Direct School Admission Exercise for JC1 and Equivalent Level

The Direct School Admission Exercise (DSA) aims to promote holistic education by giving participating schools greater flexibility in selecting students while holding to the key principles of transparency and meritocracy. For students, the DSA provides them the opportunity to demonstrate a more diverse range of student achievements and talents in seeking admission at the pre-university level. This year, Government and Government-aided junior colleges (JCs) and the three independent institutions offering pre-university programmes will continue to admit a percentage of their students under the 2010 Direct School Admission – Junior College Exercise (DSA-JC).

From this year, the School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA) will admit a small number of students talented in visual and performing arts to Year 5 (first cohort this year) of its Integrated Programme via the DSA-JC Exercise.

Similar to last year’s exercise, Government and Government-aided JCs will be admitting up to 10% of their 2011 JC1 intake using school-based criteria under the DSA-JC Exercise. The 3 independent institutions [ACS(I), HCI, RI] offering pre-university programmes will have the flexibility to admit up to 20% of their intake using school-based criteria. SOTA will admit a small number of its Year 5 students through the DSA-JC Exercise.

The DSA-JC Exercise will be conducted prior to the annual Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE). Students admitted via the DSA-JC Exercise will not take part in the JAE, as long as they meet the criteria for admission to a JC.

Students who are interested in polytechnic studies and wish to gain direct admission to polytechnics can participate in the Direct Polytechnic Admission (DPA) Exercise, which will be conducted in July this year.