Most people think that all secondary schools run a similar curriculum, and any tuition class will work as long as it is for the secondary school level. However, some schools – especially those running the Integrated Programme, have quite distinct programmes. The topics, depth, breadth, difficulty, and sequence of teaching may all differ from the standard O Level curriculum.
In this article, we want to highlight the curriculum of one IP school – National Junior College. In conducting IP tuition classes in Singapore, our tuition teachers noticed some differences in the NJC curriculum as compared to the O Level curriculum and other IP school’s programmes. And that is why we are one of few tuition centres in Singapore who have dedicated classes for NJC students only, to tailor the classroom experience for this group of students.
How is the NJC IP curriculum different?
Science and math in NJC IP track are examined at a very in-depth level, almost similar to A Level standard. Although the topics are similar to O Level and other IP schools, the difficulty of questions and depth of knowledge tested is higher than that of other schools.
Hence, expect to see more application-type questions and fewer simple recall questions for science exams. Students might not get the full exposure to the NJC difficulty level by only practicing questions from other secondary schools – we recommend focusing on other IP school papers and potentially even some A Level questions.