https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/about-6-to-7-per-cent-of-integrated-programme-students-leave-before-completing-the-six-years-moe

• Some Integrated Programme students switch to O-levels, polytechnics, or overseas schools due to academic pressure or differing learning preferences.
• Demand for IP remains high, with about 4,300 applying in 2024’s Secondary 1 posting exercise, despite some students leaving.

Personally, i think there isn’t too much of a distinction between normal secondary school track and integrated programme as both will end up taking A levels in the end. This is besides those students who want to take the polytechnic route. Main difference is those students in integrated programme are generally smarter and more hardworking so the schools will tend to teach ahead. This will be good for students as they will cover easier topics in sec 1 and 2 quickly, and have more time and energy to focus on the harder concepts in upper sec and jc syllabus.