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Education has always represented an area of focus for Singapore since its independence in 1965. Its emphasis on education partly reflects Singapore's virtual lack of natural resources and Singapore's need to develop its human resource and manpower capability in its continuing quest to build a knowledge-based economy.
The medium of instruction is English. After completing kindergarten, or pre-school years, children will then have to go through 6 years of compulsory primary education, from ages 7 to 12. At the end of primary education, students are required to take a standardised national exam, the Primary School Leaving Examination (also known as PSLE).
This is a list of primary schools in Singapore. Children typically start their primary education in the year they turn seven. Primary education lasts six years, and is compulsory for all Singapore citizens. [1] Primary schools in Singapore are either classified as Government or Government-aided schools.
Below is a list of schools offering a two or three-year pre-university education in Singapore, along with the special programmes offered by the schools.The year of establishment in this article reflects the year in which the pre-university programme is implemented, particularly for the Integrated Programme High Schools.
Since the TIMSS publication of Singapore's high ranking in mathematics, professional mathematicians in the U.S. took a closer look at Singapore mathematics textbooks such as Primary Mathematics. [11] The term Singapore math was originally coined in the U.S. to describe the teaching approach based on these textbooks. [4]
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In June 4, 2012, the DepEd started to implement the K–12 education system. The high school from the former system will now be called junior high school, grade 7 (age 12–13) – grade 10 (age 15–16), while senior high school will be for grade 11 (age 16–17) – grade 12 (age 17–18) in the new educational system. The senior high school ...
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