7 AEP Secondary Schools in Singapore: Which Is the Best?

Here is the full list of Art Elective Programme (AEP) secondary schools in Singapore.

AEP secondary schools are secondary schools that offer the AEP to artistically-inclined students.

These schools select potential AEP students when they start Secondary One. Students who enrol in the AEP will take the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level (O-Level) Higher Art examination at the end of Secondary Four.

National Junior College (Secondary) is an AEP Centre. This means that it offers weekly AEP lessons for students from secondary schools that do not offer the AEP.

The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) cut-off points of these secondary schools range from 7 with a Distinction grade in Higher Mother Tongue Language (HMTL) to 28. The cut-off points are in terms of PSLE Score.

Two of these seven secondary schools are affiliated to primary schools.

AEP Secondary Schools List

  • IP means the cut-off point is for the secondary school’s Integrated Programme stream.
  • E means the cut-off point is for the secondary school’s Express stream.
  • NA means the cut-off point is for the secondary school’s Normal (Academic) stream.
  • NT means the cut-off point is for the secondary school’s Normal (Technical) stream.
  • (D) means a Distinction grade in HMTL.
  • (M) means a Merit grade in HMTL.
  • Affiliated means the student is from the secondary school’s affiliated primary school.
Secondary School 2021 PSLE Cut-Off Point
IP E NA NT
Bukit Panjang Government High School — 11 22 26
CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) — 10; 20 if affiliated 22; 25 if affiliated 28; 28 if affiliated
Hwa Chong Institution 7(M) — — —
Nanyang Girls’ High School 7(D); 8(M) if affiliated — — —
National Junior College (Secondary) 7 — — —
Victoria School 8 9 — —
Zhonghua Secondary School — 13 23 27

What is the best AEP secondary school in Singapore?

Based on PSLE cut-off point in 2022, the top Art Elective Programme secondary school in Singapore is Nanyang Girls’ High School.

Which planning areas of Singapore are the AEP secondary schools located in?

Bedok

Victoria School is a secondary school in the Bedok area.

Bukit Timah

Hwa Chong Institution, Nanyang Girls’ High School and National Junior College (Secondary) are secondary schools in the Bukit Timah area.

Choa Chu Kang

Bukit Panjang Government High School is a secondary school in the Choa Chu Kang area.

Serangoon

Zhonghua Secondary School is a secondary school in the Serangoon area.

Toa Payoh

CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) is a secondary school in the Toa Payoh area.