Parliamentary Replies
IP Students' Performance
Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Ong Ah Heng, MP for Nee Soon Central
Question
To ask the Minister for Education since its inception in 2004, how many students in the Integrated Programme did not pass the GCE ‘A’ level examination or equivalent examinations and ended 6 years of education without a certificate.
Response
There are no passing criteria set for the GCE ‘A’ Level examination. All students who pass at least one subject in the GCE ‘A’ Level examination will receive a certificate indicating their results.
Last year, the first batch of Integrated Programme (IP) students from Hwa Chong Institution, National Junior College and Raffles Junior College sat for the ‘A’ Level examination. 98.2% of IP students obtained a pass in 3 H2 subjects and General Paper/Knowledge and Inquiry, similar to the performance of the previous cohort of non-IP students in the same schools.
As with previous cohorts from these schools before IP was introduced, there were a few students who did not meet the minimum criteria to apply for admission to the National University of Singapore or the Nanyang Technological University. These students have chosen to repeat their ‘A’ Levels, or apply to overseas educational institutions using their ‘A’ Level and school-based results.
The first batch of IP students from Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) took the International Baccalaureate (IB) examination in November 2007. All of them were awarded the IB Diploma, including one student who re-sat for one paper in May 08.