- See also: Education in Singapore
There are various different types of schools in Singapore. In addition to the usual primary and secondary schools there are also junior colleges and centralized institutes. Singapore also has a number of polytechnics and universities.
[edit] Primary schools
[edit] Government schools
[edit] Government-aided schools
[edit] Secondary schools
Secondary Schools: these offer 4-year courses leading up to the GCE O-level examination.*
* Excluding privately (owned/funded) schools.
[edit] Government schools
[edit] Government-aided schools
[edit] Autonomous schools
[edit] Independent schools
[edit] Integrated Programme (IP) schools
4-year IP leading to the ‘A’ levels
6-year IP leading to the ‘A’ levels
6-year IP leading to the IB
6-year IP leading to the NUS High School Diploma
[edit] Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools
[edit] Specialised schools
[edit] Privately funded schools
[edit] Pre-University Centres
[edit] List of Pre-University Centres
Below is a list of schools offering a two or three-year pre-university education in Singapore, along with the special programmes offered by the schools. The year of establishment in this article reflects the year in which the pre-university programme is implemented, particularly for the Integrated Programme High Schools. All pre-university programmes in Singapore are co-educational in tandem with the Ministry of Education's (MOE) requirements.
| Code |
Zone |
College Name |
Established |
Address |
Type |
Special Programmes |
| English |
Chinese |
Abb. |
| 0705 |
North |
Anderson Junior College |
安德逊初级学院 |
AJC |
1984 |
4500 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 |
Government |
|
| 7001 |
West |
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) IB World School |
英华中学 (自主) |
ACS(I)-IBDP |
2004 (IBDP) |
121 Dover Road |
Independent |
IP, MEP |
| 0803 |
West |
Anglo-Chinese Junior College |
英华初级学院 |
ACJC |
1977 |
25 Dover Close East |
Government-Aided |
MEP, DEP(TSD), LEP (EL) |
| 0802 |
South |
Catholic Junior College |
公教初级学院 |
CJC |
1975 |
129 Whitley Road |
Government-Aided |
LEP (EL) |
| 3101 |
East |
Dunman High School |
德明政府中学 |
DHS |
2005 - IP |
53 Mount Sinai Road (Temporary) |
Autonomous |
IP, MEP, BSP |
| 0806 |
Central |
Hwa Chong Institution |
华侨中学 |
HCI |
1974 |
661 Bukit Timah Road |
Independent |
IP, HP, LEP (CL), AEP, BSP |
| 0713 |
North |
Innova Junior College |
星烁初级学院 |
IJC |
2005 |
21 Champions Way |
Government |
LEP (ML) |
| 0703 |
West |
Jurong Junior College |
裕廊初级学院 |
JJC |
1981 |
800 Corporation Road |
Government |
LEP (CL) |
| 0712 |
East |
Meridian Junior College |
美廉初级学院 |
MJC |
2003 |
21 Pasir Ris Street 71 |
Government |
|
| 0908 |
West |
Millennia Institute |
励仁高级中学 |
MI |
2004 |
60 Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 |
Government |
DTP |
| 0805 |
North |
Nanyang Junior College |
南洋初级学院 |
NYJC |
1978 |
128 Serangoon Avenue 3 |
Government-Aided |
LEP (CL), AEP |
| 0712 |
Central |
National Junior College |
国家初级学院 |
NJC |
1969 |
37 Hillcrest Road |
Government |
IP, HP, AEP, MEP, STaR |
| 7801 |
West |
NUS High School of Mathematics and Science |
新加坡国立大学附属数理中学 |
NUSHS |
2005 |
20 Clementi Ave 1 |
Independent |
IP, DIP |
| 0711 |
West |
Pioneer Junior College |
先驱初级学院 |
PJC |
1999 |
21 Teck Whye Walk |
Government |
|
| 0704 |
South |
Raffles Junior College |
莱佛士初级学院 |
RJC |
1982 |
10 Bishan Street 21 |
Independent |
IP, HP, LEP (JL), LEP (EL), MEP, TSD |
| 3103 |
West |
River Valley High School |
立化中学 |
RVHS |
2006 |
2 Malan Road (Temporary) |
Autonomous |
IP, BSP |
| 0710 |
North |
Serangoon Junior College |
实龙岗初级学院 |
SRJC |
1988 |
1033 Upper Serangoon Road |
Government |
|
| 0804 |
South |
Saint Andrew's Junior College |
圣安德烈初级学院 |
SAJC |
1978 |
55 Potong Pasir Avenue 1 |
Government-Aided |
|
| 0709 |
East |
Tampines Junior College |
淡滨尼初级学院 |
TPJC |
1986 |
2 Tampines Avenue 9 |
Government |
LEP (ML), TSD |
| 0702 |
East |
Temasek Junior College |
淡马锡初级学院 |
TJC |
1977 |
22 Bedok South Road |
Government |
IP, HP, LEP (CL), MEP |
| 0706 |
East |
Victoria Junior College |
维多利亚初级学院 |
VJC |
1984 |
20 Marine Vista |
Government |
IP, HP, TSD, NAV |
| 0708 |
North |
Yishun Junior College |
义顺初级学院 |
YJC |
1986 |
3 Yishun Ring Road |
Government |
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[edit] Abbreviations Used
MOE-based Programmes:
- HP: Humanities Programme
- LEP: Language Elective Programme
- AEP: Art Elective Programme
- MEP: Music Elective Programme
- TSD/DEP: Theatre Studies and Drama / Drama Elective Programme
MOE-Endorsed School-based Programmes:
- IP: Integrated Programme - Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'A' Level track or IB Diploma Programme (IBDP)
- BSP: Bi-Cultural Studies Programme (Chinese)
- DTP: Dual-Track Programme (GCE 'A' Level Certification & Diploma)
- STaR: National Junior College Science Training and Research (STaR) Programme
- NAV: NUS-A*Star-VJC (NAV) Science Research Programme
These schools can be divided into two groups - Junior Colleges, and Centralised Institutes
[edit] Junior Colleges (JC)
These offer 2-year courses leading up to the GCE A-level examination. See List of junior colleges in Singapore.
[edit] Centralised Institutes (CI)
The only Centralised Institute offer 3-year course leading up to the GCE A-level examination in Arts, Science and Commerce is Millennia Institute (MI)
[edit] Language centres
[edit] Technical schools
[edit] Post-Secondary institutes
The Institute of Technical Education campuses were reorganised under the "Collegiate system" into 3 major colleges around the island, a regrouping and renaming exercise which took effect on 1 January 2005. ITE College East was the first to open in Simei in January 2005, and the existing "ITE East Network" campuses were renamed as "ITE College Central" campuses, to be replaced by a new campus in Ang Mo Kio. "ITE West Network" campuses were renamed "ITE College West" campuses, and their new campus will be at Choa Chu Kang. The two new campuses will open by 2015 .
ITE College Central (Former ITE East Network)
- ITE College Central (Bedok)
- ITE College Central (Bishan)
- ITE College Central (MacPherson)
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- ITE College Central (Tampines)
- ITE College Central (Yishun)
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ITE College West (Former ITE West Network)
- ITE College West (Ang Mo Kio)
- ITE College West (Balestier)
- ITE College West (Bukit Batok)
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- ITE College West (Clementi)
- ITE College West (Dover)
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ITE College East (Regional Campus at Simei)
[edit] Polytechnics
[edit] Universities
See also List of universities in Singapore
[edit] Singapore universities
[edit] International universities
[edit] Undergraduate, permanent campus
[edit] Graduate Arts School
New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia [1]
[edit] Postgraduate, permanent campus
[edit] Postgraduate in collaboration with local universities
[edit] Specialised tertiary schools
[edit] Special education schools
[edit] International schools
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International Schools: these offer various courses including IGCSE and IB
[edit] Statistics: Number of schools in Singapore (in year 2006)
- Number of Primary Schools in Singapore : 176
- Number of Secondary Schools in Singapore: 164
[edit] References
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