The Straits Times looks back at its 40-year history.
After 40 years, Singapore is revamping the Gifted Education Programme, a scheme catering to the top 1 per cent of primary school pupils.
1981 - Minister of State for Education Tay Eng Soon leads a mission to study gifted programmes in other countries, including Israel, Germany and the USSR. The seven secondary schools are: Raffles Girls’ School , Raffles Institution, Anglo-Chinese School , Dunman High School, Nanyang Girls’ High, Chinese High School and Victoria School.2002 - The Ministry of Education says Raffles Institution, Raffles Girls’ School and Chinese High will stop offering the GEP by 2004 in favour of the six-year Integrated Programme , which allows students to skip the O levels.
2014 - The Straits Times reports that two enrichment centres are coaching about two-thirds of all primary school GEP pupils, outside of their school lessons.
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