1 / 25

The Education System of Singapore

The Education System of Singapore. General Education System. The curriculum generally includes programmes in English and a second language To maximise their potential, students are streamed according to their learning ability before advancing to the orientation stage.

selia
Download Presentation

The Education System of Singapore

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Education System of Singapore

  2. General Education System

  3. The curriculum generally includes programmes in English • and a second language • To maximise their potential, students are streamed according • to their learning ability before advancing to the orientation stage. •   pupils are placed in one of three language streams, namely • EM1, EM2, and EM3, according to their abilities.

  4. -> Pupils in the EM1 and EM2 streams do English, Mother • Tongue, Mathematics and Science. • -> EM1 pupils may do higher Chinese/ Malay/ Tamil as their • Mother Tongue. • -> Pupils in the EM3 stream do Foundation English, basic • Mother Tongue and Foundation Mathematics. At the end • of Primary 6, students sit for the Primary School Leaving • Examination (PSLE). • - Secondary education : the Special, Express or Normal Course. • -> SpecialandExpressCourses students: • (GCE 'O') Level examination in four years.

  5. Special Course • The four-year Special course provides able pupils with the opportunity to study English and the Mother Tongue at a higher level, that is, Higher Chinese, Higher Malay or Higher Tamil.

  6. Express Course • The Express course: Unlike pupils in the Special course, pupils study English and the Mother Tongue, that is, Chinese, Malay or Tamil.

  7. Normal Course • Students in the Normal Course can opt for the Academic or Technical stream, both of which : (GCE 'N') 'Normal' Level examination in four years of study • if pass, finish GCE 'O' Level examination in the fifth year.

  8. After completing the GCE 'O' Level examination… Students can go to : • 1)junior college for a two-year pre-university course OR • 2) centralised institute for a three-year pre-university course.

  9. --two compulsory subjects, namely General Paper and the Mother Tongue --maximum 4 GCE 'A' Level subjects from the Arts, Science or Commerce courses.  --at the end of the pre-university course, students sit for the GCE 'A' Level examination.

  10. The three local universities in Singapore • National University of Singapore (NUS) • Nanyang Technological University (NTU) • Singapore Management University (SMU)

  11. School Fees and Miscellaneous Fees

  12. National University of Singapore (NUS)

  13. History • formed through a merger between the University of Singapore and Nanyang University on 8 August 1980 • Benjamin Sheares, President of the Republic of Singapore, became the University's first Chancellor • Dr Tony Tan was appointed the Vice-Chancellor and the Minister for Education concurrently

  14. NUS Vision • Towards a Global Knowledge Enterprise • Building synergies between education, research and entrepreneurship

  15. NUS Mission • Advance knowledge and foster innovation, educate students and nurture talent, in service of country and society

  16. Facts • - NUS has 11 faculties, with an enrolment of more than • 23,000 undergraduate and 9,000 graduate students. • NUS enjoys a close teaching-research nexus with 13 • national-level, 10 university-level and more than 60 • faculty-based research institutes and centres

  17. Architecture Arts and Social Sciences Building and Real Estate Business Administration Computer Engineering Computing Dentistry Industrial Design Law Medicine Music Pharmacy Science Bioengineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Environmental Engineering Industrial and Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate courses

  18. Nanyang Technological University

  19. History • Established in 1991 • Formerly known as Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) • Now abbreviated as NTU • Prof Su Guaning, President of NTU now

  20. Nanyang Vision • NTU is now repositioning itself for the knowledge-based economy and to surmount the challenges of new knowledge revolutions, including the life sciences revolution

  21. Organisation • The governing body of the University is the Council. It appoints staff and determines the terms and conditions of appointments. It also controls the University's property, finance and general affairs. • The supreme academic body of the University is the Academic Board which has control over admission, examination, instruction and research and has the power to award degrees, diplomas and certificates.

  22. Engineering The College of Engineering consists of 5 schools. Civil and Environmental Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Materials Engineering Mechanical and Production Engineering Non-Engineering Nanyang Business School (Accountancy and Business) Biological Sciences Communication and Information Humanities and Social Sciences NIE (National Institute of Education) School of Art, Design& Media Schools

  23. Facts • 1 Graduate Hall and 15 Halls of residence

  24. Degree Programmes

More Related