Academics
The school offers full-time language courses in General English (six levels), Conversational English, Business English, and Chinese. 17 other languages are offered as part-time courses.
International Diploma programmes are offered in vocational areas such as Education, Hotel and Tourism Management, Business Management and Marketing, and Accountancy. These diplomas are awarded by external institutions such as Edith Cowan University (Australia), Southern Institute of Technology (New Zealand), and London Centre of Marketing. These are full-time post-'O'-level (or equivalent) courses for which students must be at least 16.
GCE 'O' level courses are offered to students aged 16–25 to prepare for direct entry to government polytechnics or Junior Colleges in Singapore (a part-time evening course).
Trips to many places of interest are organised to enhance the learning process and provide for a more enjoyable educational experience.
The school is responsible to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority for ensuring that foreign students residing temporarily in Singapore on a Student Pass complete their studies. Therefore the most serious offences are truancy and skipping classes. Students who commit these offences receive corporal punishment (caning) and if they repeatedly do so they will be dismissed from the school and repatriated to their home countries.
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