Direct poly admission exercise starts July
STUDENTS with special talents and achievements, seeking direct
admission into Singapore's junior colleges (JCs) and polytechnics
for the next academic year, may start applying from June and July
respectively.
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The first direct polytechnic admission (DPA) exercise starts on
July 11 for those who want to confirm places in polytechnic courses
before taking their GCE O-level examinations in October.
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The DPA gives the polytechnics greater flexibility to select
students based on their talents and not just examination
results.
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The polytechnics Nanyang, Ngee Ann, Republic, Singapore and
Temasek will each admit some 100 students this way.
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For those seeking direct admission into JC1 and its equivalent, the
exercise will be held from June 25. Government and Government-aided
JCs will admit up to 10 per cent of their intake, while the three
independent institutions Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Hwa
Chong Institution and Raffles Junior College offering
pre-university programmes will take in up to 20 per cent of their
intake.
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More information on the respective exercises can be obtained at the
websites: www.moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/dsa_jc/ and
www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/post-sec/dpa/. Channel
NewsAsia
based on last year exercise, more students with good grades are
opting for polytechnic so what will happen to those who are just
average. 
