This is a new series of mathematics textbooks for the express stream of secondary schools in Singapore. It is specially written for the new syllabus (2007) and by a group of lecturers from National Institute of Education, Singapore.
The article tells you what you want to know about the changes in the new O level syllabus. It also gives a brief description of mathematics syllabus in Singapore for the past 50 years and international comparison.
There is a new syllabus for the O level mathematics. It was completed in 2004, announced in 2006, and will be implemented in 2007, with its first examination to take place in 2008. The major change in the new syllabus is the approach.
The cover shows arches in a school in Barcelona, Spain, designed by the famous Spanish architect Gaudi. It was used as a poster for the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) held in August 2006 in Madrid, Spain. With the permission of ICM we use it as cover.