Last Updated: 06 February 2023
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. They 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 types:
Type of bonus points | No. of bonus points |
CCA grade
|
2 |
CCA grade
Admission to any institution |
1 |
English and Higher Mother Tongue Language grade
Admission to JC or MI |
2 |
Chinese or Malay (Special Programmes) or Bahasa Indonesia grade
Admission to JC or MI |
2 |
Affiliated JC
Admission to your affiliated JC |
2 |
You can get an additional 2 bonus points if you are selected for the Chinese, Malay or Tamil Language Elective Programme offered in some JCs.
Learn more about the different types of Language Elective Programmes: