Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for admission to a JC course, applicants must satisfy the criteria specified in Table 1:

Table 1: Eligibility Criteria For Admission To Junior Colleges

Aggregate Range for L1R5 excluding Bonus Points For details on computing the aggregate, please refer to Table 3.	Meet Requirements as specified in Table 2?
	Yes	No
≤ 15	Eligible	Eligible for Conditional Admission
16 – 20		Eligible for Conditional Admission only if students have grades of ‘A1’ or ‘A2’ in all the R5 subjects

Table 2: Requirements on Core Subjects

Subject	Requirement
English Language	A1 to C6
Mother Tongue Language:
Chinese Language, Malay Language, Tamil Language *	A1 to D7
OR Higher Chinese Language, Higher Malay Language, Higher Tamil Language	A1 to E8
OR Chinese Language ‘B’ Syllabus (CLB), Malay Language ‘B’ Syllabus (MLB), Tamil Language ‘B’ Syllabus (TLB)	Merit or Pass
Mathematics
Mathematics	A1 to D7
OR Additional Mathematics	A1 to D7

* Or non-Tamil Indian Languages (viz. Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu) and Asian/Foreign Languages (viz. Arabic, Burmese, French, German, Japanese and Thai) approved by the Ministry of Education in lieu of an Official Mother Tongue Language. These subjects may be considered in lieu of the Mother Tongue Language in deciding admission eligibility.

Table 3: Computation of Aggregate

	L1R5: For JC Course
L1	First Language – English / Higher Mother Tongue
R5	Relevant Subject 1 – Humanities / Higher Art / Higher Music / Malay / Chinese (Special Programme) / Bahasa Indonesia
	Relevant Subject 2 – Mathematics / Science
	Relevant Subject 3 – Humanities / Higher Art / Higher Music / Mathematics / Science / Malay / Chinese (Special Programme) / Bahasa Indonesia
	Relevant Subject 4 – Any GCE ‘O’ Level subjects excluding CCA and Religious Knowledge
	Relevant Subject 5 – Any GCE ‘O’ Level subjects excluding CCA and Religious Knowledge