On 17 September 2019 the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia published a formal statement in the national newspaper Kompas listing the YIS as the ‘ONE AND ONLY’ school in Yogyakarta that is formally licensed by the Ministry of Education and Culture to offer an international curriculum as an officially recognized SPK school. As the only authorized International Baccalaureate World School (IB) in Yogyakarta, the YIS offers the complete range from Early Years, Primary School, Junior High School, and Senior High School / Pre-university College. The Ujian Nasional is integrated into the YIS curriculum, especially for Indonesian students who constitute about 60% of the school community.