinator for participation in IBIS.

The Personal Project is a compulsory component of the MYP programme. It is learner- centered and age-appropriate and called “personal” because it requires students to develop an area of his/her personal interest resulting in a truly personal and often creative outcome/product. Every student of MYP year 5 (grade 10) completes the Personal Project independently in English or Russian language (IBO, 2014). The student will not be eligible for the MYP certificate if the project is not completed successfully. The Personal Project has three components to be covered by students.