{"id":1365,"date":"2023-01-03T07:39:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T00:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mandarin.ac.th\/?page_id=1365"},"modified":"2023-01-11T10:05:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T03:05:53","slug":"lower-secondary-year-9-pre-igcse-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mandarin.ac.th\/the-curriculum\/lower-secondary-year-9-pre-igcse-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"LOWER-SECONDARY YEAR 9 PRE-IGCSE PROGRAMME"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1365\" class=\"elementor elementor-1365\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e70f85e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e70f85e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d56cef\" data-id=\"9d56cef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f197ee elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f197ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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These years help define the pathway towards Key Stage 4, the two-year programme that ends with IGCSE examinations at 16 years of age.<\/p><p>A core programme of English, mathematics and the Sciences is taught to all students across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. 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In the Lower-Secondary classes we transition from the Primary 50\/50 English\/Mandarin timetable of provision (that has supported such exceptional YCT and HSK results) &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandarin.ac.th\/the-curriculum\/lower-secondary-year-9-pre-igcse-programme\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LOWER-SECONDARY YEAR 9 PRE-IGCSE PROGRAMME<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1276,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"disabled","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"disabled","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LOWER-SECONDARY YEAR 9 PRE-IGCSE PROGRAMME - Mandarin International School - MIS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandarin.ac.th\/the-curriculum\/lower-secondary-year-9-pre-igcse-programme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LOWER-SECONDARY YEAR 9 PRE-IGCSE PROGRAMME - Mandarin International School - MIS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LOWER-SECONDARY YEAR 9PRE-IGCSE PROGRAMME MIS recognises the exceptional results that our Primary educational programme achieves at YCT and HSK Mandarin examination levels and the opportunity these results provide for future university entry. 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