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Sec 4 Integrated Programme (IP) Math:
Sun 10.00 am – 12.00 pm; Course Code: s4amipsun10. (Investment amt: $240 per 4 sessions) (1 vacancy)
Conducted by our Principal Tutor, Mr Ilyasa (h/p: 97860411)
Current students in the class are from RI, RGS and ACS(I). Mr Ilyasa has been giving tuition in IP Math since 2005. His IP students are mainly from RI, RGS, HCI, Nanyang Girls’ and River Valley High. To view Mr Ilyasa’s educational qualifications and teaching experience, click here.
Integrated Programme (IP) students taking O-levels as private candidates …
Yes, as a professional teacher and tutor, I would encourage it. For two good reasons: (1) to have an internationally recognised secondary education certificate (at least a certificate beyond the PSLE; else it can be quite embarrassing), (2) to learn to prepare for a highly pressurizing major written examination.
Since IP students are not allowed to sit for the Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level exam (the logic of which I still do not understand), they can sit for the IGCSE exam administered by the British Council.
The IGCSE syllabus is almost the same as Singapore’s GCE O-level exam’s before 2007. In fact, it is academically less rigorous than today’s GCE O-Level although the topics covered are wider. I’ve taught both IGCSE Math and Physics as a relief teacher at UWCSEA and found them to be very manageable for students. In fact, IP students should be scoring A’s for all the IGCSE subjects if they put in enough effort in their studying.
If you need further clarification, do give me a call or sms to 97860411. Btw, I’m Ilyasa, Principal Tutor at Singapore Learner. I’m busy teaching or tutoring most of the time, so I’m sorry if I’m not able to pick up your call at times or reply promptly to your sms.
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A-level results 2012: …mixed feelings
I was both happy and sad yesterday. One of my students obtained all A’s and another didn’t get a single A. Both were from IP schools. I tutored them in H2 Math and Physics. Both were very bright and fast learners. So what happened?
I don’t know what happened during their actual exams, but I do know that one of them adapted to secondary and jc school life and the other didn’t, with regard to studying. You see, both of them scored many A-stars at PSLE, and PSLE is one of those exams where you don’t have to study much; PSLE is almost like an olympiad test, especially for Math. But the A-levels is a different ball game altogether, where I dare say that your intelligence counts for only 20% of your marks. The rest is about how much Knowledge you have – Factual, Conceptual, Procedural, Conditional and Metacognitive. Put it simply, students who are smart but lazy can do well at the PSLE but will perform terribly at the A-levels.
IP students also have one disadvantage, compared to non-IP students. Because they skip the O-levels, IP students may not have sufficient exposure and training to do a high-stakes, content-intensive all-in-one-sitting exam like the A-levels. This may result in underestimating the time needed to have a complete revision of all the topics needed for the ultimate exam.
But IP students have the advantage of learning some A-level topics earlier than non-IP students. However, bear in mind that for a memory-intensive exam like the A-levels, learning things earlier is not always better.
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What to do if your A-level results are bad
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Not all Integrated Programme (IP) students make it …
I’m sure many of you have read the Straits Times article (22 Dec 2011) which stated that about 5% of every cohort of IP students fail to get into local universities. In fact, around 5% of IP students leave the programme before graduation. Thus if you are an IP student, please don’t take your studies lightly. You still have to work hard and study smartly like everyone else.
The full article is here: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_747635.html
Good luck!
Best Regards,
Ilyasa, M.Ed., PGDE, B.Sc., full-time tutor of Math & Physics (h/p: 97860411)
A former MOE school teacher, Mr Ilyasa has been coaching students in ‘A’ Level (H2/H1) Physics and (H2/H1) Mathematics for more than 6 years, as well as ‘O’ Level Physics, Additional Math, Math and PSLE Math for more than 10 years. An alumnus of RI and RJC, Mr Ilyasa holds a Bachelor of Science degree with Merit from the National University of Singapore, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education with Credit from the National Institute of Education, Singapore, and a Master of Education (Curriculum & Teaching) degree also from the NIE, Singapore.
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Change in schedule for Sec 4 Math and Physics class …
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NEWS – More schools to offer Integrated Programme ……..
From the Straits Times, 19 Nov 2012:
More schools will be offering the Integrated Programme, which allows students
to skip the O levels.
From next year, Victoria School and Cedar Girls’ Secondary School will launch
the six-year programme for its Secondary 1 students.
The two schools will be offering the initiative in partnership with Victoria
Junior College. So students from the two secondary schools will study in their
respective campuses for four years, then move to the junior college for the last
two years.
Schools currently offering the Integrated Programme
- Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
- Dunman High School
- Hwa Chong Institution
- Nanyang Girls’ High School
- National Junior College
- NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
- Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary)
- Raffles Institution
- River Valley High School
- Temasek Junior College
- Victoria Junior College
From next year (2012):
- Victoria School
- Cedar Girls’ Secondary School
From 2013:
- Methodist Girls’ School
- St Joseph’s Institution
- Catholic High School
- CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School
- Singapore Chinese Girls’ School
- Temasek Junior College (It already offers the programme to Sec 3 students
but will extend it to Sec 1 and Sec 2 students)
From 2013, another five schools will also offer the through-train programme,
where they take the A-levels or International Baccalaureate after six years of
study.
See http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_735687.html