For many years there has been a need for a high-quality, independent international school in Ibadan to serve both the local and expatriate communities. The Ibadan International School was founded in 2003 by the Zard Foundation to fill this niche.

IIS provides a broad, international curriculum that enables its students to continue their education anywhere in the world, while prepping them to live in harmony with others. The Pre-school and Junior School sections of the school follow the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the school is an authorized IB World School (www.ibo.org). In the Senior School Section, the students follow the IGCSE curriculum.