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Autonomous schools have more autonomy as compared to other government-run secondary schools to plan their own curriculum and activities. [3] However, such schools may charge additional, miscellaneous fees on top of the regular school fees paid by all students attending government or government-aided schools. [3]
Monthly school fees for Singapore PRs and international students in government and government-aided schools are set to increase by up to $150 for the next two years.
Therefore, school fees in public schools are heavily subsidised. There is no school fee for 6 years of compulsory education in primary school although students still need to pay standard miscellaneous fees of $6.50 per month. [26] Moreover, schools may optionally charge second-tier miscellaneous fees of up to the maximum of $6.50 per month. [26]
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (ACS(I)) is an independent Methodist secondary school in Dover, Singapore.Founded in 1886 by Reverend William Fitzjames Oldham, it was recognised as an International Baccalaureate World School in 2005, and has since consistently ranked among the top three schools worldwide that offer the IB Diploma Programme.
Singapore has many primary schools and secondary schools, as well as junior colleges, centralised institutes, polytechnics and universities providing tertiary education. Under the Compulsory Education Act which came into effect on 1 January 2003, all children have to start attending primary school at the age of 7. [1]
The Ministry of Education language centre.. Secondary education in Singapore is largely public, and is compulsory until a child has reached 16 years of age. [1] At the end of public primary education, Singapore students take the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) and are placed into the different streams and secondary schools based on their results.
The school attracts the top 10% of Singapore's national cohort of primary school students. Annually, it receives around 2000 applications from both local and international students for its Year 1 admissions but only enrols up to 170 students, giving an admissions rate of below 8.5%.
ACS was also the first school in Singapore to have a flower named after it, the Ascocenda Anglo-Chinese School orchid, a hybrid created by the school to mark its 116th Founder's Day on 1 March 2002. ACS has many partner schools such as Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) and Anglo Chinese Junior College. The school is close to Newton MRT station.