Direct School Admission

Direct School Admission

Direct School Admission (DSA) is a program in Singapore introduced in 2004 for students who are studying Primary 6 or Secondary 4 to be guaranteed a place in a Secondary School or Junior College respectively. Another goal of this program is to allow Secondary Schools/Junior Colleges to have more autonomy in choosing their students. A student may receive "Confirmed Offer", "Waiting List" or "Rejected" as an outcome. All students who have applied for any school's DSA exercise are ranked according to the results of the DSA test held by the school.

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Confirmed Offer

The first few number of students in the ranking determined by the school are given a confirmed offer. Should a Primary 6 student receive a confirmed offer from any school, he or she will receive a School Preference Form in late October after his or her Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) and will not participate in the S1 Posting Exercise. Although it is said that the student has been guaranteed a place in the Secondary School, he will lose the offer if he is not eligible for the lowest academic stream (Special, Express, Normal(Academic), Normal(Technical)) the school offers according to his PSLE results. In this case, he will have to participate in the S1 Posting Exercise

Waiting List

The following few students in the ranking also determined by the school will enter the waiting list. Those who are in the waiting list will fill up the vacancies after some students who receives a confirmed offer has decided to reject the offer. They will enter the school according to their order in the ranking until all vacancies for the school's DSA exercise has been filled up. The student will also receive a School Preference Form in late October after his PSLE. If he enters the school via DSA successfully, he need not participate in the S1 Posting Exercise. Like the students who received a confirmed offer, the student will lose the offer if he is not eligible for the lowest academic stream (Special, Express, Normal(Academic), Normal(Technical)) the school offers according to his PSLE results.

Rejected

The students who are not ranked high enough in the school's DSA ranking will be rejected. If he does not have any other offers (including waiting list), he will not receive a School Preference Form and will have to participate in the S1 Posting Exercise.

Flowchart of DSA Procedure

1. Student gathers data on the schools he is interested in applying.
2. Student sends in his application with all required documents through a way specified by the school (usually online).
3. Student goes for all tests and/or trials on a day/days specified by the school. The school may ask the student to submit all/some documents on the test date.
4. Student receives the outcome of his application and fills in the School Preference Form (if applicable).

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