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Integrated Programme

School of life: Gen Z boss with PSLE cert opens neon art-jamming studios after quitting JC and Nafa

Ms Merida Lim showing off glow-in-the-dark slime, which customers can make at Scuro.
Ms Merida Lim showing off glow-in-the-dark slime, which customers can make at Scuro.

About 6% to 7% of Integrated Programme students leave before completing six years: MOE

Ngee Ann Poly student Tan Zhi En (left) left River Valley High to study biomedical sciences while Nanyang Poly student Kang Wen Yu left after finding it was not a good fit.
Ngee Ann Poly student Tan Zhi En (left) left River Valley High to study biomedical sciences while Nanyang Poly student Kang Wen Yu left after finding it was not a good fit.

Leaving ‘safe path’: IP student who quit JC to study fashion now a cosplay influencer on TikTok

Elise Lim, 19, Fashion Design Student at Temasek Poly, at her home studio on Apr 7, 2025.
Elise Lim, 19, Fashion Design Student at Temasek Poly, at her home studio on Apr 7, 2025.

Through train: 2 integrated programmes that let students skip the O levels and go to a polytechnic

The first batch of 50 Secondary 4 students from the School of Science and Technology will skip the O levels this year and go on to Ngee Ann Polytechnic for a diploma in the STEM field.  (From left) P Sadhanah, 15, Fera Qairissa Amin, 16, Ng Kian Ping, 15, Jarell Song, 16
The first batch of 50 Secondary 4 students from the School of Science and Technology will skip the O levels this year and go on to Ngee Ann Polytechnic for a diploma in the STEM field.  (From left) P Sadhanah, 15, Fera Qairissa Amin, 16, Ng Kian Ping, 15, Jarell Song, 16

PSLE results: Those who didn’t get into integrated programme can still do well in IP junior colleges

Parents whose child is not admitted into an IP school after PSLE should not be unduly worried that he or she may be disadvantaged in learning, compared with students in IP schools.
Parents whose child is not admitted into an IP school after PSLE should not be unduly worried that he or she may be disadvantaged in learning, compared with students in IP schools.

Forum: Expand Bicultural Studies Programme to more schools in Singapore

End of streaming: Worries over mixing with Normal students may drive parents to chase IP schools

The Integrated Programme schools, which allow students to skip the O levels and go straight to their A levels or International Baccalaureate, along with schools which take in only Express stream students, will be largely untouched by the move to repl
The Integrated Programme schools, which allow students to skip the O levels and go straight to their A levels or International Baccalaureate, along with schools which take in only Express stream students, will be largely untouched by the move to repl

Nanyang Girls' High apologises after attire check made students 'feel uncomfortable'

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The shame of dropping out of the Integrated Programme

Final two IP schools to join Joint Admissions Exercise

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.