List of schools in Singapore

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Singapore's public schools come under the purview of the Ministry of Education. Singapore has many primary schools and secondary schools, as well as junior colleges, centralised institutes, polytechnics and universities providing tertiary education.

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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] It is a criminal offence to fail to do so; [1] however, parents may apply for an exemption from the Ministry of Education for their child to be homeschooled or to attend full-time religious institutions. [2]

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Junior Colleges and Millennia Institute

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. All pre-university programmes in Singapore are mixed-sex in tandem with the Ministry of Education's (MOE) requirements. These schools can be divided into two groups: junior colleges and centralised institutes.

Junior colleges (JC)

These offer two-year courses leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'A' Level or International Baccalaureate examinations.

CodePlanning

Area

Planning SubzoneCollege nameEstablishedAddressTypeSpecial programmesRemarks
EnglishChineseAbb.
0715Ang Mo KioYio Chu Kang Anderson Serangoon Junior College 安德逊实龙岗初级学院ASRJC1984 (AJC)

1988 (SRJC)

2019 (ASRJC)

4500 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6GovernmentTLEPFormed from the merger of Anderson JC and Serangoon JC
0803QueenstownDover Anglo-Chinese Junior College 英华初级学院ACJC197725 Dover Close EastGovernment-aidedELEP, HSP, MEP, DEP
7001QueenstownDover Anglo-Chinese IB Junior College 英华自主中学ACS(I)1886121 Dover RoadIndependentMEP, HSP, RSPInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
0802NovenaMalcolm Catholic Junior College 公教初级学院CJC1975129 Whitley RoadGovernment-aidedELEP
3101KallangTanjong Rhu Dunman High School 德明政府中学DHS1956

2005 – IP

10 Tanjong Rhu RoadAutonomousBSP, CLEP, MEPAccepting first batch of JAE students from 2019
0714QueenstownGhim Moh Eunoia Junior College 诺雅初级学院EJC20172 Sin Ming PlaceGovernmentMSP, HSP, BSP
0806Bukit TimahCoronation Road Hwa Chong Institution 华侨中学HCI1974(HCJC)

2005(HCI)

661 Bukit Timah RoadIndependentAEP, CLEP, HSP, BSP
0718Choa Chu KangTeck Whye Jurong Pioneer Junior College 裕廊先驱初级学院JPJC1981 (JJC)

1999 (PJC)

2019 (JPJC)

21 Teck Whye WalkGovernmentCLEP, MLEPFormed from the merger of Jurong JC and Pioneer JC
0805SerangoonSerangoon Central Nanyang Junior College 南洋初级学院NYJC1978128 Serangoon Avenue 3Government-aidedAEP, CLEP
0701Bukit TimahHillcrest National Junior College 国家初级学院NJC196937 Hillcrest RoadGovernmentAEP, CLEP
3009BishanMarymount Raffles Institution 莱佛士书院RI1982(RJC)

2009 (RI)

1 Raffles Institution LaneIndependentELEP, HSP, MEP, RSP
3103Jurong WestBoon Lay Place River Valley High School 立化中学RVHS19566 Boon Lay AvenueAutonomousBSPAccepting first batch of JAE students from 2019
0804Toa PayohPotong Pasir Saint Andrew's Junior College 圣安德烈初级学院SAJC19785 Sorby Adams DriveGovernment-aided
7020NovenaMalcolm St. Joseph's Institution 圣若瑟书院SJI185238 Malcolm RoadIndependentInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
0717Pasir RisPasir Ris West Tampines Meridian Junior College 淡滨尼美廉初级学院TMJC1986 (TPJC)

2003 (MJC)

2019 (TMJC)

21 Pasir Ris Street 71GovernmentDEP, MLEP
0702BedokBedok South Temasek Junior College 淡马锡初级学院TJC197722 Bedok South RoadGovernmentCLEP, HSP. MEP
0706BedokSiglap Victoria Junior College 维多利亚初级学院VJC198420 Marine VistaGovernmentHSP, DEP, RSP
0716YishunYishun West Yishun Innova Junior College 义顺星烁初级学院YIJC1986 (YJC)

2005 (IJC)

2019 (YIJC)

3 Yishun Ring RoadGovernmentMLEPMerged with other JCs

Millennia Institute (MI)

The only centralized institute in Singapore is Millennia Institute (MI), which offers a three-year course leading to the GCE A-level examination in arts, science, and commerce. [3]

Abbreviations

MOE-based programmes:

Polytechnics

FoundedPolytechnicStudents
Full nameAbbrev.
1954 Singapore Polytechnic
新加坡理工学院
Politeknik Singapura
சிங்கப்பூர் பலதுறைத் தொழில்நுட்பக்கல்லூரி
SP16,871 (2022) [4]
1963 Ngee Ann Polytechnic
义安理工学院
Politeknik Ngee Ann
நீ யான் பலதுறைத் தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரி)
NP13,637 (2021) [5]
1990 Temasek Polytechnic
淡马锡理工学院
Politeknik Temasek
தெமாசெக் பலதுறைத் தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரி
TP14,248 (2019) [6]
1992 Nanyang Polytechnic
南洋理工学院
Politeknik Nanyang
நன்யாங் பலதுறைத் தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரி
NYP14,715 (2019) [7]
2002 Republic Polytechnic
共和理工学院
Politeknik Republik
ரிப்பப்லிக் பலதுறைத் தொழில்நுட்பக் கல்லூரி
RP11,668 (2022) [8]

Institute of Technical Education (ITE)

The Institute of Technical Education campuses were reorganized under the "collegiate system" into three major colleges around the island, a regrouping and renaming exercise which took effect on 1 January 2005. ITE College East was the first to open in Simei in January 2005, and the existing "ITE East Network" campuses were renamed as "ITE College Central" campuses, to be replaced by a new campus in Ang Mo Kio. "ITE West Network" campuses were renamed "ITE College West" campuses, and their new campus will be at Choa Chu Kang.

University of the Arts Singapore

In March 2021, Minister for Education Lawrence Wong announced that Singapore’s first arts university will be established in an alliance between the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts, in a system akin to the University of the Arts, London. [9] The formation of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) [10] will see both colleges under the umbrella university be given degree-awarding powers independent of their current foreign partners, where the current long-distance degrees are issued through foreign universities. Singaporeans and permanent residents (PRs) enrolled in the approved degree programmes at the university of the arts will pay subsidised fees, comparable to those at autonomous universities here. [11]

The seventh local university of Singapore will be the only publicly-funded private university other than the now defunct and restructured UniSIM in Singapore, and also the only university of the arts with its own degree-conferring power in Singapore slated to open in 2024. [10]

Constituent colleges:

Universities

Specialised tertiary schools

Language Centres

Special education schools

International schools

Supplementary schools

The Japanese Supplementary School Singapore  [ ja ] (JSS; シンガポール日本語補習授業校 Shingapōru Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō) [13] - a Japanese supplementary school [14]

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