Discovering Singapore 2022

Education ingapore's education system has been consistently ranked as one of the highest in the world by the OECD. According to PISA, an influential worldwide study on educational systems, Singapore has the highest performance in international education and tops in global rankings. Childcare and Kindergarten or Preschool The preschool education constitutes of Playschool, Nursery and Kindergarten. Though this level of education is optional, more and more parents are sending their wards to playschool (3 years or younger) or Nursery (4 Years). By the age of 5, most children will be attending Kindergarten for 2 years (K1 and K2). The preschools are run by the private sector, including religious bodies, community foundations, business groups, etc. However, every preschool need to register itself with the Singapore Ministry of Education before being functional. It broadly includes:

+ Half-day or full-day care programmes + Kindergarten preschool education

Helpful Hint: You can find more information on the list of childcare and kindergarten or preschool centres at: https://skoolopedia.com/childcare/childcares- in-singapore-areas/

Schooling Public Schools

Singapore’s public schools are consistently ranked the best in the world. This may be because of an emphasis placed from the outset on maths and science, or the fact that the schools follow an English-based bilingual system. However, the school placements are offered initially to citizens, then to PRs, and finally to non- PR foreigners. Furthermore, unlike citizens and PRs, foreigners cannot request a particular school of their choice. All applications are made through the Ministry of Education (MOE).

International Schools

These schools usually cater to a diversity of cultures with no dominant nationality or ethnic group. For mobile expats, the mix of international curriculums allows children to transfer and continue their curriculum easily. Curriculums are usually a mix the International Baccalaureate ‘IB’ (divided into Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma (DP)), the International Primary Curriculum and the IGCSE.

International Schools are still the more popular choice for expatriate children in Singapore.

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