Pure biology and combin bio/chem

Jack90 SG

Hi I took o levels in 2011 and got B3 for pure biology(which was my best score) . If I retake o level as a private candidate and take English , combine humans (Geog/SS) , math , A math , combine science (chem/bio) and score five A1’s for them , will my L1R5 be 9 points after combining The two o level certs(adding pure biology as a relavant subject into my L1R5) I got in 2012 and next year (2013) ? I know combining two O level certificates is possible and that cca point can be used as a private candidate . However , is it possible to use combine science (chem/bio) and pure bio in L1R5??? Because from SEAB website and the booklet I got , it says in the L1R5 , 2 subjects are taken from your best scoring subects except religious knowledge . Can it be pure biology despite me already using combine science (chem/bio) as my science requirement in my L1R5 . Thanks so much for the help . And I got C6 for Chinese last year so I basically met the minimum entry requirements for JC admission in passing Chinese , just worried about the science thingly

Darkness_hacker99 SG

I've sent MOE an enquiry about this matter, the following is their reply:

We refer to your email that was sent to us on 28 February 2012.

We are sorry to inform you that for both Pure Biology and Combine Science (Biology/ Chemistry) cannot be used for the computation of aggregate point.

Should you have any further enquiries email us at [email protected].

Alternatively, you may speak with our Customer Service Executives at 6872 2220 (Mondays to Fridays: 8am to 6pm and Saturdays: 8am to 1pm) or call +65 6872 2220 via your local operator if you are calling from overseas.

Thank you.

Best Regards,

Ms Teo Yin Yin
Customer Services Branch, MOE
for PERMANENT SECRETARY (EDUCATION)

Jack90 SG

Hey . Thanks for your help . However , I called MoE the other day and they said you can indeed use both pure bio and combine bio /chem . This is strange .

Darkness_hacker99 SG

I'll do the escalation and verification