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 2009 Direct School Admission Exercise (DSA-JC).

Similar to last year’s exercise, Government and Government-aided JCs will be admitting up to 10% of their 2010 JC1 intake using school-based criteria under the DSA-JC Exercise. The 3 independent institutions [ACS(I), HCI, RI(JC)] offering pre-university programmes will have the flexibility to admit up to 20% of their intake using school-based criteria.

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.