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Temasek Academy |
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Singapore |
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Co-Ed, years 1-4 |
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Temasek Academy is a four-year Integrated Programme initiated by Temasek Junior College in Singapore. Singapore students are admitted at the age of 15, after experiencing two years of secondary school life in their secondary schools. Foreign students are invited to join the programme.
The programme had its first intake of 121 students in 2005, 143 students in 2006, 99 students in 2007, 65 students in 2008 and 70 students in 2009. Students sit for the GCE A-Levels at the end of the four years. Students only have to take the GCE O-Level Higher Mother Tongue exam at the end of the second year unlike the majority of their contemporaries.
There are five Civics Groups (CG) in IP Year 4, four in Year 3, three in Year 2 and three in Year 1. Civics Groups in the first two years are addressed with a 'TA' in front, and classes are labelled with alphabets, together with the year of admission. Eg. TA2A08. From 2008 onwards, in order to integrate the Temasek Academy classes with the new JC1 cohort, the Year 3 classes are no longer labelled as eg TA3D06, but CG0408. CGs 0108 to 0508 are the IP classes who will be taking their 'A' levels in 2009.
Teaching style
Unlike the conventional teacher-oriented style of teaching, Temasek Academy encourages students to learn beyond mere academics. With the new "Teach Less, Learn More" method as supported by the Ministry of Education, students are expected to initiate research projects, ask tutors for clarification if there is any doubt, and be a self-disciplined learner, instead of having tutors "spoonfeed" students.
The Academy recommends the use of Tablet PCs as an aid to learning. Since the College is already covered with wireless access to the Internet, students can conduct research and view the materials that tutors have uploaded on the e-learning portal (known as the MaTrix) during classes.
Pioneer batch
The pioneer batch of students from the Temasek Academy graduated in 2008 with outstanding results in the GCE 'A' Level examinations.
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