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.
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. It is a criminal offence to fail to do so; 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.
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 AreaPlanning SubzoneCollege nameEstablishedAddressTypeSpecial programmes RemarksEnglishChineseAbb.0715Ang Mo KioYio Chu KangAnderson 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 JC0803QueenstownDoverAnglo-Chinese Junior College英华初级学院ACJC197725 Dover Close EastGovernment-aidedELEP, HSP, MEP, DEP7001QueenstownDoverAnglo-Chinese IB Junior College英华自主中学ACS(I)1886121 Dover RoadIndependentMEP, HSP, RSPInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Programme0802NovenaMalcolmCatholic Junior College公教初级学院CJC1975129 Whitley RoadGovernment-aided ELEP3101KallangTanjong RhuDunman High School德明政府中学DHS1956 2005 – IP10 Tanjong Rhu RoadAutonomous BSP, CLEP, MEPAccepting first batch of JAE students from 20190714QueenstownGhim MohEunoia Junior College诺雅初级学院EJC20172 Sin Ming PlaceGovernmentMSP, HSP, BSP0806Bukit TimahCoronation RoadHwa Chong Institution华侨中学HCI1974(HCJC) 2005(HCI)661 Bukit Timah RoadIndependentAEP, CLEP, HSP, BSP0718Choa Chu KangTeck WhyeJurong Pioneer Junior College裕廊先驱初级学院JPJC1981 (JJC) 1999 (PJC)
2019 (JPJC)21 Teck Whye WalkGovernmentCLEP, MLEP Formed from the merger of Jurong JC and Pioneer JC0805SerangoonSerangoon CentralNanyang Junior College南洋初级学院NYJC1978128 Serangoon Avenue 3Government-aidedAEP, CLEP0701Bukit TimahHillcrestNational Junior College国家初级学院NJC196937 Hillcrest RoadGovernmentAEP, CLEP, HSP3009BishanMarymountRaffles Institution莱佛士书院RI1982(RJC) 2009 (RI)1 Raffles Institution LaneIndependentELEP, HSP, MEP, RSP3103Jurong WestBoon Lay PlaceRiver Valley High School立化中学RVHS19566 Boon Lay AvenueAutonomousBSPAccepting first batch of JAE students from 20190804Toa PayohPotong PasirSaint Andrew's Junior College圣安德烈初级学院SAJC19785 Sorby Adams DriveGovernment-aided7020NovenaMalcolmSt. Joseph's Institution圣若瑟书院 SJI185238 Malcolm RoadIndependentInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Programme0717Pasir RisPasir Ris WestTampines Meridian Junior College淡滨尼美廉初级学院TMJC1986 (TPJC) 2003 (MJC)
2019 (TMJC)21 Pasir Ris Street 71GovernmentDEP, MLEP Formed from the merger of Tampines JC and Meridian JC0702BedokBedok SouthTemasek Junior College淡马锡初级学院TJC197722 Bedok South RoadGovernmentCLEP, HSP. MEP0706BedokSiglapVictoria Junior College维多利亚初级学院VJC198420 Marine VistaGovernmentHSP, DEP, RSP0716YishunYishun WestYishun Innova Junior College义顺星烁初级学院YIJC1986 (YJC) 2005 (IJC)
2019 (YIJC)3 Yishun Ring RoadGovernmentMLEPFormed from the merger of Yishun JC and Innova JC
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.
Abbreviations MOE-based programmes: AEP = Art Elective Programme MEP = Music Elective Programme RSP = Regional Studies Programme HSP = Humanities Scholarship and Programme CLEP = Language Elective Programme (Chinese) MLEP = Language Elective Programme (Malay) TLEP = Language Elective Programme (Tamil) ELEP = Language Elective Programme (English) BSP = Bicultural Studies Programme
Polytechnics FoundedPolytechnicStudentsFull nameAbbrev.1954Singapore PolytechnicSP16,871 (2022)1963Ngee Ann PolytechnicNP13,637 (2021)1990Temasek PolytechnicTP14,248 (2019)1992Nanyang PolytechnicNYP14,715 (2019)2002Republic PolytechnicRP11,668 (2022)
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.
ITE College Central (Regional Campus at Ang Mo Kio) ITE College West (Regional Campus at Choa Chu Kang) ITE College East (Regional Campus at Simei)
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. The formation of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) 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.
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.
Constituent colleges: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts LASALLE College of the Arts
Universities
Specialised tertiary schools
Government-Affiliated BCA Academy Singapore Aviation Academy IP Academy
Others Jewellery Design and Management International School Orita Sinclair School of Design and Music MAD School Intercultural Theatre Institute
Language Centres
Cambridge Institute (Singapore) Ministry of Education Language Centre
Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre
Special education schools
Rainbow Centre (operates Margaret Drive Special School)
Pathlight School
International schools
Supplementary schools (JSS; シンガポール日本語補習授業校 Shingapōru Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō)" お問合せページ." The Japanese Supplementary School Singapore. Retrieved on February 14, 2015. - a Japanese supplementary school"アジアの補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）" (). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Retrieved on February 13, 2015. "シンガポール The Japanese Supplementary School Singapore 95 Clementi Road, SINGAPORE 129782"
Medical schools
NTU LKC - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine NUS YLL - Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Duke–NUS Medical School
References
External links Ministry of Education Singapore P1 Registration (in English) Singapore Government Directory Singapore Digital Homeschooling SkillsFuture Singapore and Workforce Singapore Committee for Private Education