Singapore government secondary schools are divided into express classes for grades one to four and ordinary classes for grades one to five. Students in ordinary classes have to take a unified N-level exam after graduating from Secondary Four, and they can only continue to attend Secondary Five courses after passing the exam results. In the N-level exam, if the total scores of English, Mathematics and the best three subjects are below 1 1, it is expected to "skip" the O-level exam next year and directly enroll in the basic courses of the Institute of Technology.

After graduating from high school, if you want to continue studying in five polytechnics of Singapore government or JC junior college \ private university, you need to take the O-Level exam in Cambridge, Singapore, which is jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Education of Singapore and the Examination Bureau of Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. It is equivalent to the senior high school entrance examination or college entrance examination in China in form and is conducted in English.

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The primary school curriculum is unified in the first four years. After four years, it is divided into three different courses according to students' language ability. The purpose of diversion is to let students learn at their own pace and give full play to their potential.

Students who pass the primary school graduation examination can enter middle school, which is divided into three courses: special class, express class and ordinary class. Students in the first two courses can take the "general" level examination of general education certificate in the fourth year of middle school. Students with good grades in ordinary classes can take this test in the fifth grade.

More than half (56%) of primary school graduates have been promoted to fast classes, and 38% have been promoted to ordinary classes. The mother tongue of the students in the two classes is only the second language level. About 75% of the students in ordinary classes have achieved satisfactory results in the "N" level examination of the general secondary school entrance examination and have been promoted to Secondary Five.

Characteristic courses: four-year courses, students can take advanced mother tongue, and one of advanced mother tongue and English can be used as the first language. The Express course is a four-year course, and students can only take the express mother tongue course. Other courses are the same as specialized courses, and English is the first language. General academic courses;

The accelerated course lasts for five years. Students take the Cambridge N-level exam in the fourth year. After passing the exam, they can take the fifth year course, and then take the Cambridge General Diploma exam with the students majoring in/quick repair courses. General technical courses: 4/5-year courses, students have two main courses, English and mathematics. In the fourth year, they took the Cambridge N-level exam. Most students will not take the fifth-grade course after the N-level exam, but go directly to the technical college.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Singapore Education System