Joint Integrated Programme
Discover how the Joint Integrated Programme nurtures principled leaders through a rich six-year curriculum spanning four schools, built on character, intellect, and leadership.
Overview
Over generations, Catholic High School, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School and Singapore Chinese Girls’ School have developed many leaders across extensive fields whose significant contributions have transformed our society. We continue this legacy of excellence together with Eunoia Junior College, through the Joint Integrated Programme (JIP).
The JIP is not merely a programme but a community anchored by a strong culture of care for every student. With more than 250 years of experience in education between the four schools, as well as extensive alumni networks spanning diverse fields, the JIP is well-poised to provide an enriching and relevant curriculum that stretches students’ potential with customised learning opportunities and equip them with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to be future-ready, as Principled Leaders of Tomorrow.
The JIP Approach and the JIP Graduate
The JIP Approach
The JIP approach for developing and nurturing Principled Leaders of Tomorrow consists of the three key pillars of (1) Cognitive development, (2) Character development and (3) Leadership development. The outer portion of the diagram shows the desired outcomes, in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes, embodied by our graduates.
This approach is helmed by our team of dedicated and highly qualified professionals who ensure that students learn in a vibrant environment with state-of-the-art facilities. Unique to the JIP, our flagship World Readiness Programme and Passion Pursuit challenges students to examine world issues, consider multiple perspectives, seek opportunities beyond problems and embrace possibilities beyond risks. By providing a variety of learning experiences, including exciting collaborations with the larger community, students are empowered to find and hone diverse talents alongside like-minded peers. Voices are nurtured, self-confidence raised and curiosity piqued such that students are empowered to discover their passion for life and inspired them to make learning a lifelong endeavour.
The JIP Graduate
As Principled Leaders of Tomorrow, graduates of the JIP are persons of integrity with a passion for life. They are discerning individuals who challenge themselves to think critically and make sound moral and ethical judgements. Additionally, they demonstrate high levels of distinction in their acquisition and mastery of 21st Century Competencies and dedicate their talents to impact lives in positive and ethical ways.
Desired Outcomes, Core Competencies, and Attributes
The Six Core Attributes of Principled Leaders | How the Six Core Attributes Are Manifested |
|---|---|
Personal Mastery | Confident in Self |
The JIP Curriculum
In the JIP, students immerse themselves in an enriching, extensive and authentic six-year learning experience that effectively equips them to explore and further develop their personal strengths, passions and talents.
JIP students from Catholic High School (CHS), CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School (SNGS) and Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (SCGS) will spend their first four years in their respective secondary schools before progressing to EJC and can look forward to the following Ministry of Education (MOE) special programmes that are tailor-made to cater to their learning passions and aspirations. From Year 3, JIP students can offer the Bicultural Studies Programme, which is also offered in EJC.
World Readiness Programme
Beyond the Core Academic Programme, our unique World Readiness Programme (WRP) aims to develop our students’ ability to impact lives in positive, ethical and meaningful ways. The WRP prepares our students for the world by elevating them beyond the classroom and equipping them to understand Singapore’s role in the international arena. This programme will also give them exposure to both Eastern and Western perspectives of geopolitical, social, cultural, economic and technological issues and megatrends to give our students the edge as they step up onto the global stage.
Curriculum
From Years 1 to 4, modules offered under Philosophy of Knowledge and Emerging Asia ride on the existing strengths of our schools in nurturing bilingual and bicultural students. They also develop our JIP students to be well-versed in eastern and western perspectives on knowledge, reason and values. In turn, the Current Affairs modules are designed to promote an understanding of global issues and megatrends.
From Years 1 to 4, the knowledge that our JIP students acquire in WRP will provide them with the foundational knowledge and skills that will put them in good stead for specific subjects and special programmes offered at EJC.
The WRP utilises a variety of learning platforms to engage students. In addition to lectures and tutorials in each school schools also engage or participate in programmes organized by external agencies (e.g. participation in Model United Nations Conferences). The three partner secondary schools also collaboratively organise annual WRP Symposiums where students are brought together to benefit from the synergistic sharing of ideas and perspectives. At these WRP Symposiums, our students interact with people across a broad spectrum of society, including research engineers, foreign diplomats, social entrepreneurs and thought leaders.
Passion Pursuit
Guided by the firm belief that the joy of learning is integral to supporting future learning and igniting a zest for life, our Passion Pursuit (PP) programme offers customised opportunities for JIP students to pursue their learning at an extended or deeper level in both the academic and non-academic domains during their six-year journey with the JIP.
Passion Pursuit provides avenues for intellectual discovery, leadership excellence and extra-curricular exploration essential to lifelong learning, through an enriching journey of Diverge, Converge and Emerge. Students get to explore a broad spectrum of interest areas under the Diverge phase, understand what passion really means through the Converge phase and eventually actualise it as part of purposeful living in the Emerge phase. Our flagship programme will inspire our students to not simply discover their passions, but aspire to use that to positively impact others for the betterment of society.
Passion Pursuit is implemented through Platforms for Exploration and Platforms for Pursuit, and is further enriched by the strong partnership among the JIP schools and our networks of alumni and community partners.
Our JIP schools work closely with our strong network of alumni, collaborating organisations and community partners to provide research and mentorship opportunities for our students. Our broad base of partners include Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Changi General Hospital, National Heritage Board, Science Centre Singapore, Defence Science and Technology Agency, the Dolphin Discovery Centre in Australia and more.