If taking exams has never been your strong suit, the Direct School Admission exercise might just be your salvation.
This Ministry of Education initiative gives schools more flexibility to admit students based on non-academic criteria.
Of the 74 schools participating in this year's exercise for admission to the 2010 Secondary One cohort, 16 of them have been given the green light to offer discretionary places for 12 sports. It’s recognition that these schools have a track record of achievements and development plans for their niche areas.
The sports niches and schools are:
- Badminton – Montfort Secondary
- Basketball – Unity Secondary; Jurong Secondary
- Fencing – Pasir Ris Crest Secondary
- Floorball – Bukit Merah Secondary
- Hockey – CHIJ St Theresa's Convent; Northland Secondary; Seng Kang Secondary
- Rock Climbing – Outram Secondary; Springfield Secondary
- Rugby – St Andrew's Secondary
- Shooting – Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary
- Volleyball – Presbyterian High (Girls' Team); St Hilda's Secondary
- Water Polo – Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road)
- Wushu – Manjusri Secondary
The DSA exercise will be conducted in three stages
Stage 1 – Selection (29 June 2009 – 4 Sep 2009)
Schools conduct their own selection exercises, and inform students of the results (Confirmed Offer, placed on Waiting List or Rejected).
Stage 2 – Exercise School Preference (26 Oct 2009 – 30 Oct 2009)
Students indicate their school preferences based on the Confirmed Offers they have received and schools which have placed them on the Waiting List. Confirmed or wait-listed students are still required to take the PSLE and their results must meet the minimum requirements set by the school.
Stage 3 – Results Release (Late Nov 2009)
The results of the DSA Exercise will be released together with the PSLE results.
Want to know more about the DSA? You can visit the websites of the participating schools for details on the application and selection process. You can also call the Education Ministry at 6872- 2220 or refer to the DSA website.
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acsi has dsa for a lot of sports such as water polo, cricket, badminton, rugby, tennis, squash, swimming, and a lot more….these are the schools with dsa of only 1 cca….2009 acsi is again going to be top boys school……
AC8, other schools have DSA too. its just that they take in people not based on a particular sport only, so they are not up here on the list. even my school, which is not on the list, have DSAs for hockey and floorball.
Games are won by heart sometimes, the strongest team on paper does not translate to a stronger team on the field. The team who put in the hardest work preseason, the team that shows the most desire and fire, will win.
DSA does not equal wins, it just increase the odds of winning. But those odds are small.
@AC8 – Perhaps it’s because ACSI is a top boys school and therefore has the luxury of a student body that is both scholastically and athletically able? Just thinking out loud.
ACSI isn’t on that list anywhere, yet we’ve been top boys school what, 9 years now?
Not necessarily. These schools may be strong in the respective sports but they may not necessarily be the best right? And I think it somehow kind of maintains the standards of all the school teams and not only that particular schools, otherwise if all the good players are all in separate schools then the standard will drop. In fact I think it serves as a platform for good players to further develop their potential, and players from other schools to learn much more from them.
this is totally unfair .. if like tat DAE then dis few school will sure get champ every year.. is this fair anot