Gifted Education Programme: Integrated Programme
The Integrated Programmes (IP) have been implemented since the beginning of 2004 to provide a seamless secondary and Junior College enriched education without requiring pupils to sit the GCE O-Level Examination. The time “saved” by not having to prepare for the GCE O-Level Examination is used to develop pupils’ intellectual curiosity, encourage them to undertake research work and provide a broad-based education that is more in tune with desired real-world competencies.
The IP are currently offered in 11 schools. Of these 11 schools, 7 schools offer School-Based Gifted Education (SBGE) to cater to the intellectually gifted. These 7 schools are Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Dunman High School, Hwa Chong Institution (High School), Nanyang Girls’ High School, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary) and Raffles Institution. The other 4 schools that offer the IP are River Valley High School, National Junior College,Temasek Junior College and Victoria Junior College. These 4 schools offer their own IP which are not equivalent to SBGE.
IP Models
IP in the schools are offered in a variety of models:
Model 1
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Dunman High School, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science and River Valley High School offer a 6-year IP starting at Secondary 1. The terminal qualification of the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) IP is the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, while that for the Dunman High School IP and the River Valley High School IP is the GCE A-Level Examination. The NUS High School diploma is awarded at the end of the NUS High School of Mathematics and Science IP.
Model 2
A family of schools with strong affiliations, comprising secondary schools and their affiliated Junior College, provides integrated education from Secondary 1 to JC. Raffles Institution and Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary) together with Raffles Junior College form one family. Hwa Chong Institution has its High School Section and College Section, which are formerly known as The Chinese High School and Hwa Chong Junior College respectively. Nanyang Girls’ High School implemented its Integrated Programme by collaborating with Hwa Chong Institution. The terminal qualification for the Raffles family and Hwa Chong family of schools is the GCE A-Level Examination.
Model 3
National Junior College, Temasek Junior College and Victoria Junior College start their IP from Secondary 3, thus offering a 4-year high school programme. The terminal qualification is the GCE A-Level Examination.
National Junior College will extend its 4-year (Sec 3 to JC 2) IP to a 6-year programme (Sec 1 to JC 2) in 2009. The school will admit students from Secondary 1, with effect from January 2009. The terminal qualification of the 6-year programme is the GCE A-Level Examination.
Admission details can be found at the following school websites: