Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both boys and girls in Year 5 and Year 6. Since 2007, RI and its affiliated school Raffles Girls' School have been offering the six-year Raffles Programme, which allows students to skip the Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level examinations and proceed to take the Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level examinations at the end of Year 6.
An undated photo of the original Raffles Institution building at the junction of Bras Basah and Beach Road (the site diagonally opposite SAF Warrant Officers and Specialists Club building)
Bust of Stamford Raffles at the Year 1-4 atrium
The 13-storey twin towers next to the boarding complex
Entrance to RI and RJC
The Integrated Programme (IP) is a scheme that allows high-performing students in secondary schools in Singapore to skip the GCE Ordinary Level (O-Level) examination and proceed to sit for the GCE Advanced Level (A-Level) examination, International Baccalaureate (IB), or an equivalent examination, after six years of secondary education. The A-level examination is typically taken by students at the end of their second or third year in junior college.
Hwa Chong Institution is one of the first institutions to offer joint Integrated Programme in 2005.
National Junior College is one of the first junior colleges in Singapore to offer its independent Integrated Programme in 2005.
The Performing Arts Centre of Dunman High School, one of the Special Assistance Plan schools with Integrated Programme that enriches students with culture and the arts.
