Integrated Programme (IP)

[xxjustakidxx]

knowledge321:

My dd is sec 2 this year in an autonomous sec sch and I going to let her try the admission test to Temasek JC and Victoria JC for next year sec 3 IP programme.


Can someone advise the difficulty level of the ip entrance test
of Temasek Jc and Victoria JC? Is any preparation required? Any advice?

Thank you in advance for your advices.

Why not trying out for others- NYGH, RGS? Their IP path leads you to better JCs like RI(JC) and HCI(college section)

[knowledge321]

Your suggestion noted. Thanks

[VitoRelax]

xxjustakidxx:

verykiasu2010:

for NYPS girls to get into NYGH under affiliation scheme, the minimum T-score must be 250 and above


To maintain the affiliation is to help continue the culture and values of the Nanyang family of schools.

NYGH was founded as a non-government school which became a government aided school, part of the funding is from donors, they have their board of governors while RGS / RI is a purely government school

RGS, RI, NYGH, HCI are all independent schools. NJC, DHS, RVHS are government aided.

Are the fees in RGS, RI, HCI & NYGH the same ?

[verykiasu2010]

xxjustakidxx:

verykiasu2010:

for NYPS girls to get into NYGH under affiliation scheme, the minimum T-score must be 250 and above


To maintain the affiliation is to help continue the culture and values of the Nanyang family of schools.

NYGH was founded as a non-government school which became a government aided school, part of the funding is from donors, they have their board of governors while RGS / RI is a purely government school

RGS, RI, NYGH, HCI are all independent schools. NJC, DHS, RVHS are government aided.

RGS, RI, NJC are 100% government school, though it may be IP school. That is why RGPS has no affiliation to RGSS.

NYGH though is IP but is government aided - meaning the clan association still has a say in the funding and the direction of the school

I have no idea on RV & DHS

[mathsparks]

Based on this link, it says that RI is an Independent School.


http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_SearchDtls.asp?strCode=3009&snm=RAFFLES INSTITUTION

[mummyjoyce]

RGS, RI, NJC are 100% government school, though it may be IP school. That is why RGPS has no affiliation to RGSS.


NYGH though is IP but is government aided - meaning the clan association still has a say in the funding and the direction of the school

I have no idea on RV & DHS[/quote]

The above is incorrect: RGSS and school likes SCGC/MGS are Independent with different programmes offer. There is no link between affination and how the schools are grouped under.

RGSS:
Type of School
: INDEPENDENT SCHOOL/ GIRLS' SCHOOL/ SINGLE SESSION
Programme
: Integrated Programme

[VitoRelax]

What are the fees like in RGS, RI, HCI & NYGH ?

[corneyAmber]

VitoRelax:

What are the fees like in RGS, RI, HCI & NYGH ?

Nah Apek, entertain you a bit since no one seems to be answering you, see you like so poor thing like that :

RGS - http://www.rgs.edu.sg/newsite/news/Fees_Info.pdf

RI - http://www.ri.sch.edu.sg/en/special/admission-and-fees.html

HCI - http://www.hwachong.edu.sg/ContentPage.asp?SID=16

NYGH - http://www.nygh.moe.edu.sg/students/student_finance.shtml

[verykiasu2010]

mummyjoyce:

RGS, RI, NJC are 100% government school, though it may be IP school. That is why RGPS has no affiliation to RGSS.


NYGH though is IP but is government aided - meaning the clan association still has a say in the funding and the direction of the school

I have no idea on RV & DHS

The above is incorrect: RGSS and school likes SCGC/MGS are Independent with different programmes offer. There is no link between affination and how the schools are grouped under.

RGSS:
Type of School
: INDEPENDENT SCHOOL/ GIRLS' SCHOOL/ SINGLE SESSION
Programme
: Integrated Programme[/quote]

you are right from the academic program point of view - they are independent from MOE's curriculum.

However, they still cannot admit any student they like = must follow MOE guideline of minimum t-score 250 ...

from the government funding point of view, they are government schools

they are set up, run by (until they gone \"independent\" recently), and funded by the government

they do not have board of governors representing the donors / clan association

the Methodist Church in Singapore have some bearing on MGS, and their primary students are affiliated to MGS secondary (cut off point 220)

SCGS was founded by private donors and their alumni still has influence on the cut-off points from the primary to the secondary section of the school (cut of point 201)

Those schools previously founded by private donors are now government-aided schools because MOE must have control over national education in exchange for funding them. Those government aided schools must still raise their own money for many projects BEFORE government will come in.


I prefer not to debate all these with anyone. Just pointing out what is really independent and what is not

[CoffeeCat]

Lol we are not debating with you. We are merely trying to clarify things, especially when we come across something so counter-intuitive to our web of beliefs.


So at the end of the day, your definition of \"government\" is different from what we heard from the media (\"govt, govt-aided, independent schools\")?
That it means as long as it received funding from the govt, the govt sees them as government schools?
That is they have a board of governor and that board is not representing donors/clan association then it is a \"govt\" school?
So at the end of the day \"what is really independent\"?

In case you truly know something that the rest of us don't, perhaps you might enlighten us more on this issue.

From this page
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/primary/primary-to-secondary/
moe states that independent school had full rights to admit anyone, so do your minimum guideline of 250 still applies? (this could be an internal thing for all we know).

I don't know how much independent schools depend on the government for funding but I know they exercise their \"independence\" by charging high fees (i suppose this is what keeps independent school going) and have their rights to hire teachers as well.
I don't know about this but if the independent schools charge so much for fees do they still expect funding from the govt?

Anyway for the rest of us who are curious, this pdf file highlighted the history of the independent school scheme.
http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/33/3300520.pdf