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Start of 2010 School Placement Exercise for Returning Singaporeans
School Placement Exercise
The 2010 School Placement Exercise for Returning Singaporeans (SPERS) is open for registration from 26 July 2010 for Singaporean children who are returning from overseas and wish to join our secondary schools, junior colleges (JC) or Millennia Institute (MI) at the beginning of academic year 2011.
SPERS is a centralised placement exercise held at the end of the year for returning Singaporeans (RS). With SPERS, Singaporean parents working abroad can look forward to easier re-entry into the mainstream school system for their children when they return to Singapore. RS children will only need to sit for one set of centralised SPERS papers for school admission and will no longer need to take multiple school-based tests.
RS children seeking admission to Secondary 1-3 or Pre-U1 in 2011 can participate in SPERS-Sec or SPERS-JC/MI respectively. The SPERS-Sec papers will be held on 14 Oct 2010 while the SPERS-JC/MI papers will be held on 24 Nov 2010. Applicants will receive their school placement results in December 2010 and will be able to join our secondary schools and JC/MI at the start of the school term in early 2011.
Supplementary Placement Exercise
For RS who are unable to return in time for the SPERS-Sec in October 2010, MOE will also conduct a Supplementary Placement Exercise in December 2010 to facilitate their admission into our secondary schools. The centralised papers for the Supplementary Placement Exercise will be held in late December 2010 and applicants will receive their school placement results in late January 2011 for school admissions from February 2011. Registration for the Supplementary Placement Exercise will open in October 2010.
Whilst RS can choose to take part in either the SPERS-Sec or the Supplementary Placement Exercise, RS are advised to register for SPERS-Sec if they are able to return in October as their children would benefit from starting the academic year 2011 in January together with their peers.
Information/Registration Website
Details of the 2010 SPERS-Sec and SPERS-JC/MI exercises and the Supplementary Placement Exercise can be found in the Annex. For more details and registration, please refer to the MOE RS website or contact us at the following:
1 North Buona Vista Drive
Email: MOE_RETURNHOME@MOE.GOV.SG
Tel: 6872 2220
RS who are unable to participate in the centralised placement exercises may also wish to refer to the MOE RS website or contact MOE for other options provided by MOE for school admission.
RS seeking admission to primary schools may approach MOE at any time of the year for assistance. MOE will offer the RS a place in a primary school with vacancies near his/her home at a level appropriate for his/her age cohort. The RS will not have to sit for any placement test for admission, although the primary school may conduct assessment tests after admission to ascertain the child’s current attainment level and provide the appropriate assistance to help the child settle into the school. As Secondary 4 and Pre-U2 are national examination years, RS generally would not re-join at these levels.