The Gifted Education Programme (GEP) is a highly selective academic programme in Singapore, initially designed to identify the top 0.25% (later expanded to 0.5%, then 1%) of students from each academic year with outstanding intelligence. The tests are based on verbal, mathematical and spatial abilities (as determined by two rounds of tests). Selected students will then be transferred to schools offering the GEP. GEP classes are designed to fit the students' learning ability, and cover subjects in greater breadth and depth. The curriculum is designed by the Gifted Education Branch and eschews the use of textbooks for notes that have been prepared by GEP teachers.
Pupils are identified for the GEP through a two-stage exercise in Primary 3.
First is the screening stage, which comprises of an Englush and a Mathmatics paper, each paper is given 1.5 hours.
For the selection stage, there are three papers, they are English, Math and General Ability, each paper is about 2.5 hours.
official info can be found at: https://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/gifted-education-programme/
GEP Sample Questions Sample Questions
Q1. A teacher gives 126 stickers to 20 students. Each boy receives 6 sticker while each girl receives 7 stickers. How many girls are there?
Q2. A farmer has 38 chickens and rabbits. there are 96 legs altogether. How many rabbits does the farmer have?
Q3. 100 apples, numbered from 1 to 100, are placed in a line, apples at odd numbered position are to be taken away, apple 1 taken away, apple 2 remains, apple 3 take away, apple 4 remains .... this process is repeated until there is only one apple left in the line. What is the original number of the last apple?
Q4. Amber is 26 years younger than Jack, Jack's age will be 3 times Amber's age in 4 years' time. How old is Jack?
Q5. Given that D is not 2, find the number represented by each letter .
Answers Are : Q1 (6), Q2 (10), Q3 (64), Q4 (35), Q5 (A=1, B=4, C=6, D=7),
