12 May 2020
Applications for this year’s Direct School Admission (DSA) scheme will be conducted entirely online.
Schools employing DSA as a way of taking in students with unique gifts and talents will conduct interviews through video-conferencing tools.
The e-interview sessions will take place from early July to mid-September, and will be spaced out to avoid intermingling of students.
The timeline for accepting DSA applications is mid-May to early June, similar to previous years.
Education Minister Ong Ye King said that the DSA scheme will try to take in as many students as it did last year. The direct entry scheme had 3,500 students who successfully applied to secondary schools last year.
Efforts have been stepped up to encourage students with ability and potential, especially those from less-advantaged family backgrounds, to apply for secondary school places via DSA.