Editing Integrated Programme (section)

==Criticism of the Integrated Programme==
The success of an IP student is based on an assumption that students are self-disciplined enough to ensure that they manage their time well and be diligent in their studies, so that they will remember all the core content taught to them and yet find enough time to engage actively in independent learning.<ref name="Some students fail">{{cite news | access-date=11 February 2012 | archive-date=9 January 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109204917/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_747635.html | url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_747635.html | title=Some students fail to thrive on Integrated Programme scheme | date=22 December 2011 | first=Sandra | last=Davie | url-status=live | newspaper=The Straits Times}}</ref> However, this may be considered a utopian ideal. Without an important watershed intervening national examination to help them focus, students may simply let their guard down.<ref name="Some students fail" />

IP may also widen inequality among students in Singapore. Most of the places in top Junior Colleges are reserved for IP students. This includes [[Victoria Junior College]], [[Raffles Institution]], [[National Junior College]] and [[Hwa Chong Institution]]. As such, students taking the [[GCE Ordinary Level|O Level]] track will face tighter competition when they wish to enter top schools in Singapore, in comparison to their IP peers.

The Integrated Programme is allegedly for clearly university-bound students. While for non-IP students who fail to perform well in the A-level, they still have their O-level qualifications, which act as a "safety net". However, in the absence of this "safety net", IP students who under-perform in the A-level will have only their [[Primary School Leaving Examination]] (PSLE) certificate to fall back on.<ref name="Some students fail" />