Integrated Programme (IP)

[daisyt]

Hi micko07, thanks for sharing and I am glad you are so kind to share. I am one of the parents who are not sure about IP when my girl was choosing her sec school. I actually asked around 5 parents / adults and all gave me the same answer, "No for IP because its too risky." After discussed with my girl, she is willing to accept the challenge and to her IP teaching method sounds interesting and she wants to go for it. Hence out of all her 6 choices, 4 are IPs. She has also told me a lot of similar stories of what you have mentioned here about RGSS. She is NYGH crazy and she is going to be happy to read your posting.


I personally still prefer a school that emphasise on chinese culture and fortunate enough, her aggregiate allows her to choose these schools.

One thing I would like to share. A teacher was telling me, to decide whether to choose IP or not, depends a lot on your child’s learning attitute and character. If the child is those quiet type and prefers traditional teaching and learning environment, IP is not suitable. And I quite agree with this …

[FlameFighter]

everybody onli talks about RGS and NYGH, ,wat about other IP skus lik Dunman High and River Valley High? From wat i noe, the costs of RGS & NYGH sch fees are vry expensive and not lik DHS(around $22) every month. this has shown that DHS has been progressing steadily, although it does not have such a high sku fee like RGS and NYGH. So why isit that ppl still talk like RGS and Nygh are the top pririority? ( same goes for RVHS although not sure bout the sku fees)

[lizawa]

FlameFighter:

everybody onli talks about RGS and NYGH, ,wat about other IP skus lik Dunman High and River Valley High? From wat i noe, the costs of RGS & NYGH sch fees are vry expensive and not lik DHS(around $22) every month. this has shown that DHS has been progressing steadily, although it does not have such a high sku fee like RGS and NYGH. So why isit that ppl still talk like RGS and Nygh are the top pririority? ( same goes for RVHS although not sure bout the sku fees)

RGS and NYGH are independent schools, hence the higher school fees. But if you get the MOE scholarship, MOE will pay for the school fees (up to $2400 per year) for 6 years.

The different schools' IP Programmes are not the same, although they all skipped 'O' levels. DHS, RVH, NJC will have school fees like government schools cos' they are not independent. Also, we haven't seen the pioneer batch of IP students from DHS, RVH or NJC graduate yet.

[Vanilla Cake]

lizawa:

Also, we haven't seen the pioneer batch of IP students from DHS, RVH or NJC graduate yet.

DHS's pioneer IP batch started in 2005 and took this year's A lvl. Next year (2009) sometime in March will the results be released. This was what I heard from the principal's speech this morning.

[Vanilla Cake]

VJC considering IP intake at year 1 ? Pls read this thread :

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/printfriendly/0,4139,156789,00.html

[WeiHan]

I have been curious how parents choose schools for their kids. What criterias and qualities of the schools do they really find out before they make decisions? Is the quality of independent schools really better than non-independent schools? If so, what are they?


Maybe even choosing schools reveal much of Singaporeans trait, "choose the longest queue and you won’t be too wrong".

[daisyt]

Hi WeiHan, I can share my own experience in helping my child to choose her school. I do not choose the schools for her, I leave it to her to make her own decision. However I told her, my only criteria is, it must be a SAP school. That’s my individual preference because I always hope my child can be nurtured in a strong chinese culture enviornment.


Then it happened that majority of the SAP schools are IP. My worries came in and after talking to her and checking around, she told us she was willing to take up that challenge and put in extra effort. (IP is quite risky, at least that’s the feedback I received from most parents). My job was to tell her all the feedbacks I have received (good and bad) and the consequences. That’s how she came up her list of 6 choices.

[WeiHan]

Vanilla Cake:

I am in a dilemma.Based on last year's COP :


Dunman High School - 260
National Junior College (Secondary Section ) - ?
Nanyang Girls' High School - 265
Raffles Girls' School (Secondary ) - 266
River Valley High School - 254

I got 260. Could I use merit in HCL to add 2 bonus points to become 262 if I apply for SAP schools? Heard that DHS's COP is very high and that those getting borderline COPs do not automatically get into DHS.

Hi Lizawa,

After deducting DSA students, how many left for S1 intake for NJC?
Any chance for me to get into NJC since this is the first year that they are taking Sec 1 students for IP? Will the COP be high ?

Warmest regards.

Looks like the mean psle agg for DSA is lower for most schools. For example, for Dunman High, according to the principal's tabulation, the mean agg for 2007 batch is 260 instead of the higher number shown in the MOE website. http://www.dhs.sg/adm/newspdf/2008DHSprogramme.pdf

I think it will be nice if MOE can includes these info in their website such as how many students get a place through DSA and their mean score etc....

[pink clouds]

Actually, a lower mean aggregate for DSA applicants may not always be true. I was a DSA applicant who was shortlisted for the NYGH interview along with many of my other friends who applied for it through academics. We were all rejected when the results came out, except for one, but still managed to get into NYGH through the MOE central posting. I asked around in school, and most of the DSA applicants who got in had a higher PSLE mean aggregate than the COP. I’m not sure about those who got in through sports, but you must definitely meet a certain mean aggregate before they will take you. I’m not sure about DHS, RVHS or NJC, but I guess that it should work that way as all of them are IP schools. Anyway, getting in for DSA is getting more and more difficult nowadays, especially through academics.Wishing all of this years’ DSA applicants good luck!

[flowermama]

My sec one son is currently in RV. He cannot understand the notes given by his science teacher, seems too cheem. So I enrol him in Just education IP Science class. He thinks the materials are good. They also have some "SPA" training which seems important.