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Singapore is a racially and linguistically diverse city-state, with four official languages: English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay and Tamil. [4] During British colonial rule (1819-1942), [5] a variety of school systems were in place and most schools taught exclusively in one of the above four languages.
After the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in the 1980s, there was a growing trend of learning Mandarin. Many students and citizens paid for private Mandarin courses offered by institutions, and many visited research societies and language centers to inquire about learning Mandarin.
The Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC; traditional Chinese: 講華語運動; simplified Chinese: 讲华语运动; pinyin: Jiǎng Huáyǔ Yùndòng) is an initiative by the Government of Singapore to encourage the Chinese Singaporean population to speak Standard Mandarin Chinese, one of the four official languages of Singapore.
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The initiative aims to boost GCSE Latin entries and will be modelled on the success of the Mandarin Excellence Programme, launched in 2016 in response to the growing importance of Mandarin as a global language. The programme now involves 75 schools across the country with more than 6,000 pupils learning Mandarin towards fluency. [26] With the ...
Australian International School Singapore (AISS) Australia: Lorong Chuan: Preschool - Secondary (Grade 12) IGCSE, HSC, IB Diploma Programme: 2,300: 1993 Canadian International School (Singapore) (CISS) Canada International: Jurong West Street 41: Preschool - Secondary (Grade 12) IB - Primary Years Program (PYP), Middle Years Program (MYP) and ...
The Integrated Programme, also known as the "Through-Train Programme" (直通车), is a scheme which allows secondary students in Singapore to bypass "O" levels (except for those taking Higher Mother Tongue) and take A levels, International Baccalaureate Diploma or an equivalent examination directly at the age of 18 after six years of secondary ...
Under the programme, NYGH students and HCI High School students proceed to the HCI College Section for their pre-university education in Years 5 and 6, [28] and sit for the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations at the end of Year 6. However, HCI High School and NYGH students who have not achieved a Mean Subject Grade (MSG) of 3.00 ...