PRESS RELEASE

16 May 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE REPORTING

DIRECT ADMISSION EXERCISES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, JUNIOR COLLEGES AND POLYTECHNICS

1. Students can apply for direct admission to secondary schools, junior colleges (JC) and polytechnics through the – Secondary (DSA-Sec) Exercise, Direct School Admission - Junior College (DSA-JC) Exercise and the Direct Polytechnic Admission (DPA) Exercise respectively.

2. The Direct Admission Exercises provide schools, JCs, institutions and polytechnics with more flexibility to select students based on a wider range of talents and achievements, while holding to the key principles of transparency and meritocracy.

DSA-Sec Exercise

3. The DSA-Sec Exercise promotes holistic education by giving students the opportunity to demonstrate a more diverse range of achievements and talents in seeking admission to secondary schools.

4. This year, 91 schools will be participating in the 2012 DSA-Sec Exercise for admission to Secondary One in 2013. The participating schools are listed in Annex A.

New Niche Programme Schools

5. Six new schools will offer discretionary places via the DSA-Sec Exercise for admissions from 2013 onwards. Another two schools, St Andrew’s Secondary School and Unity Secondary School, will offer a second niche. The schools’ niche programmes are as follows:

School Niche Canberra Secondary School Digital Media Naval Base Secondary School Visual Arts New Town Secondary School Uniformed Groups Queenstown Secondary School Uniformed Groups St Andrew’s Secondary School Military Band*

1 School Niche Teck Whye Secondary School Hockey Unity Secondary School Uniformed Groups* Woodgrove Secondary School Environmental Education

* This is the school’s second niche area of excellence.

6. A list of the 50 niche programme schools is at Annex B. Information on the schools’ selection criteria and their application and selection processes can be found on the schools’ respective websites.

7. MOE will continue to invite applications from schools interested in establishing niche programmes in subsequent years. MOE will provide support to these schools to build up the necessary capabilities to offer these programmes, so that more schools will have their own distinguishing niches.

3 Stages of DSA-Sec Exercise

8. The DSA-Sec Exercise will be conducted in 3 stages. Details of the exercise are listed in Annex C.

9. Students who take up Confirmed Offers or Waiting List Offers by schools during the DSA-Sec Exercise are still required to take the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). Those who take up Confirmed Offers are guaranteed a place in the school that has extended them an offer, provided that their PSLE results meet the minimum requirement for a course [Express/ Normal (Academic)/ Normal (Technical)] offered by the school.

10. Similar to previous years, students who have been admitted to a school through the DSA-Sec Exercise will not be able to participate in the centralised Secondary One Posting Exercise.

11. Students who have been successfully allocated to a school via the DSA-Sec Exercise are expected to honour their commitment to their posted DSA-Sec schools and will thus not be allowed to transfer to another school after the release of the PSLE results.

DSA-JC and DPA Exercise

12. The DSA-JC application period varies across the schools, starting from 16 May 2012. The DPA application period is from 5 July 2012 to 10 July 2012. Successful applicants will be offered places in a JC, institution or polytechnic prior to taking their GCE ‘O’ level examination or equivalent assessments, though they must still meet the ‘O’ level examination criteria for eventual admission to a JC, institution or polytechnic.

13. The DSA-JC Exercise provides students an opportunity to demonstrate a more diverse range of achievements and talents in seeking admission at the pre- university level. The institutions participating in the DSA-JC Exercise this year are listed in Annex D.

2 14. The DPA Exercise allows students who are interested in and have the aptitude for applied learning to seek prior admission to the polytechnics. The polytechnics participating in the DPA Exercise this year are listed in Annex E.

15. Successful DPA applicants will be able to participate in the Polytechnic Preparatory Programme (PPP), conducted by the individual polytechnics from mid- January 2013 to March 2013. Under the PPP, students will engage in activities such as industry visits, student camps and leadership development activities. These activities aim to broaden the students’ learning experience and better orientate them to the polytechnic environment. Students may also register for polytechnic modules during the PPP. This would allow students to pursue advanced modules or cross- disciplinary modules during their polytechnic education.

Student Selection

16. For the DSA-JC Exercise, each JC or institution will admit students according to its own school-based admission criteria (which include both academic and/or non- academic criteria), taking into account the students’ personal qualities and the areas of focus (such as leadership, science, music and sports) that the JC or institution would like to emphasise. Students admitted via the DSA-JC Exercise will have to meet the admission criteria to a JC which can be found in MOE DSA-JC Exercise website.

17. For the DPA Exercise, polytechnics will take into account students’ abilities, talents and interests in the specific courses that they have applied for. For example, a student’s passion and talent in digital media could be considered when he/she applies through the DPA for a place in a Diploma in Digital Media Design. To ensure that students admitted through DPA are able to cope with the rigours of a polytechnic education, applicants will have to meet the prevailing polytechnic admission criteria, i.e.:

 Obtain a net ELR2B21 score of not more than 26 points for the GCE ‘O’ Level examination; and

 Meet the Minimum Entry Requirements (MER) for the relevant polytechnic course, which can be found on the polytechnics’ websites.

18. Similar to last year’s exercises, the percentage of students that JCs and polytechnics can admit via direct admission is as follows:

 Government and Government-aided JCs2 can admit up to 10 percent of their 2013 JC1 intake using school-based criteria under the DSA-JC Exercise. The four independent institutions3 offering pre-university programmes can admit up to 20 percent of their intake using school-based criteria. SOTA will admit a small number of its Year 5 students through the DSA-JC Exercise.

1 ELR2B2 is used for admission into the Polytechnics. It refers to English Language, two relevant subjects for the polytechnic course applied for, and best two other subjects excluding CCA. 2 These are: Anderson JC, Anglo-Chinese JC, Catholic JC, Innova JC, Jurong JC, Meridian JC, Nanyang JC, National JC, Pioneer JC, Serangoon JC, St. Andrew’s JC, Tampines JC, Temasek JC, Victoria JC and Yishun JC. 3 These are: Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), , and St. Joseph’s Institution.

3  The five polytechnics - , , , Polytechnic and - may each admit up to 2.5 percent of their Academic Year 2013 intake through the DPA Exercise. There will also be a course-specific cap of 30 percent for each polytechnic course under DPA. This is to ensure that students admitted through the GCE ‘O’ Level route will continue to have access to popular polytechnic courses.

19. Similar to previous years, if an applicant accepts an offer through DSA-JC or DPA, and is successfully posted to the institution, he will not be able to take part in the Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) or Joint Polytechnic Special Admissions Exercise (JPSAE) subsequently.

20. Students who have been successfully allocated a place to a JC or a polytechnic course via the DSA-JC Exercise or DPA Exercise respectively are expected to honour their commitment to the schools and polytechnic courses that they have been posted to, and thus will not be allowed to transfer to another JC or course after the release of the GCE ‘O’ Level examination results. This act of honouring commitments is an important value which we hope to inculcate in all our students.

21. Details of the DSA-JC and DPA Exercises can be found in Annex F.

Further Information

22. Students interested in participating in the DSA-Sec, DSA-JC or DPA Exercises should approach any of the participating institutions or visit their websites for more details regarding the selection exercises. They are advised to do so before the start of the respective exercises.

23. Alternatively, students can call MOE Customer Service Centre at 6872 2220 or refer to the following MOE websites for more information:

 DSA-Sec Exercise website http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dsa-sec/

 DSA-JC Exercise website http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dsa-jc/

 DPA Exercise website http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dpa/

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

4 Annex A

List of Secondary Schools Participating in 2012 DSA-Sec Exercise – For Admission to Secondary One in 2013

Courses Contact S/No Schools SIS IP IS AS NS School Website Address Offered No. Admiralty Sec 1  E, NA, NT http://www.admiraltysec.moe.edu.sg 63651733 Sch Ahmad Ibrahim 2  E, NA, NT http://www.ahmadibrahimsec.moe.edu.sg 67585384 Sec Sch Anderson Sec 3  E, NA, NT http://www.andersonsec.moe.edu.sg/ 64598303 Sch Ang Mo Kio Sec 4 E, NA, NT http://www.angmokiosec.moe.edu.sg/ 64548605 Sch Anglican High 5  E http://www.anglicanhigh.moe.edu.sg 62414866 Sch Anglo-Chinese  6 Sch   E http://www.acs.sch.edu.sg/acs_indep 67731633 (Independent) * Anglo-Chinese  7 Sch (Barker   E, NA, NT http://acsbr.net/ 62561633 Road) Bendemeer Sec  8   E, NA, NT http://www.bendemeersec.org/ 62927616 Sch 9 Bowen Sec Sch    E, NA, NT http://www.bowensec.moe.edu.sg 63859466 Bukit Merah Sec 10  E, NA, NT http://www.bukitmerahsec.moe.edu.sg/ 64748934 Sch Bukit Panjang 11  E, NA, NT http://www.bpghs.moe.edu.sg/ 67691031 Govt High Sch Canberra Sec 12  E, NA, NT http://www.canberrasec.net 67585070 Sch Catholic High 13   E http://www.chs.moe.edu.sg 64582177 Sch * Cedar Girls' Sec 14   E http://www.cedargirlssec.moe.edu.sg 62884909 Sch * CHIJ Katong 15  E, NA, NT http://www.chijkatongconvent.moe.edu.sg 64486433 Convent CHIJ Sec (Toa 16  E, NA, NT http://www.chijsec.edu.sg 63534972 Payoh) CHIJ St Nicholas 17   E http://www.chijstnicholasgirls.moe.edu.sg 63541839 Girls' Sch * CHIJ St 18 Theresa’s  E, NA, NT http://www.chijsttheresasconvent.moe.edu.sg 64775777 Convent Chong Boon Sec 19  E, NA, NT http://www.chongboonsec.moe.edu.sg 65531263 Sch Chung Cheng 20  E http://www.cchms.moe.edu.sg/ 63441393 High Sch (Main) Chung Cheng 21 E, NA, NT http://www.chungchenghighyishun.moe.edu.sg 67583912 High Sch (Yishun) Clementi Town 22  E, NA, NT http://ctss.moe.edu.sg 67777362 Sec Sch Commonwealth 23  E, NA, NT http://www.commonwealthsec.moe.edu.sg 65606866 Sec Sch Crescent Girls' 24  E http://www.crescent.edu.sg/ 64758711 Sch

25 Deyi Sec Sch  E, NA, NT http://www.deyisec.moe.edu.sg 64561565 Dunman High  26   E http://www.dunmanhigh.moe.edu.sg 63450533 Sch

27 Dunman Sec Sch  E, NA, NT http://www.dunmansec.moe.edu.sg 67862668

5 Courses Contact S/No Schools SIS IP IS AS NS School Website Address Offered No. Evergreen Sec 28  E, NA, NT http://www.evergreensec.moe.edu.sg 63656392 Sch Fairfield 29 Methodist Sch  E, NA, NT http://www.fairfieldsec.org 67788702 (Sec)

30 Fuhua Sec Sch  E, NA, NT http://www.fuhuasec.moe.edu.sg/ 65633067 Gan Eng Seng 31  E, NA, NT http://www.gess.edu.sg 64745594 Sch Hai Sing Catholic  32   E, NA, NT http://www.haisingcatholic.moe.edu.sg 65827864 Sch Hong Kah Sec  33   E, NA, NT http://www.hongkahsec.moe.edu.sg 65679655 Sch Hwa Chong  34   E http://www.hwachong.edu.sg 64683955 Institution

35 Jurong Sec Sch  E, NA, NT http://www.jurongsec.moe.edu.sg/ 62655980 Jurong West Sec 36 E, NA, NT http://www.jurongwestsec.moe.edu.sg 62623593 Sch

37 Manjusri Sec Sch E, NA, NT http://www.manjusrisec.moe.edu.sg 68424558 Maris Stella High 38  E http://www.marisstellahigh.moe.edu.sg/ 62803880 Sch 39 Marsiling Sec Sch    E, NA, NT http://www.mslportal.edu.sg/ 68941413 Methodist Girls'  40   E http://www.mgs.sch.edu.sg/ 64694800 Sch (Sec) * 41 Montfort Sec Sch    E, NA, NT http://www.montfortsec.moe.edu.sg/ 65107070 National Junior  42    E http://www.njc.edu.sg 64661144 College Nan Hua High 43   E http://www.nanhuahigh.moe.edu.sg 67788303 Sch Nanyang Girls'  44   E http://www.nygh.moe.edu.sg/ 64663275 High Sch Naval Base Sec  45  E, NA, NT http://www.navalbasesec.moe.edu.sg 62571996 Sch New Town Sec  46  E, NA, NT http://www.newtownsec.moe.edu.sg 67754140 Sch Ngee Ann Sec  47  E, NA, NT http://www.ngeeannsec.edu.sg 67844583 Sch Northland Sec 48  E, NA, NT http://www.northlandsec.moe.edu.sg 62576781 Sch 49 NUS High School    E http://www.highsch.nus.edu.sg 65161709 Orchid Park Sec  50   E, NA, NT http://www.opss.edu.sg 67598547 Sch 51 Outram Sec Sch    E, NA, NT http://www.outramsec.moe.edu.sg 67334077 Pasir Ris Crest 52 E, NA, NT http://www.prcss.moe.edu.sg 65811655 Sec Sch 53 Pasir Ris Sec Sch    E, NA, NT http://prss.moe.edu.sg 65010800 Paya Lebar 54 Methodist Girls'   E, NA, NT http://www.plmgss.moe.edu.sg 62816606 Sch (Sec)

55 Peirce Sec Sch  E, NA, NT http://www.peircesec.moe.edu.sg 64576454

56 Ping Yi Sec Sch  E, NA, NT http://www.pyss.edu.sg 64489580 Presbyterian High 57  E, NA, NT http://www.phs.sg 64543722 Sch Queenstown Sec  58   E, NA, NT http://www.queenstownsec.edu.sg 64741055 Sch Raffles Girls' Sch  59    E http://www.rgs.edu.sg/ 67371845 (Sec) 60 Raffles Institution    E http://www.ri.edu.sg/ 63538830

6 Courses Contact S/No Schools SIS IP IS AS NS School Website Address Offered No. Riverside Sec  61   E, NA, NT http://www.riversidesec.moe.edu.sg 62699631 Sch River Valley High  62   E http://www.rvhs.moe.edu.sg 65678115 Sch School of Science 63 and Technology ,   E http://www.sst.edu.sg/ 65717200 Singapore (SST) School of the 64 Arts, Singapore   E http://www.sota.edu.sg/ 63389663 (SOTA) Seng Kang Sec  65   E, NA, NT http://www.sengkangsec.moe.edu.sg 63887258 Sch Serangoon  66   E, NA, NT http://www.sgs.edu.sg 62889227 Garden Sec Sch 67 Sec Sch    E, NA, NT http://www.siglapsec.moe.edu.sg 65829461 Singapore  68 Chinese Girls'   E http://www.scgs.edu.sg 62527966 School * Springfield Sec  69   E, NA, NT http://www.springfieldsec.moe.edu.sg 63183053 Sch St Andrew's Sec 70  E, NA, NT http://www.saintandrewsschool.info 62851944 Sch St Anthony's http://www.stanthonyscanossiansec.moe.edu.s 71 Canossian Sec  E, NA, NT 64490616 g/ Sch St Hilda's Sec 72  E, NA, NT http://www.sthildassec.moe.edu.sg 63055277 Sch St Joseph's  73   E http://www.sji.edu.sg 62500022 Institution * St Margaret's Sec 74   E, NA, NT http://www.stmargaretssec.moe.edu.sg 64664525 Sch St Patrick’s 75  E, NA, NT http://www.stpats.edu.sg 63440929 School Tanjong Katong 76  E http://www.tanjongkatonggirls.moe.edu.sg 63441593 Girls' School Tanjong Katong 77  E http://www.tanjongkatongsec.moe.edu.sg 63443471 Sec Sch Teck Whye Sec 78  E, NA, NT http://www.teckwhyesec.sg 67691386 Sch Temasek Junior 79   E http://www.tjc.edu.sg 64428066 College Temasek Sec 80  E, NA, NT http://www.temaseksec.moe.edu.sg 64495020 Sch

81 Unity Sec Sch  E, NA, NT http://www.unitysec.moe.edu.sg 67671070

82 *   E http://vs.moe.edu.sg 62912965 West Spring Sec 83  E, NA, NT http://www.westspringsec.moe.edu.sg/ 68920369 Sch Woodgrove Sec 84 E, NA, NT http://www.woodgrovesec.moe.edu.sg 68932564 Sch Woodlands Ring 85  E, NA, NT http://www.woodlandsringsec.moe.edu.sg 63643712 Sec Sch

86 Xinmin Sec Sch  E, NA, NT http://www.xinminss.edu.sg 62889382 Yio Chu Kang 87  E, NA, NT http://www.yiochukangsec.moe.edu.sg 64560669 Sec Sch Yishun Town Sec 88  E, NA, NT http://www.yishuntownsec.moe.edu.sg 67587219 Sch

89 Yuhua Sec Sch E, NA, NT http://www.yuhuasec.moe.edu.sg 65661985 Zhenghua Sec 90 E, NA, NT http://www.zhenghuasec.moe.edu.sg/ 67639455 Sch Zhonghua Sec 91  E, NA, NT http://www.zhonghuasec.moe.edu.sg/ 62824339 Sch

7 * Dual track school offering both IP and ‘O’ Level Programme

Legend

SIS – Specialised Independent School E – Express IP – NA – Normal Academic IS – Independent School NT – Normal Technical AS – Autonomous School NS – Niche School

8 Annex B

Niche Progamme Schools

S/No School Niche Programmes 1 Admiralty Secondary School Robotics Enterprise 2 Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School Shooting 3 Ang Mo Kio Secondary School Symphonic Band 4 Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) Drama, Water Polo 5 Bendemeer Secondary School National Education 6 Bowen Secondary School Band 7 Bukit Merah Secondary School 8 Canberra Secondary School Digital Media 9 CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent Hockey 10 Chong Boon Secondary School Environmental Education 11 Chung Cheng High School (Yishun) Chinese Orchestra 12 Clementi Town Secondary School Uniformed Groups 13 Deyi Secondary School Performing Arts 14 Evergreen Secondary School National Education 15 Fuhua Secondary School Robotics, Uniformed Groups 16 Gan Eng Seng School Uniformed Groups 17 Robotics 18 Hong Kah Secondary School Soccer 19 Jurong Secondary School 20 Jurong West Secondary School Uniformed Groups 21 Manjusri Secondary School Wushu 22 Marsiling Secondary School Environmental Education 23 Montfort Secondary School 24 Naval Base Secondary School Visual Arts 25 New Town Secondary School Uniformed Groups 26 Northland Secondary School Hockey 27 Orchid Park Secondary School Visual Arts 28 Outram Secondary School Rock Climbing, Business Enterprise 29 Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School Fencing 30 Pasir Ris Secondary School Chinese Orchestra 31 Peirce Secondary School Uniformed Groups 32 Ping Yi Secondary School Design Education 33 Presbyterian High School Uniformed Groups, Volleyball 34 Queenstown Secondary School Uniformed Groups 35 Riverside Secondary School Dance, National Education 36 Seng Kang Secondary School Hockey

9 S/No School Niche Programmes Serangoon Garden Secondary 37 Uniformed Groups School Gamelan and Angklung / Kulintang 38 Siglap Secondary School Ensembles 39 Springfield Secondary School Rock Climbing 40 St Andrew’s Secondary School Rugby, Military Band 41 St Hilda’s Secondary School Volleyball 42 St Patrick’s School Military Band 43 Teck Whye Secondary School Hockey 44 Unity Secondary School Basketball, Uniformed Groups 45 West Spring Secondary School Air Pistol 46 Woodgrove Secondary School Environmental Education 47 Woodlands Ring Secondary School Robotics 48 Yio Chu Kang Secondary School Performing Arts 49 Yuhua Secondary School Concert Band 50 Zhenghua Secondary School Uniformed Groups

10 Annex C

DSA-Sec Exercise Periods

The DSA-Sec Exercise will be conducted in 3 stages as follows:

Stage Stage Name Description Period 1 Selection Schools will conduct their own selection 25 Jun 12 to exercises, and inform students of the results 31 Aug 12 (Confirmed Offer, Placed on Waiting List or Rejected).

2 Exercise Students may indicate their school preferences 22 Oct 12, School during this stage, based on the Confirmed Offers 9am to 27 Preference and Waiting List Offers they have received. Offers Oct 12, 12pm not taken up at this stage will lapse. Students can indicate their preferences online or at their primary schools.

3 Results Results of the DSA-Sec Exercise will be released Late Nov 12 Release together with the PSLE results.

11 Annex D

List of Websites of Institutions Participating in DSA-JC Exercise:

Name of JC/Institution Website

1. Anderson Junior College http://www.ajc.edus.sg

2. Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)# http://www.acs.sch.edu.sg/acs_indep

3. Anglo-Chinese Junior College* http://www.acjc.edu.sg

4. * http://www.cjc.edu.sg

5. Hwa Chong Institution# http://www.hwachong.edu.sg

6. http://www.innovajc.moe.edu.sg

7. http://www.jurongjc.moe.edu.sg

8. http://www.mjc.moe.edu.sg

9. * http://www.nanyangjc.org

10. http://www.njc.edu.sg

11. Pioneer Junior College http://www.pioneerjc.moe.edu.sg

12. Raffles Institution# http://www.ri.edu.sg

13. School of the Arts, Singapore@ http://www.sota.edu.sg

14. http://www.srjc.moe.edu.sg

15. St. Andrew’s Junior College* http://www.standrewsjc.moe.edu.sg

16. St. Joseph’s Institution# http://www.sji.edu.sg

17. http://www.tpjc.moe.edu.sg

18. http://www.tjc.edu.sg

19. http://www.vjc.moe.edu.sg

20. Yishun Junior College http://www.yishunjc.moe.edu.sg

* Government-aided JCs # Independent Schools offering JC or its equivalent courses / Independent JCs @Specialised Independent Schools

12 Annex E

List of Websites of Institutions Participating in DPA Exercise:

Name of Polytechnic Website

1. Joint Polytechnic Portal http://www.polytechnic.edu.sg

2. Nanyang Polytechnic http://www.nyp.edu.sg

3. Ngee Ann Polytechnic http://www.np.edu.sg

4. Republic Polytechnic http://www.rp.sg

5. http://www.sp.edu.sg

6. Temasek Polytechnic http://www.tp.edu.sg

13 Annex F DSA-JC and DPA Exercise Periods

The DSA-JC Exercise will be conducted in two phases as follows:

Period Phase 11 Process Phase 2 Process (All JCs) (All JCs except the eight stated in Footnote 1) 25 Jun 2012 Offer Stage to JCs may shortlist and make offers to 24 Jul 2012 selected students. 25 Jul 2012 Acceptance Stage to A student may accept only one of his 27 Jul 2012 offers by submitting his acceptance form to the institution. He is guaranteed a place in the institution if he accepts the offer during this stage and meets the eligibility criteria for JC admission. 30 Jul 2012 Cooling-Off Stage (30 Jul 2012 to 1 to Aug 2012)

1 Aug 2012 Students may cancel their Phase 1

acceptances during this stage, if they wish to accept a Phase 2 offer. 30 Jul 2012 Offer Stage (30 Jul to 14 Aug 2012) to JCs may shortlist and make offers to 14 Aug 2012 selected students. 17 Aug 2012 Acceptance Stage to A student may accept only one of his 23 Aug 2012 offers by submitting his acceptance form to the institution. He is guaranteed a place in the institution if he accepts the offer during this stage and meets the eligibility criteria for JC admission. Note: A student who accepts a JC offer cannot concurrently accept an offer from a polytechnic via the Direct Polytechnic Admission (DPA) Exercise. A student

1 The following 8 Institutions have opted to only participate in Phase 1 of the DSA-JC Exercise:

1. Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 2. Hwa Chong Institution 3. National Junior College 4. Raffles Institution 5. School of the Arts, Singapore 6. St. Joseph’s Institution 7. Temasek Junior College 8. Victoria Junior College

14 Period Phase 11 Process Phase 2 Process (All JCs) (All JCs except the eight stated in Footnote 1) who is found to have accepted more than one offer (JC and/or polytechnic) will be disqualified from the DSA-JC and DPA Exercises.

By Withdrawal Stage 5 Oct 2012 Students who wish to participate in JAE and Joint Polytechnic Special Admission Exercise (JPSAE) must submit withdrawals from DSA-JC Exercise 2012 by 5 Oct 2012, 5.00pm.

Students who have accepted a DSA-JC Offer but who do not withdraw by the deadline are deemed to have confirmed their acceptance and will not be eligible to participate in the JAE or JPSAE if they meet the eligibility criteria for JC admission based on their GCE ‘O’ Level examination results.

Students who have been successfully allocated a place to a JC or a polytechnic course via the DSA-JC Exercise or DPA Exercise respectively are expected to honour their commitment to the schools and polytechnic courses that they have been posted to, and thus will not be allowed to transfer to another JC or course after the release of the GCE ‘O’ Level examination results.

The DPA Exercise will be conducted as follows:

Period Process 5 Jul 2012 to 10 Jul Application Stage 2012 Students apply for DPA via an online application system at http://www.polytechnic.edu.sg/dpa/ 12 Jul 2012 to 13 Aug Selection Stage 2012 Polytechnics shortlist and interview selected DPA applicants. 17 Aug 2012 to 23 Aug Offer and Acceptance Stage 2012 Offers will be made to successful applicants. DPA applicants may view and accept offers on the online application system between 2.00 pm on 17 Aug 2012 and 3.00 pm on 23 Aug 2012.

A student who accepts his DPA Offer during this stage is guaranteed a place in the polytechnic course, as long as he is able to meet the admission criteria stated in Paragraph 17 of the press release.

Note: A student who accepts a DPA Offer cannot concurrently accept an Offer from a Junior College (JC) via the Direct School Admission for JCs (DSA-JC).

15 Period Process By 5 Oct 2012 Withdrawal Stage If a student would like to withdraw from the DPA Exercise 2012 to participate in JAE and JPSAE, he must submit his withdrawal by 5 Oct 2012, 5.00 pm.

Students who have accepted a DPA Offer but who do not withdraw by the deadline are deemed to have confirmed their acceptance and will not be eligible to participate in the JAE or JPSAE.

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