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Gifted Education Programme: Integrated Programme

The Integrated Programmes (IP) have been implemented since the beginning of 2004 to provide clearly university-bound pupils a seamless secondary and junior college enriched education. The pupils proceed directly to the GCE ‘A’-Levels (or its equivalent, such as the International Baccalaureate or school-based diploma) without the need to take 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. These IP schools offer their pupils multiple pathways towards their respective pre-university qualifications. They have the flexibility to develop curriculum best suited to the needs of their pupils, who can now optimise their secondary and junior college education pursuing enriched academic and non-academic curricula in greater depth and breadth.

Of these 11 schools, 7 schools offer School-Based Gifted Education (SBGE) to cater to the intellectually gifted. They are:

The other 4 schools that offer the IP are:

In August 2010, as part of an initiative to provide more choices and opportunities to different groups of learners, former Minister for Education, Dr Ng Eng Hen, announced the expansion of the IP to 7 more schools in the near future. They are: