IBO 2024-25 Exam Pattern

The IBO theoretical exam tests the participants' understanding, processing skills, and applications of Biological Science knowledge. The total number of IBO theoretical tasks should not be more than 100. Attempting answers to the questions require deep understanding instead of knowledge.  Theoretical questions should cover the following topics in the given proportion.

Although some of these topics are included in most secondary school Biology syllabus. But for the major part, they are evaluated at a much deeper level and may require a level of knowledge and understanding in comparison to that of post-secondary education. The host country of each IBO issues a set of preparatory problems well in advance of the competition each year. These preparatory problems cover specific topics in more detail than general post-secondary education.

The International Biology Olympiad (IBO) is a rivalry for auxiliary school understudies. Their abilities in handling organic issues, and managing natural examinations are tried. Interest in science, imaginativeness, inventiveness and steadiness are vital. 

Each part country sends four understudy contenders, who are the champs of the particular public contests. They are to be joined by two group pioneers as agents of every country.

The IBO is a contest for auxiliary school understudies who are keen on science. In uniting gifted understudies, the IBO challenges, animates understudies to grow their abilities, and to promote science as a vocation. The targets of this opposition are to: 

• Invigorate dynamic interest in natural investigations.

• Promote systems administration and comprehension between science understudies.

• Promote and exchange thoughts regarding science training.

The main international biological competition among Czechoslovakia and Poland from 1985 to 1989 gave ground to the future IBO. The positive experience during international Olympiads in other inherent sciences and math prompted beginning an international science Olympiad. So UNESCO requested that previous Czechoslovakia step up. Six intrigued nations (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Poland and the Soviet Union) established the IBO in 1989 (Prague and Brno) and partook in the main IBO, which was held in Olomouc in July 1990. 

In any case some underlying hardships, this Olympiad was an incredible achievement and it was chosen to proceed with the IBO. In the resulting Olympiads, the number of participating nations expanded quickly. 

Following the main Olympiad, a Coordinating Center was set up in Prague and each November, a gathering of selected facilitators (Advisory Board) collects in this Center to plan new proposition and further develop guidelines, the substance, and arrangements of future Olympiads, and so on.