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Niche Programme Schools
Based on their
track record of achievements and their development plans for
their niche areas, the following 9 schools (in alphabetical
order) have been approved by MOE to offer discretionary places
under the DSA-Sec Exercise for schools with approved niche
programmes:
School
Niche
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Ahmad
Ibrahim Secondary Shooting
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Deyi
Secondary Performing Arts
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Gan Eng Seng School
Uniformed Groups
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Nan
Hua
Secondary Performing Arts
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Northland Secondary Hockey
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Presbyterian High Uniformed Groups
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St
Andrew¡¯s Secondary Rugby
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St
Hilda¡¯s Secondary Volleyball
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St
Margaret¡¯s Secondary Performing & Visual Arts
MOE will
continue to invite applications from schools interested to
establish niche programmes in subsequent years.
Student Selection
Each school
has its own merit-based criteria for selection (academic and
non-academic criteria), based on the qualities (like science,
music, sports) that the school would like to emphasise.
Information on the schools participating in DSA-Sec Exercise,
their selection criteria and their application and selection
processes can be found on their respective websites.
Annex A lists the participating schools and their website
URLs.
DSA-Sec Exercise
The exercise will be conducted in 3 stages as follows:
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Stage No. |
Stage Name |
Description |
Period |
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1 |
Selection |
Schools
will conduct their own selection exercises, and inform
students with regard to the results (confirmed offer, on
waiting list or rejected). |
27 Jun 05 to 31 Aug 05 |
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2 |
Exercise
School
Preference |
Students
may indicate their school preferences during this stage,
based on the confirmed offers they have received and schools
which have placed them on the waiting list. Offers not
taken up will be considered as lapsed. |
13 Oct 05 to 19 Oct 05
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3 |
Results Release |
The results of the DSA-Sec Exercise will be released
together with the PSLE results. |
late Nov 05 |
Please refer
to Annex B for details of each stage.
Students who have been admitted through the DSA-Sec Exercise
will not be able to indicate their school choices during the
Secondary One Posting Exercise.
For Further Information
Students who are interested in participating in the DSA-Sec
Exercise should approach any of the participating Secondary
schools or visit their websites for more details regarding the
selection exercises.
Students/Parents can also call MOE Customer Service Centre at
6872 2220 for further clarifications or refer to the MOE website
at www.moe.gov.sg for
more information regarding the
DSA-Sec
Exercise.
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Annex A
List
of Secondary Schools Participating in DSA 2005 for Admission to
Secondary One in 2006
Click here to
access Annex A
Annex B
Details on
the stages of the
DSA-Sec Exercise
for Admission to Secondary One in 2006
Selection Stage (27 Jun 05 to 31 Aug 05)
Each participating school will conduct its own selection exercise
during the Selection Stage. Students who apply to a participating
school, are shortlisted to participate in the school¡¯s selection
exercise, and meet the admission criteria of the school, will be
offered confirmed places in the school (i.e. Confirmed Offers).
Some students may be informed that they are placed on the school¡¯s
waiting list if the school wishes to consider their application at
a later stage, subject to available vacancies. The students who
do not meet the admission criteria of the school will be informed
that the school is unable to offer them a place under the DSA-Sec
Exercise. All participating students will be notified of the
outcome by the end of this stage.
Students with Confirmed Offers are guaranteed a place in each
school that has extended them an offer, provided that they satisfy
the following:
a. they
indicate the school as one of their choices
during the Exercise School Preference Stage, and
b. they
qualify for an academic course which is offered by the school
[Special / Express /
Normal
(Academic) /
Normal
(Technical)].
Students on the waiting list of a school will be considered for
admission, provided that they satisfy the following:
a. they
indicate the school as one of their choices
during the Exercise Preference Stage,
b. they
qualify for an academic course which is offered by the school
[Special / Express /
Normal
(Academic) /
Normal
(Technical)], and
c. the
school has vacancies after the Exercise School Preference Stage.
(The results will be known at the Results Release Stage.)
Exercise School Preference
Stage (13 Oct 05 to 19 Oct 05)
Before 13 Oct 05, all students who have received confirmed offers
or who were placed on a school¡¯s waiting list during the selection
stage will be issued with a form through their primary schools, to
allow them to exercise their order of preferences.
Some students may receive confirmed offers and/or notices about
being on the waiting list from more than one school. Each student
can indicate his order of preference for these schools. Once a
student has exercised his school preference for a confirmed offer
or one on waiting list, and is accepted, he will not be able to
exercise his choice of schools during the centralised Secondary
One Posting Exercise.
The student will be guaranteed a place in his preferred school
which offered him a confirmed offer,
even if he decides to indicate greater preference for a school
which has placed him on its waiting list. Once he is allocated a
school place from a higher order of preference school, the other
confirmed offers in the lower order of preference schools will be
freed up and offered to other students, according to each school¡¯s
waiting list.
To do this, MOE will run a central clearing system after the
Exercise School Preference Stage to match students¡¯ order of
preferences against how each school has ranked the students on its
waiting list according to the school¡¯s admission criteria.
Results Release Stage ¨C late Nov 05
The results of the DSA-Sec Exercise will be released in late Nov
05, together with the PSLE results. All students, regardless of
whether they took part in the DSA-Sec Exercise or not, will be
issued with an Option Form during the centralised Secondary One
Posting Exercise.
Successful DSA-Sec applicants will be informed of the schools they
have been admitted into. Since these places have already been
reserved for them, these students will not be allowed to indicate
their choices of schools during the Secondary One Posting
Exercise. For those who are eligible for elective programmes,
they will be given the option to indicate their interest in the
Option Form.
Unsuccessful DSA-Sec applicants will be notified that none of the
schools they had indicated a preference for are able to offer them
a place. Hence, they will be given the option to indicate their
choices of schools in the Secondary One Posting Exercise. During
the Secondary One Posting Exercise, these students may still opt
for the schools that had not been able to offer them a place under
the DSA-Sec Exercise if they wish, as only a certain percentage of
places in these schools are made available during the DSA-Sec
Exercise.
Source:
Ministry of Education Press
Release 24 May 2005
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