Institute of Higher Learning Scheme
(IHL)
(For NSmen pursuing their university education
locally after ORD)
The IHL scheme is an initiative to help maintain
the unit's integrity in NS. It allows those who are pursuing
full-time studies in local Institutes of Higher Learning i.e.
National University of Singapore (NUS) / Nanyang Technological
University (NTU) / Singapore University of Management (SMU) and
polytechnics, to remain in their NS unit. To make it easier for IHL
NSmen to fulfil their NS obligations without disrupting their
studies, MINDEF has a standing arrangement with the 3 local
universities on a common "blackout" window for NS call-ups during
the universities' semester vacation breaks. ICT call-up will be
confined within these specified "blackout" periods and the 3
universities will ensure a total "blackout" of all academic
programmes during this period.
The blackout period for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates for
2007 and 2008 is shown in the table below:
www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/topics/nsmen/admin/Disruption_and_Exemption.html