S1 Option Form and Eligibility Letter

S1 Option Form

P6 pupils who pass the PSLE will each receive a personalised S1 Option Form (1.4mb .pdf) together with their PSLE results slip. This is with the exception of those who are successful in the DSA-Sec Exercise and do not qualify for any eligibility such as Third Language and/or Course Option based on their PSLE results.

Pupils are required to hand the S1 Option Form to their parents. The form must be sealed when first received as it contains a unique password (S1 PIN) for parents to submit their child’s S1 options through the S1 Internet System (S1-IS). Parents should inform their child’s primary school immediately if the form is not sealed. To prevent any unauthorised access to the S1-IS, parents should keep the S1 PIN confidential.

Parents and pupils who are not in Singapore to collect their child’s PSLE results slip and S1 Option Form may authorise a proxy to collect them from their child’s primary school.

Eligibility Letter

Pupils, including those successful in the DSA-Sec Exercise, who are eligible for any of the following will each receive a personalised ‘Eligibility Letter’ informing them of their eligibilities:

• Course Option—Pupils who just meet the qualifying PSLE aggregate for the Express or Normal (Academic) course will be given the option to take up the Normal (Academic) or Normal (Technical) course respectively. Such pupils must indicate which of the courses they wish to opt for.
• Bonus Points for Admission to Special Assistance Plan (SAP) Schools—Pupils in the top 30% of the PSLE cohort who take Higher Chinese at the PSLE will be given bonus points for admission to SAP schools according to the following table:

  Higher Chinese Grade	Bonus Point
  Distinction	3
  Merit	2
  Pass	1

• Higher Mother Tongue Language (HMTL)—Pupils may opt to offer HMTL (viz. Higher Chinese/ Higher Malay/ Higher Tamil) from S1 onwards if they offer MTL or HMTL at the PSLE and are in the

  • Top 10% of the PSLE cohort; or
  • Top 11%—30% of the PSLE cohort and meet the language criteria i.e. an A* grade in the MTL or at least a Merit in HMTL.

  Interested pupils can apply to offer HMTL when they report to their secondary school in late-December. They will attend HMTL lessons at their school if the school offers the course, or in a designated centre if the school does not. Please refer to the list of schools and designated centres offering HMTL (64kb .pdf).

  [For information: A pupil who obtains a grade of A1 to C6 for both English and HMTL at the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination and qualifies for admission to a Junior College (JC)/Millennia Institute (MI) will be given a concession of two points in his application to the JC/MI of his choice via the Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE).]

• Third Language—Eligible pupils may apply to offer a Third Language viz. Chinese (Special Programme) [CSP]/ Malay (Special Programme) [MSP]/ Bahasa Indonesia (BI)/ Arabic/ French/ German/ Japanese from S1 onwards. Interested pupils should exercise their Third Language option(s).

  [For information: A pupil who obtains a grade of A1 to C6 for CSP/ MSP/ BI at the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination and qualifies for admission to a JC/MI will be given a concession of two points in his application to the JC/MI of his choice via the JAE. A pupil who offers CSP/ MSP/ BI in the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination will be allowed to use the respective CSP/ MSP/ BI grade in lieu of a Humanities subject grade for admission to the JC/MI.]

• Edusave Entrance Scholarships for Independent Schools (EESIS)—Pupils who are Singapore Citizens (SC) and meet the academic requirements based on their PSLE results will be eligible for the EESIS tenable at all Independent Schools (IS). They will be offered the scholarship if they are successfully admitted to an IS at S1.

  P6 Gifted Education Programme (GEP) pupils who are Singapore Citizens and have met the GEP promotion criteria will be eligible for the EESIS tenable at IS offering the Integrated Programme (IP) at S1. They will be offered the scholarship if they are successfully admitted and enrolled in the IP of an IS at S1.

• Singapore-MOE Award (SMA)—P6 GEP pupils who are not Singapore Citizens and have met the GEP promotion criteria will be eligible for the SMA tenable at IS offering the IP at S1. They will be offered the award if they are successfully admitted and enrolled in the IP of an IS at S1.
• GEP Fees Subsidy—P6 GEP pupils who have met the GEP promotion criteria will be eligible for the GEP Fees Subsidy tenable at IS offering school-based special programmes (SBSP) in the GCE ‘O’ Level track. They will be offered the subsidy if they are successfully admitted and enrolled in the SBSP of an IS at S1.