The challenges of IP education, especially in mathematics and science, can be overcome. Finding the right evaluation books for additional practical questions, reference textbooks, or even the right advice to follow can be difficult. Tuition classes usually cater to the express stream, and IP students may feel overlooked in those classes due to Syllabus’s discrepancies. In IP schools, the tempo is accelerated since most students excelled in math and science at the P6 level and are all top students in their respective primary schools.

From my own experience, several students scored an A* in P6 Mathematics, with many of them coming from the Math Olympiad program. They will find it difficult to recover for a student who has made a mistake in Y1 Math or Science, and they will also become demoralized as their peers step ahead of them regularly. Many IP schools are also SAP schools, and few students are capable of mastering both English and a Higher Mother Tongue at the same time.

In terms of academics and CCA, the IP education system is structured to nurture independent thinkers, self-directed learners, and all-rounded students by putting their time management skills to the test. As a result, the schools expect their students to maintain strict discipline and actively pursue answers to the questions they pose, whether in project work, task problems, or leadership roles in various CCAs.

There are no official guidelines to follow, unlike the Express stream. IP questions are often extracted from JC-level tutorial questions, which may trigger issues when parents seek help from a secondary education-only specialist tutor. Indeed, when I was in Y3, my energetic instructor always used a college-level textbook to teach and pushed us beyond the scope of secondary-level education to pose challenging questions. As a result, I understand and sympathize with IP students.

Chemistry is a common subject among secondary students and those intending to pursue a major in university medical, bio-science, life sciences, or chemical engineering.

Topics covered in secondary school chemistry will include social and environmental concerns related to the use of chemicals, energy and chemical industries, the world’s limited resources, and the use of chemistry in everyday life, according to the updated O-level Syllabus. Your child can better understand the technical environment and be able to apply chemistry to his social skills by learning chemistry.

Some of the most significant advantages of tuition centres that teach IP Chemistry:

1. Personalized attention: Parents in Singapore prefer private chemistry tuition to tuition centres because chemistry teachers can give their full attention to their children and customize the lesson plan to understand IP chemistry theorems and formulas.
2. Commuting: A dedicated chemistry tutor in Singapore will offer 1-to-1 or small group tuition in your home at your convenience, saving you time and money compared to sending your child to a chemistry tuition centre.
3. Chemistry notes and past year papers: Good chemistry tutors can help your child understand chemistry by using question banks, data booklets, and online tools. The chemistry tutor Singapore can also provide and go over past year chemistry exam papers to prepare for the O-level or IGCSE chemistry exam.
4. Conducive environment: In a home setting, there is no need to hurry through subjects, so your child can concentrate on learning at their own pace.

Given the variety of school testing mechanisms, such as School-Based Practical Assessment (SPA) and examination papers on chemistry theory, it is a relatively difficult subject. It will be difficult for students to handle them early, particularly if it is a brand new subject at Secondary 3 chemistry. As a result, many nervous children participate in chemistry tuition centres in Singapore to assist them.

Gill Donny