Information literacy ability is essential in today's networked society. Considering that the development of information literacy education started late in China, elementary and secondary schools have many gaps to fill. Fortunately, this phenomenon has been compensated in international schools, but this is an objective result under the concept of international education. From the perspective of the international school accreditation, this article summarizes the development of international education accreditation and information literacy cultivation in China, and introduces the aspects of information literacy from accreditation standards, requirements and processes of those high reputation international accreditation agencies and third-party associations; After comparing the current situation in Chinese public schools and specific cases of the international school libraries that had met the standards and been accredited might bring some enlightenment about information literacy education in Chinese public primary and secondary schools.

Zhang Jin. Information Literacy Status of Chinese School Students under International Education Accreditation Requirements. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 21: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2023.052101.

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