IP Curriculum Overview

Explore how NYGH's Integrated Programme goes beyond O-Level requirements to develop well-rounded students through a rich, concept-based curriculum built on bilingualism, excellence, and service.

Last updated 30 July 2026

The Nanyang Integrated Programme (IP) is a six-year programme for Nanyang Girls’ High School (NYGH) students, with years 1-4 spent at NYGH and years 5-6 at Hwa Chong Institution. The IP curriculum aims to stretch students beyond the requirements of the O-Level examinations/syllabus and offers students a more challenging curriculum with meaningful assessments.

Circular education framework showing Empowered Learner at center, surrounded by learning domains and teaching principles in rings.

In NYGH, we believe students are keen to learn and are highly driven. The curriculum therefore aims to provide an enriching and challenging learning experience for high-ability students of diverse talents and background, and is built upon the school’s extensive heritage and culture of bilingualism, excellence and service.NYGH is where they grow in their knowledge and understanding and develop competencies and dispositions to prepare them for work and for life.

The 3 Areas of Growth

Three areas of growth: knowledge, competencies and dispositions

Knowledge and Understanding	Disciplinary Literacy Digital Literacy Socio-emotional Literacy Design Literacy
Competencies	Communication, Collaboration and Information Skills Critical, Adaptive and Inventive Thinking Civic, Global and Cross-cultural Literacy Social-emotional Intelligence
Dispositions	Curiosity Empathy Resilience Responsible Growth Mindset Intellectual Flexibility Self-directed Resourcefulness Purpose & Service

Since 2016, our school has adopted Dr Lynn Erickson's Concept-based Approach in teaching and learning. It ensures that students develop deep conceptual understanding and thinking which will enable them to transfer disciplinary knowledge and skills across time, situations and contexts.

NYGH introduced the Fusion curriculum to the Secondary One cohort in 2024. Fusion is NYGH's approach to an authentic and integrated curriculum that is designed to prepare students to think deeply and collaborate with their peers to solve real-world problems. Design Thinking and Maker Education are also used to bring about innovative and creative thinking anchored in empathy. Fusion emphasises the connection of concepts, knowledge, real-world experiences and 21st Century competencies ranging from reasoning to communication as well as civic and cross-cultural literacies. Fusion also encourages students' ownership of their learning and provides choice.