Post

Secondary

Options

Post-Secondary Options for

Sec 4 Express & Sec 5 NA course

JC/MI Award :A level Certificate

2/3 years

Post Secondary Education

Institutions of Higher Learning

Polytechnics Award : Diploma

3 years

ITE

(Higher Nitec)

GCE ‘O’ Levels

Sec 4Exp Sec 5

Sec 4NA

4

Percentage of Pupils Eligible for JC

MI & Poly Admission

2016 O-Levels

JC (%) JC, MI & Poly(%)

Sec 4

Express

Sec 5

Normal

90.5

44.0

99.6

92.0

Lead to the GCE ‘A’ Level examination

2 years (JC)

3 years (MI)

Junior College (JC) /

Millennia Institute (MI)

Aggregate Computation Points/Grades

Required

L1R5 (excluding CCA) Less than

or equal to

20

Requirements for admission

to Junior Colleges

L1 English Language / Higher Mother Tongue

R5 1 – Humanities/Higher Art/

Higher Music

2 - Maths / Science

3 - Hum/Higher Art/

Higher Music/Maths/Science

4

5Any GCE ‘O’ Level Subjects (except

Religious Knowledge & CCA)

L1R5 for JC

Core Subject Requirement

English Language A1 to C6

Mother Tongue Language

OR Higher MTL

OR Mother Tongue ‘B’ Syllabus

A1 to D7

A1 to E8

Merit or Pass

Mathematics

OR Additional Mathematics

A1 to D7

A1 to D7

Requirements on Core Subjects

Eligibility Criteria For JC Admission

Aggregate

Range for L1R5

(excludes bonus

points)

Meet Minimum Requirement of the core

subjects

YES NO

15

Eligible16 - 20

Eligible for Conditional

Admission

Eligible for Conditional

Admission only if

students have grades of

A1 or A2 in all the R5

subjects

Requirements for admission to Millennia

Institute (3-year Pre-U course)

Aggregate Computation Points/Grades

Required

L1R4 (may include

CCA)

Less than

or equal to

20

L1R4: For Millennia Institute

L1 EL/HMT

R4 1 – Humanities/Higher Art/Higher Music

/Mathematics/Science

2 - Humanities/Higher Art/Higher Music

/Mathematics/Science

3

4

Any GCE ‘O’ Level Subjects or CCA

(except Religious Knowledge)

Eligibility Criteria For MI Admission

Aggregate

Range for L1R4

(excludes bonus

point)

Meet Minimum Requirement of the core

subjects

YES NO

15

Eligible16 - 20

Eligible for Conditional

Admission

Eligible for Conditional

Admission only if

students have grades of

A1 or A2 in all the R4

subjects

At a glance , all students will offer

GP, PW, MTL at H1 level

3 H2 content-based subjects

1 H1 content-based subject

At least one from a contrasting

discipline

Three different levels of study: Higher 1 (H1), Higher 2

(H2) and Higher 3 (H3).

Levels of study at JC

1. CCA grade

2 Affiliation (ACJC)

3 HMT (A pupil must obtain A1-C6 for both

English and Higher MT in order to be

entitled the bonus points)

4 MSP/CSP

Limited to a Maximum of 4 BP only

Bonus Points (BP) – 4 categories

2 BP (Excellent)

1 BP (Good)

2 BP

2 BP

2 BP

L1R5 Aggregate scores (with Bonus Points) of

students admitted to JCs in the 2016 JAE

JC ARTS SCI JC ARTS SCI

Anderson JC 9 8 Raffles Inst 4 3

Anglo Ch JC 7 7 11 11

Catholic JC 10 10 St Andrew JC 9 9

Hwa Chong 4 4 13 13

Meridian JC 10 10 Temasek JC 9 9

Nanyang JC 7 6 Victoria JC 6 5

National JC 6 5 Yishun JC 17 16

Pioneer JC 13 12

IB IB

ACS(I) - 5 St Joseph

Institution

- 6

Choice of A–Level Subjects & Their Relevance to Education Beyond A–Level

University Courses Relevant A-Level Subjects

Arts,

Social Science OR Law

English Literature, History, Geography,

Economics, Chinese, Malay, Mathematics

Science Mathematics,

Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computing,

Economics

Engineering OR

Computer Technology

Mathematics, Physics

Medicine OR Dentistry Chemistry, Physics and/or Biology

Pharmacy Chemistry

Accountancy,

Business Administration OR

Commerce

Mathematics,

Principles of Accounting (MI only)

Architecture,

Building OR

Estate Management

Mathematics,

Physics and/or Chemistry

Computer & Information

Sciences

Mathematics, Computing

For pupils who wish to pursue applied and

practice-oriented training

Lead to a diploma

Usually a 3-year course

Polytechnics

Nanyang Polytechnic

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Republic Polytechnic

Singapore Polytechnic

Temasek Polytechnic

Net ELR2B2 aggregate

score excluding CCA

≤ 26

Requirements for admission to

Polytechnics

ELR2B2 : For Polytechnic Courses

Aggregate Type ELR2B2-A(Arts &

Humanities)

ELR2B2-B(Business)

ELR2B2-C(Science &

Technology)

ELR2B2-D(Design,

Graphic &

Animation)

EL English Language

R2 1st gp of

relevant

subjects

Arts

Humanities

Higher Music

Higher Art

Elementary Mathematics (E Math)/

Additional Mathematics (A Math)

2nd gp

of

relevant

subjects

Arts

Humanities

MT Lang

E Math/A Math

POA

Music

Arts

Humanities

Music

POA

Science

D&T

FCE

Science

D&T

FCE

Media

Studies

B2 Best 2 other subjects excluding CCA

Examples of Poly Courses with COP

Aggregate

Type

Course Polytechnic 2016

JAE COP

ELR2B2-A Media & Communication SP 13

Mass Communication NP 10

ELR2B2-B Law & Management TP 12

Banking & Finance NYP 14

ELR2B2-C Biomedical Science SP 8

Chemical & Biomolecular NP 12

ELR2B2-D Digital Animation SP 11

Product Design & Innovation NP 17

Ministry of Education, Singapore

Direct School Admission / Early Admissions Exercise

DSA / EAEDSA EAE

What is it? Direct admission to JCs

before the GCE O level

exam

Early admission to

Polys/ITEs before the

GCE O level exam

Requirements Based on academic

and non-academic

achievements and

talents

L1R5 less than or equal

to 20

Based on aptitudes

and interests

ELR2B2 less than or

equal to 26

Met Minimum Entry

Requirements of course

When? May – July 22 Jun – 28 Jun (TBC)

For students with GCE ‘O’ or ‘N’

Level certificates.

1- to 2-year technical or vocational

courses (Nitec to Higher Nitec).

Students who do well will be able to

proceed to the polytechnics for

diploma programmes.

Institute of Technical Education

For more information on courses

available in the Junior Colleges, Millennia

Institute, Polytechnics and ITEs, please

refer to :

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/

~ Specialised schools

• LASALLE College of the Arts

• Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

• SHATEC

~ Council for Private Education

Other Options

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