MrJacky, are you in Sec. 3 now or you have a kid in Sec.
3?
Basically whatever the army needs you to learn, is not found in
things at the Secondary School level. So its abit irrelevant.
Officers
To be a combatant officer a Polytechnic diploma of any discipline
or an 'A' level certificate plus you must be combat fit, and you
meet the situational test requirements at BMT, then you'll be
selected to be an officer.
Officers who qualify for university education, will also disrupt
mid-career after they get their Lieutenant rank to continue with
their degree. Nowadays to be a high-flying officer and reach
Lieutenant-Colonel and above, you probably need a degree. Unless
you're super super good officer.
Nerds don't qualify as
officers
Contrary to popular believe, the army does not just look at
paper.
I've seen scholars with straight A, combat fit, but they are nerds.
They signed their letter of intent, but at the end of BMT, they
were deemed unsuitable to be an officer, because of their lack of
leadership skills or the skills to be adaptable to situations. SAF
officers are more than just nerds.
SpecialistTo be a
specialist (a sergeant to warrant officer) rank, you need a minimum
of 'O' levels, although most specialists nowadays are Poly Dip
holders. For specialists, as long you're combat fit and have 'O'
levels, automatic acceptance.
Specific
vocations
Unless you're aiming for special vocations, such as you really want
to rise up to be the TOP engineer for Singapore armour, or the TOP
engineer for Chemical warfare....then of course you may need a
degree or diploma in that, which will mean you need to have the
relevant subjects at 'O' level to qualify for those subjects later
on.
Or if you wish to be an engineer in the airforce or navy, you
definitely need physics at 'O' level to take Electrical,
Electronics, etc. disciplines of engineering later on in tertiary
education, in order to qualify as an Engineering Officer.
