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Source:
www.moe.gov.sg |
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56 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE DIRECT SCHOOL ADMISSION EXERCISE |
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This year, 56 schools, 9 more than last
year, will be participating in the Direct School Admission Exercise for
admission to Secondary One in 2008. |
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The Direct School Admission Exercise
(Secondary) (DSA-Sec) aims to promote holistic education by giving
participating schools greater flexibility in selecting students while
holding to the key principles of transparency and meritocracy. |
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For students, the DSA provides them the
opportunity to demonstrate a more diverse range of achievements and
talents in seeking admission to secondary schools. |
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The list of the 56 schools participating in
DSA-Sec this year is at Annex A. |
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New DSA Secondary Schools |
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Specialised Independent School |
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This year¡¯s DSA-Sec Exercise will be
extended to the new School of the Arts (SOTA), a specialised Independent
School for talented youths in the visual and performing arts. SOTA will
start in January 2008. |
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SOTA will offer a 6-year holistic curriculum
that meaningfully connects the arts and the academic programme at
pretertiary level, to provide a dedicated development path for students
to realise their artistic and academic potential. |
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SOTA students will sit for the International
Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma as their graduating qualification at Year 6. |
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Niche Programme Schools |
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Based on their track record of achievements
and their development plans for their niche areas, the following eight
schools have been approved by the Ministry of Education (MOE) this year
to offer discretionary places under the DSA-Sec Exercise for schools
with approved niche programmes: |
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School |
Niche |
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CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent |
Hockey |
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Fuhua Secondary |
Robotics |
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Jurong West Secondary |
Uniformed Groups |
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Montfort Secondary |
Badminton |
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Outram Secondary |
Rock-Climbing |
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St Patrick’s School |
Military Band |
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Yio Chu Kang Secondary |
Performing Arts |
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Yuhua Secondary |
Concert Band |
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Presbyterian High, which participated
in last year¡¯s DSA-Sec Exercise with uniformed groups as their
niche area, will offer volleyball (girls¡¯ team) as a new niche
area this year, in addition to uniformed groups. |
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The full list of the 20 niche
programme schools is at Annex B. MOE will continue to invite
applications from schools interested to establish niche programmes
in subsequent years. |
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More..... |
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Source:
www.moe.gov.sg Press Release
10 May 2007 |
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