Last Updated: 01 February 2021
Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE)
2. Admission criteria to institutions
- JC
- MI
- Polytechnics
- ITE
Bonus points for admission
Bonus points are awarded for attainment in co-curricular activities (CCA), language grades and school affiliation.
These points are deducted from your O-Level gross aggregate score to compute the net aggregate score.
You can get a maximum of 4 bonus points from a combination of any of these achievements:
Type of bonus points | Bonus points |
CCA grade: Excellent, A1 or A2 for admission to all institutions | 2 |
CCA grade: Good, or from B3 to C6 for admission to all institutions | 1 |
English and Higher Mother Tongue Language grade: A1 to C6 for admission to JC or MI | 2 |
Chinese or Malay Special Programmes or Bahasa Indonesia grade: A1 to C6 for admission to JC or MI | 2 |
Selection of your affiliated JC as your 1st or 1st and 2nd choices. | 2 |
You can get an additional 2 bonus points if you are successfully selected for the Chinese, Malay or Tamil Language Elective Programme.