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Source:
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43 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE DIRECT SCHOOL ADMISSION EXERCISE FOR ADMISSION TO SECONDARY ONE
IN 2006 |
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In line with the move to provide greater
flexibility and options at the secondary school level, this year¡¯s Direct
School Admission Exercise for admission to Secondary One in 2006 (DSA-Sec)
will be extended to 43 schools. |
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Background |
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The Ministry of Education (MOE) has been giving
schools and universities greater flexibility in their admission of students to
allow a more diverse range of student achievements and talents to be
recognised. |
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Since 2004, MOE has introduced a phased plan to
provide greater flexibility in the secondary and junior college (JC) school
admission system. The plan includes: |
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a. allowing
schools with the Integrated Programme (IP) full discretion in admissions;
b. enhancing
the autonomy of Autonomous Schools (AS) and
Independent
Schools
(IS) by:
i. doubling
their level of discretionary places, and
ii. allowing
them to adopt their own merit-based admission criteria for these places;
c. extending
discretion on admissions to mainstream secondary schools that are able to
develop strong niche programmes;
d. giving
discretion on admissions to all JCs. |
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This has been accompanied by increasing the
flexibility of the university admission system for the National University of
Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. |
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The 7 IP schools admitted up to 50% of their 2005
Secondary 1 students through the Direct School Admission Exercise, before the
central posting exercise (para 3a). The AS and IS adopted school-based
admission criteria for their 2005 Secondary 1 discretionary places (para
3b-ii). |
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The next steps involved changes for the admission
of the 2006 intakes. In early May 2005, MOE announced the details of the
Direct School Admission Exercise for the 2006 JC1 intake (para 3d). Details of
the final parts of the phased plan (paras 3b-i and 3c) were announced by MOE
at a press briefing on 19 May 2005. |
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Direct School Admission for Secondary Level |
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This year¡¯s Direct School Admission Exercise for
admission to Secondary One in 2006 (DSA-Sec) will be extended to 43 schools,
compared to 7 last year. |
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Independent Schools (IS), Autonomous Schools (AS)
and schools with approved niche programmes (NPS) will have the flexibility to
admit up to 20%, 10% and 5% respectively of their intake using school-based
criteria. Schools offering Integrated Programme (IP) and NUS High School will
continue to have full discretion in admission. |
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More..... |
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Source:
Ministry of Education Press Release 24 May
2005 |
46 sec schools in direct admission exercise in 2006
