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OVERVIEW The programme allows for more time allocated to enrichment activities. That is, without the "O" level examinations, the students has more time and flexibility to immerse themselves in a more broad base education which will eventually lead to the "A" levels examination. In addition, the students enjoy more freedom in the combination of subjects. Generally, only the top performers are eligible to be part of the IP programme. This will ensure that the main body of the students pursue their secondary education at their own pace by first completing a 4-year O Level before going on to a 2-year "A" level education (vs. a 2-year "O" level and 4-year "A" level education). Schools under the IP programme allow students to skip the "O" levels at secondary 4 and go straight into junior colleges (JC). This is the case with Hwa Chong Institution in the ''Hwa Chong Affiliate Programme''. This is also the case for Raffles Junior College for the ''Raffles Programme'', together with Raffles Institution and Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) . National Junior College , Victoria Junior College , Temasek Junior College and Nanyang Girls' High School (from 2005) also followed suit. In the Hwa Chong Affiliate Programme, Hwa Chong Institution (college) also picks students from other schools apart from the two already mentioned, judged by their performance. These students are assured of a place in the Junior College section of the Hwa Chong Institution , regardless of their "O" level results, but they must still take their "O" levels in their respective schools. Another top secondary school in Singapore, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) , has allowed some students to abandon the British system and go Swiss by dropping the GCE exams all together and adopting the International Baccalaureate (IB), having been fully authorized as an IB World School in 2005. The IB is perceived by many as a more holistic program than the Cambridge examinations, making students take both arts and science subjects as well as philosophy courses and extensive research papers. The diploma is regarded more highly than the GCE "A" levels by many British and American universities. National Junior College (NJC) has also put out its own programme, the National Junior College Integrated Programme (NJCIP) where Secondary Two students in various schools are selected to join their programme. These students further their Secondary Three and Four education in the JC itself, followed by the JC course. Victoria Junior College (VJC) and Temasek Junior College (TJC) have also taken a similar approach. Other tertiary educational institutes are also considering their own integrated programmes, like the National University Of Singapore (NUS) via its NUS High School . These programmes are expected to be executed in the NJC style of picking students at secondary 2. Dunman High School and River Valley High School joined the Integrated Programme system in 2005 by operating a six year course standalone. The two schools are the last to join the ranks of the schools offering Integrated Programme before the Ministry of Education had closed the gates to the special system. This ensures that students who are under the Integrated Programme are able to cope with their A levels after bypassing their O levels. All the schools allowed in the scheme accepts the top 10% of the national cohort. The 5 independent secondary schools which currently offers IP have organized School-Based Gifted Education (SBGE), instead of GEP, to meet the needs of the intellectually gifted. The five schools are Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) , Hwa Chong Institution , Nanyang Girls' High School , Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) , and Raffles Institution . National Junior College , Victoria Junior College , and Temasek Junior College offer IP, but these are not equivalent to SBGE. LIST OF SCHOOLS OFFERING INTEGRATED PROGRAMME
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