Singapore's public schools come under the purview of the

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. Singapore has many

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...

s and

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

s, as well as junior colleges, centralised institutes, polytechnics and universities providing

tertiary education Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...

. 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. It is a criminal offence to fail to do so; however, parents may apply for an exemption from the Ministry of Education for their child to be

homeschooled Homeschooling or home schooling, also known as home education or elective home education (EHE), is the education of school-aged children at home or a variety of places other than a school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or an onlin ...

or to attend full-time religious institutions.

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

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, 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 The Integrated Programme (IP) is a scheme that allows high-performing students in secondary schools in Singapore to skip the GCE Ordinary Level (O-Level) examination (typically taken by students at the end of their fourth or fifth year in secon ...

High Schools. All pre-university programmes in Singapore are mixed-sex in tandem with the

'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.

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.

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

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 ITE College East (ITECE) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. It is one of the Institute of Technical Education's three colleges under the "One ITE System, Th ...

was the first to open in

Simei Simei is a subzone located in the eastern part of Singapore, situated within the town of Tampines. The name ''Simei'' is pinyin for "Four Beauties" in Chinese. Formerly known as Tampines South, it was officially renamed to Simei in 1985. Histor ...

in January 2005, and the existing "ITE East Network" campuses were renamed as "

ITE College Central ITE College Central (ITECC) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. It is one of the Institute of Technical Education's three colleges under the "One ITE System, ...

" campuses, to be replaced by a new campus in

Ang Mo Kio Ang Mo Kio is a planning area and residential town situated in the North-East of Singapore. Located approximately north of the Downtown Core district, Ang Mo Kio is the 3rd most populated planning area in the North-East Region and ranks 8th ...

. "ITE West Network" campuses were renamed "

ITE College West ITE College West (ITECW) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. It is one of the Institute of Technical Education's three colleges under the "One ITE System, Thre ...

" campuses, and their new campus will be at

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University of the Arts Singapore

In March 2021, Minister for Education

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announced that Singapore’s first arts university will be established in an alliance between the

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA); (Standard Chinese: 南洋艺术学院; ms, Akademi Seni Halus Nanyang; ta, நன்யாங் அகாடமி ஆஃப் ஃபைன் ஆர்ட்ஸ்) is a publicly-funded post-secondary ar ...

and

LASALLE College of the Arts LASALLE College of the Arts (informally LASALLE) is a publicly-funded post-secondary arts institution, planned to be a constituent college of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) by 2024 along with the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Sing ...

, in a system akin to the

University of the Arts, London University of the Arts London is a collegiate university in London, England, specialising in arts, design, fashion and the performing arts. It is a federation of six arts colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea Col ...

. The formation of the

University of the Arts Singapore The University of the Arts Singapore (UAS); (Standard Chinese: 新加坡艺术大学; ms, Universiti Seni Singapura; ta, சிங்கப்பூர் கலைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a publicly-funded private C ...

(UAS) 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. The seventh local university of Singapore will be the only publicly-funded private university other than the now defunct and restructured

UniSIM SIM University (UniSIM) was a private university in Singapore between 2005 and 2017. The university was established and managed under the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM). It was the only private university in Singapore after Nanyang Uni ...

in Singapore, and also the only university of the arts with its own degree-conferring power in Singapore slated to open in 2024. Constituent colleges: *

Universities

Specialised tertiary schools

Government-Affiliated * BCA Academy *

Singapore Aviation Academy The Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA) is the primary educational and training facility of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. History Singapore Aviation Academy was established in 1958 at Paya Lebar Air Base. In 1972 the school was reloc ...

*IP Academy Others * Aventis School of Management * Jewellery Design and Management International School *

Orita Sinclair School of Design and Music Orita may refer to: * Orița M1941, Romanian World War II submachine gun named after Captain Marin Orița * Orita Hiraochi (1847–1905), Japanese politician * Masaki Orita (born 1942), Japanese lawyer * Shōgo Orita (born 1989), Japanese profess ...

* MAD School *

Intercultural Theatre Institute The Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI), formerly known as Theatre Training & Research Programme (TTRP), is a specialised, independent actor-training school in Singapore that offers a three-year full-time programme that trains actors through co ...

Language Centres

Cambridge Institute (Singapore) Cambridge Institute is a private post-secondary school in Singapore. It is established in 1996 and now has 2,000 full-time students and 150 staff. It has no connection with Cambridge University (UK). The main campus is in the city's central business ...

Ministry of Education Language Centre The Ministry of Education Language Centre (Abbreviation: MOELC) is a centralised educational institution for students in Singapore's education system to learn additional languages. There are two campuses located in Bishan and Newton, which ar ...

* Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre

Special education schools

* Rainbow Centre (operates Margaret Drive Special School) *

Pathlight School Pathlight School is a special school for high-functioning children with autism in Singapore. Founded in 2004, it is run by the non-profit Autism Resource Centre and comprises one half of the national educational provision for autistic children. ...

International schools

Supplementary schools

(JSS; シンガポール日本語補習授業校 ''Shingapōru Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō'') お問合せページ
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. Retrieved on February 13, 2015. "シンガポール The Japanese Supplementary School Singapore 95 Clementi Road, SINGAPORE 129782"

References

External links

Ministry of Education Singapore P1 Registration
(in English)
Singapore Government DirectorySingapore Digital HomeschoolingSkillsFuture Singapore and Workforce Singapore
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Committee for Private Education The Committee for Private Education (CPE) is an agency under the SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and was previously a statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore. The Singapore Workforce Development Agency and Council for Pri ...

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