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Education stageEducation stage

Primary EducationPrimary EducationSingapore

197 primary schools in Singapore.

Giving students a good command of English, the mother tongue and Mathematics.

students sit for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) in order to pick secondary school.

Secondary Education Secondary Education 147 secondary schools in

Singapore. attending four or five years of

secondary education under the Special, Express or Normal Course.

There are 2 different levels of examination in the forth & fifth years respectively.

Singapore

Junior Junior Colleges and Colleges and Pre-Pre-UniversitiesUniversities

14 Junior Colleges and 2 Pre-Universities.

At the end of the pre-university course, students sit for the GCE 'A' Level examination.

Singapore

KindergartenKindergarten(Pre-primary Services)(Pre-primary Services)

Hong Kong

Provision of education and care to children before 6 years old.

Provide children with a relaxing and pleasurable learning environment.

Primary & Secondary educationPrimary & Secondary education

9 years' free education to all children, enhance biliterate and trilingual abilities in l

anguage; improve learning and teaching environment; help newly arrived children integrate into loc

al school,

Hong Kong

Special EducationSpecial Education

Provide children having special needs with education to help them develop their potential in the community.

In the 2003/04 school year, there are 785 primary schools, 501 secondary schools and 62 special schools.

Hong Kong

PolytechnicsPolytechnics There are 5 Polytechnics in Singa

pore ： Nanyang Polytechnic ( 南洋理工學

院 ), Ngee Ann Polytechnic ( 義安理工學

院 ), Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic ( 新加坡理工

學院 ), and Temasek Polytechnic ( 淡馬錫理

工學院 ),

Singapore

Institute of Technical Institute of Technical Education (ITE)Education (ITE)

Established to provide excellent post-secondary technical education.

Graduates are equipped with the technical knowledge and skills

ITE is also the national authority for the certification of skills.

Singapore

Special Education Special Education ProgramProgram Because they want to tap the talent of

students, Singapore organizes a special education program, such as , special music education program, art design education program,and special language education program.

Singapore

Tertiary EducationTertiary Education

National University of Singapore (NUS) set up in 1905

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) set up in 1981

Singapore Management University (SMU) a government-funded privately

managed university a private school which open enrollment

in July of 2000.

Singapore

Skills Opportunity SchoolSkills Opportunity School Extend the development and post-school

opportunities of students with severe learning difficulties.

Target: students with severe learning difficulties.

Hong Kong

14500 first-year first-degree places every year. 11 degree-awarding institutions……

the Chinese University of Hong Kong the University of Hong Kong the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology the Hong Kong Polytechnic University City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Baptist University Lingnan University the Hong Kong Institute of Education, a teacher training institute Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Open University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Shue Yan College Caritas Francis Hsu College

Tertiary EducationHong Kong

Tuition Fee Different kind of course ,

grade and school has different tuition fee . Beside tuition fee, some school will collect other fee (such as fee of student union , P.E. facilities, etc).

That’s like HK.

                                                                    

Singapore

Grant-in-aid Singapore government provides

subsidize education expenses for foreign students.

When those foreign students finished the study courses, he/she needs to work for three years in Singapore.

Singapore

Academic Languages

Singapore: English for most of the subjects

Hong Kong:using mother-tongue ~ Chinese, instead of using English, but some schools are still using English teaching.

Academic Year

Each academic year divided into 4 terms, each hold for 10 weeks.

Academic years begin on 2nd January and end at the middle-November.

There are 12 weeks of school holidays each year, excluded public holidays.

SingaporeAcademic years begin on 1st September and end at the mid-July.

The total number of school days should not be less than :

190 days for whole-day schools.

209 days for bisessional primary schools.

190 days for junior secondary.

Hong Kong

AccommodationStudents can choose staying in a students hostel or boarding school.

International students may join the plan of host family. It is a efficient way for foreign students to join the life in Singapore directly.

Singapore

Websites

Singapore education - http://www.aurorama.com/singaporeedu/broad_edu_prog.html

Report for the changing of academic languages – http://www.nioerar.edu.tw/basis3/25/gz13.htm

Report on Singapore education system – http://www.edu-fair.com/reports/SingaporeEduSystem_01.html

Government website of Singapore education - http://www.singaporeedu.gov.sg/htm/index.htm

Singapore search website http://www.sgbox.com

Information of Singapore education system – http://www.migration.com.hk/English/Education.htm#2

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