Art Elective Programme (AEP)

The AEP is designed to enable pupils with both academic and artistic abilities to undertake a challenging Art programme. It aims to develop pupils’ conceptual and analytical faculties by placing equal emphasis on both the practical and theoretical aspects of Art. Pupils are encouraged to explore their thoughts, feelings and ideas through a variety of art practices. Emphasis is also placed on the study of visual arts, in which pupils develop skills to make critical judgements about the images they encounter.

The AEP is a four-year course that prepares pupils for the GCE ’O’ Level Higher Art Examination. Pupils selected for the AEP will take Higher Art in place of Design & Technology and Home Economics at the lower secondary level. In the mainstream schools, AEP pupils are expected to complete the four-year course and offer Higher Art as a subject for examination at ’O’ level. AEP pupils in the Integrated Programme (IP) schools offer H2 and H3 Art as examination subjects at ‘A’ level. They may opt to sit for the ‘O’ level Higher Art examination.

The Art Elective Programme (AEP) is offered only at the following schools:

School	Type
CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)*	Autonomous
Hwa Chong Institution	SAP, Independent
Nanyang Girls’ High	SAP, Independent
Victoria School	Autonomous

* Applicable only to the Express Course

Pupils interested in the AEP are advised to select schools offering the programme among the six choices of school. They are encouraged to select an AEP school as their first choice.

To qualify for the AEP, the pupil must first meet the entry requirement of the Express courses in the selected school. Upon admission to the school, the pupil must apply for the programme at the school and must pass an internal AEP Selection Test set by the school.

Higher Art in the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination is equivalent to a Humanities subject. Pupils who offer Higher Art will be allowed to use the Art grade as a Humanities subject grade for admission to junior college.