page_title: Raffles Institution
section_title: Relocation
hierarchical_section_title: Raffles Institution / School history / Relocation
caption_attribution_description: Sir Stamford Raffles bust, in Raffles Institution, Singapore
context_page_description: Raffles Institution, founded in 1823, is the oldest school in Singapore for pre-tertiary education. It is an independent school, providing secondary education through a boys-only Year 1-4 section and pre-university education through a coeducational Year 5-6 section.
  Since 2007, the school has offered the six-year Integrated Programme, which allows students to bypass the GCE O-Levels, and take the GCE A-Levels instead. Known as the Raffles Programme, it is offered jointly with its sister school, Raffles Girls' School, or RGS.
  RI was among the first schools to receive the Ministry of Education's School Excellence Award. It is a member of various academic partnerships and alliances, such as the G30 Schools and The Winchester Network. It also co-founded the Global Alliance of Leading-Edge Schools.
context_section_description: The school moved in March 1972 to Grange Road. The old building was demolished and replaced by Raffles City Shopping Centre. The Bras Basah campus's library building is featured on the $2 paper and polymer note in Singapore currency.
  In 1984, it became one of two schools selected by the MOE to pilot the Gifted Education Programme to cater to intellectually gifted students.
  In 1990, the school moved again, this time from Grange Road to a new campus at Bishan, a recently created new town.
caption: Bust of Sir Stamford Raffles at the Year 1-4 atrium
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