Singapore's public schools come under the purview of the Ministry of Education. Singapore has many primary schools and secondary schools, as well as junior colleges, centralised institutes, polytechnics and universities providing tertiary education.

Under the Compulsory Education Act which came into effect on 1 January 2003, all children have to start attending primary school at the age of 7.[1] It is a criminal offence to fail to do so;[1] however, parents may apply for an exemption from the Ministry of Education for their child to be homeschooled or to attend full-time religious institutions.[2]

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Junior Colleges and Millennia Institute

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 mixed-sex in tandem with the Ministry of Education's (MOE) requirements. These schools can be divided into two groups: junior colleges and centralised institutes.

Junior colleges (JC)

These offer two-year courses leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'A' Level or International Baccalaureate examinations.

CodePlanning

Area

 Planning SubzoneCollege nameEstablishedAddressTypeSpecial programmesRemarks
EnglishChineseAbb.
0715Ang Mo Kio Yio Chu KangAnderson Serangoon Junior College 安德逊实龙岗初级学院ASRJC1984 (AJC)

1988 (SRJC)

2019 (ASRJC)

 4500 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6GovernmentTLEPFormed from the merger of Anderson JC and Serangoon JC
0803Queenstown DoverAnglo-Chinese Junior College英华初级学院ACJC197725 Dover Close EastGovernment-aidedELEP, HSP, MEP, DEP
7001 Queenstown Dover Anglo-Chinese IB Junior College 英华自主中学 ACS(I) 1886 121 Dover Road Independent MEP, HSP, RSP International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
0802Novena MalcolmCatholic Junior College公教初级学院CJC1975129 Whitley RoadGovernment-aidedELEP
3101Kallang Tanjong RhuDunman High School德明政府中学DHS1956

2005 – IP

 10 Tanjong Rhu RoadAutonomousBSP, CLEP, MEPAccepting first batch of JAE students from 2019
0714Queenstown Ghim MohEunoia Junior College诺雅初级学院EJC20172 Sin Ming PlaceGovernmentMSP, HSP, BSP
0806Bukit Timah Coronation RoadHwa Chong Institution华侨中学HCI1974(HCJC)

2005(HCI)

 661 Bukit Timah RoadIndependentAEP, CLEP, HSP, BSP
0718Choa Chu Kang Teck WhyeJurong Pioneer Junior College 裕廊先驱初级学院JPJC1981 (JJC)

1999 (PJC)

2019 (JPJC)

 21 Teck Whye WalkGovernmentCLEP, MLEPFormed from the merger of Jurong JC and Pioneer JC
0805 Serangoon Serangoon Central Nanyang Junior College 南洋初级学院 NYJC 1978 128 Serangoon Avenue 3 Government-aided AEP, CLEP
0701Bukit Timah HillcrestNational Junior College国家初级学院NJC196937 Hillcrest RoadGovernmentAEP, CLEP
3009Bishan MarymountRaffles Institution莱佛士书院RI1982(RJC)

2009 (RI)

 1 Raffles Institution LaneIndependentELEP, HSP, MEP, RSP
3103Jurong West Boon Lay PlaceRiver Valley High School立化中学RVHS19566 Boon Lay AvenueAutonomousBSPAccepting first batch of JAE students from 2019
0804Toa Payoh Potong PasirSaint Andrew's Junior College圣安德烈初级学院SAJC19785 Sorby Adams DriveGovernment-aided
7020 Novena Malcolm St. Joseph's Institution 圣若瑟书院 SJI 1852 38 Malcolm Road Independent International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
0717Pasir Ris Pasir Ris WestTampines Meridian Junior College淡滨尼美廉初级学院TMJC1986 (TPJC)

2003 (MJC)

2019 (TMJC)

 21 Pasir Ris Street 71GovernmentDEP, MLEP
0702Bedok Bedok SouthTemasek Junior College淡马锡初级学院TJC197722 Bedok South RoadGovernmentCLEP, HSP. MEP
0706Bedok SiglapVictoria Junior College维多利亚初级学院VJC198420 Marine VistaGovernmentHSP, DEP, RSP
0716Yishun Yishun WestYishun Innova Junior College义顺星烁初级学院YIJC1986 (YJC)

2005 (IJC)

2019 (YIJC)

 3 Yishun Ring RoadGovernmentMLEPMerged with other JCs

Millennia Institute (MI)

The only centralized institute in Singapore is Millennia Institute (MI), which offers a three-year course leading to the GCE A-level examination in arts, science, and commerce.[3]

Abbreviations

MOE-based programmes:

  • AEP = Art Elective Programme
  • MEP = Music Elective Programme
  • RSP = Regional Studies Programme
  • HSP = Humanities Scholarship and Programme
  • CLEP = Language Elective Programme (Chinese)
  • MLEP = Language Elective Programme (Malay)
  • TLEP = Language Elective Programme (Tamil)
  • ELEP = Language Elective Programme (English)
  • BSP = Bicultural Studies Programme

Polytechnics

Founded Polytechnic Students
Full name Abbrev.
1954 Singapore Polytechnic
新加坡理工学院
Politeknik Singapura
சிங்கப்பூர் பலதுறைத் தொழில்நுட்பக்கல்லூரி		 SP 16,871 (2022)[4]
1963 Ngee Ann Polytechnic
义安理工学院
Politeknik Ngee Ann
நீ யான் பலதுறைத் தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரி)		 NP 13,637 (2021)[5]
1990 Temasek Polytechnic
淡马锡理工学院
Politeknik Temasek
தெமாசெக் பலதுறைத் தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரி		 TP 14,248 (2019)[6]
1992 Nanyang Polytechnic
南洋理工学院
Politeknik Nanyang
நன்யாங் பலதுறைத் தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரி		 NYP 14,715 (2019)[7]
2002 Republic Polytechnic
共和理工学院
Politeknik Republik
ரிப்பப்லிக் பலதுறைத் தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரி		 RP 11,668 (2022)[8]

Institute of Technical Education (ITE)

The Institute of Technical Education campuses were reorganized under the "collegiate system" into three 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.

University of the Arts Singapore

In March 2021, Minister for Education Lawrence Wong announced that Singapore’s first arts university will be established in an alliance between the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts, in a system akin to the University of the Arts, London.[9] The formation of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS)[10] will see both colleges under the umbrella university be given degree-awarding powers independent of their current foreign partners, where the current long-distance degrees are issued through foreign universities. Singaporeans and permanent residents (PRs) enrolled in the approved degree programmes at the university of the arts will pay subsidised fees, comparable to those at autonomous universities here.[11]

The seventh local university of Singapore will be the only publicly-funded private university other than the now defunct and restructured UniSIM in Singapore, and also the only university of the arts with its own degree-conferring power in Singapore slated to open in 2024.[10]

Constituent colleges:

Universities

Specialised tertiary schools

Language Centres

Special education schools

International schools

Supplementary schools

The Japanese Supplementary School Singapore (JSS; シンガポール日本語補習授業校 Shingapōru Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō)[13] - a Japanese supplementary school[14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Compulsory Education Act (Chapter 51)" (PDF). Attorney-General Chambers Singapore. UNESCO. 2000. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Singapore: Compulsory education". Archived from the original on 6 July 2006. Retrieved 1 May 2006.
  3. ↑ "Centralised Institutes". Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Singapore Polytechnic (2022). "Facts and Figures as at 31 Mar 2022". Shaping the New Normal in Education: SP Annual Report 2021/2022 (PDF). p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Ngee Ann Polytechnic (2021). 2020/2021 Annual Report (PDF). p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Temasek Polytechnic Annual Report 2018/19".
  7. ↑ "Nanyang Polytechnic Facts & Figures" (PDF).
  8. ↑ Republic Polytechnic. "Student Intake & Enrolment". Annual Report 2021/2022 (PDF). p. 13.
  9. ↑ "Singapore's first university of the arts to be established in NAFA and LASALLE alliance". CNA.
  10. 1 2 "Singapore's first arts university, formed by NAFA and LASALLE alliance, to welcome students from 2024". CNA.
  11. ↑ "Singapore to get first university of the arts, formed by alliance between Nafa and Lasalle". The Straits Times. 3 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "Post-secondary". Ministry of Education, Singapore. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "お問合せページ." The Japanese Supplementary School Singapore. Retrieved on February 14, 2015.
  14. ↑ "アジアの補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）" (). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Retrieved on February 13, 2015. "シンガポール The Japanese Supplementary School Singapore 95 Clementi Road, SINGAPORE 129782"
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