Pupils who just meet the qualifying PSLE aggregate for the Express course will be given an alternative option to take up the N(A) course. Pupils who just meet the qualifying PSLE aggregate for the N(A) course will be give an alternative option to take up the N(T) course. PSLE pupils who are in these categories must exercise their course options in the S1 Option Form and submit the form either electronically via the S1-IS or physically to the child’s primary school.

Pupils in the top 30% of the PSLE cohort who take Higher Chinese at the PSLE will be given bonus points for admission to SAP schools according to the following table:

Pupils may opt to offer HMTL (viz. Higher Chinese/ Higher Malay/ Higher Tamil) from S1 onwards if they offer MTL or HMTL at the PSLE and are in the

• Top 10% of the PSLE cohort; or
• Top 11%—30% of the PSLE cohort and meet the language criteria i.e. an A* grade in the MTL or at least a Merit in HMTL.

Interested pupils can apply to offer HMTL when they report to their secondary school in late December. They will attend HMTL lessons at their school if the school offers the course, or in a designated centre if the school does not. Please refer to the list of schools and designated centres offering HMTL (64kb .pdf)

Eligible pupils may apply to offer a Third Language from S1 onwards. These are the choices available:

• Chinese (Special Programme) [CSP]
• Malay (Special Programme) [MSP]
• Bahasa Indonesia (BI)
• Arabic
• French
• German
• Japanese

You may wish to know:

A pupil who obtains a grade of A1 to C6 for CSP/ MSP/ BI at the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination and qualifies for admission to a JC/MI will be given a concession of two points in his application to the JC/MI of his choice via the JAE. A pupil who offers CSP/ MSP/ BI in the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination will be allowed to use the respective CSP/ MSP/ BI grade in lieu of a Humanities subject grade for admission to the JC/MI.

Pupils who are Singapore Citizens (SC) and meet the academic requirements based on their PSLE results will be eligible for the EESIS tenable at all Independent Schools (IS). They will be offered the scholarship if they are successfully admitted to an Independent School at S1.

P6 Gifted Education Programme (GEP) pupils who are SC and have met the GEP promotion criteria will be eligible for the EESIS tenable at IS offering the Integrated Programme at S1. They will be offered the scholarship if they are successfully admitted and enrolled in the Integrated Programme of an Independent Schools at S1.

P6 Gifted Education Programme (GEP) pupils who are not Singapore Citizens and have met the GEP promotion criteria will be eligible for the SMA tenable at Independent Schools offering the Integrated Programme at S1. They will be offered the award if they are successfully admitted and enrolled in the Integrated Programme of an Independent School at S1.

P6 Gifted Education Programme (GEP) pupils who have met the GEP promotion criteria will be eligible for the GEP Fees Subsidy tenable at Independent Schools offering school-based special programmes (SBSP) in the GCE ‘O’ Level track. They will be offered the subsidy if they are successfully admitted and enrolled in the SBSP of an Independent School at S1.