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The '''Integrated Programme''' ('''IP''') is a scheme that allows high-performing students in secondary schools in [[Singapore]] to skip the [[Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level|GCE Ordinary Level (O-level)]] examination (typically taken by students at the end of their fourth or fifth year in secondary school) and proceed to sit for the [[Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level|GCE Advanced Level (A-level)]] examination, [[International Baccalaureate]] (IB), or an equivalent examination, after six years of secondary education. The A-level examination is typically taken by students at the end of their second or third year in junior college.

==Overview==

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Since 2009, National Junior College has also accepted students who have taken the [[Primary School Leaving Examination]] (PSLE), making it a six-year program.

Since 2012, [[Victoria School]] and [[Cedar Girls' Secondary School]] are offering the IP with [[Victoria Junior College]] which will build upon the four-year Victoria Integrated Programme (VIP) in the junior college. It is [called the VCA IP( Victoria Cedar Alliance Integrated Programme).

In January 2013, the Joint Integrated Programme, commonly referred to as the JIP, offered by [[Catholic High School, Singapore|Catholic High School]], [[CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School]] and [[Singapore Chinese Girls' School]], along with [[Eunoia Junior College]], was established. The four schools are the newest additions to the Integrated Programme landscape.

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== International Baccalaureate program ==

[[Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)]], [[Methodist Girls' School, Singapore|Methodist Girls' School]], [[St. Joseph's Institution]] and School of the arts or SOTA, the only IP leading to [[International Baccalaureate|IB]] schools in the country, have allowed their students to abandon the British system and "go Swiss" by dropping the GCE examinations altogether and adopting the [[International Baccalaureate]] (IB), having been fully authorizedauthorised as IB World Schools. The IB is generally regarded as a better track if the students have plans to study overseas in future. The IB allows students to take both arts and science subjects, philosophy courses and extensive research papers. Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) is regarded as one of the top schools in terms of results of the IB in the world, having averages as high as 42 out of a total of 45 points. St. Joseph's Institution started its IP in 2013.

== NUS High School Diploma ==

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==List of schools offering the Integrated Programme==

===Schools that offer IP leading to the International Baccalaureate Diploma===

* [[Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)]]<ref name="MOE IP 2004">{{cite web|title=Secondary Education > Other Programmes > Integrated Programme|url=http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/secondary/other/integrated-programme/|publisher=Ministry of Education, Singapore|access-date=11 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124212708/http://moe.gov.sg/education/secondary/other/integrated-programme/|archive-date=2012-01-24 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[Methodist Girls' School, Singapore|Methodist Girls' School]] (with [[Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)]])

* [[St. Joseph's Institution]]<ref name="MOE IP 2011" />

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* [[NUS High School of Mathematics and Science]]<ref name="MOE IP 2004" />

===Schools that offer IP leading to the GCE Advanced Levellevel===

* [[Catholic High School, Singapore|Catholic High School]] (with [[Eunoia Junior College]])<ref name="MOE IP 2011" />

*[[Cedar Girls' Secondary School]] (with [[Victoria Junior College]])<ref name="MOE IP 2011">{{cite web|title=Implementation of Integrated Programme (IP) on Track |url=http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2011/11/implementation-of-integrated-programme-on-track.php |website=Press Releases |publisher=Ministry of Education, Singapore |access-date=11 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110034203/http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2011/11/implementation-of-integrated-programme-on-track.php |archive-date=10 January 2012 }}</ref>

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==Criticism of the Integrated Programme==

The success of an IP student is based on an assumption that students are self-disciplined enough to ensure that they manage their time well and be diligent in their studies, so that they will remember all the core content taught to them and yet find enough time to engage actively in independent learning.<ref name="Some students fail">{{cite news | access-date=2012-02-11 February 2012 | archive-date=9 January 2012-01-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109204917/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_747635.html | url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_747635.html | title=Some students fail to thrive on Integrated Programme scheme | date=22 December 2011 | author=Sandra Davie | url-status=live | newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref> However, this may be considered a utopian ideal. Without an important watershed intervening national examination to help them focus, students may simply let their guard down.<ref name="Some students fail" />

IP may also widen inequality among students in Singapore. Most of the places in top Junior Colleges are reserved for IP students. This includes [[Victoria Junior College]], [[Raffles Institution]], [[National Junior College]] and [[Hwa Chong Institution]]. As such, students taking the [[GCE Ordinary Level|O Level]] track will face tighter competition when they wish to enter top schools in Singapore, in comparison to their IP peers.