DSA 2017

[mengsan]

Sorry what do u mean by decimal places coming into play?

[emoh]

mengsan:

Sorry what do u mean by decimal places coming into play?

The T-score that you will get is the rounded score, there is the unrounded score which you will not know ...

https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=7127&p=1742976&hilit=unrounded#p1742976

Students are posted to secondary schools based on merit. Student with a better rounded aggregate score will be considered for admission first subject to the availability of vacancies in the selected school. If there are no more vacancies, then the student will be considered for his/her next choice school(s).

In situations where there are two or more students with the same rounded aggregate score vying for the last place in a school, they will be posted based on their citizenship status (i.e. Singapore Citizens, then Singapore Permanent Residents, then International Students). If there is still a tie, say between two Singapore Citizens, the one with the higher unrounded aggregate score will be posted into the school first. If there is still a tie between two citizens with the same unrounded aggregate score, then posting into the school will be determined by a computerised ballot where each student is given an equal opportunity.

Students who fail to get a place in any of their choice of schools will be posted to a school near their home which still has vacancies. As such, parents who have changed their official residential address in their NRIC are advised to update the primary school of their new address by the end of PSLE.

[veryscared]

For those with DSA, do they need to register confirmation anywhere?

Heard principal mentioned need to go on internet to accept offer even after getting PSLE results and posting confirmation.
Can someone advise?

[jtoh]

veryscared:

For those with DSA, do they need to register confirmation anywhere?

Heard principal mentioned need to go on internet to accept offer even after getting PSLE results and posting confirmation.
Can someone advise?

Your PSLE slip should say that your child has been posted to XXX school, assuming your kid accepted the offer for DSA.

[rsx]

Hi,

https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/secondary-one-posting-exercise

The DSA child is given the log-in PIN for 3rd language selection, and I think that is the only exercise, and no further acknowledgement is required about choice of school.
All the best to all!
And we've graduated from primary and now on, moving up to secondary KSP !
:rahrah:

[hojicha]

rsx:

Hi,

https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/secondary-one-posting-exercise

The DSA child is given the log-in PIN for 3rd language selection, and I think that is the only exercise, and no further acknowledgement is required about choice of school.
All the best to all!
And we've graduated from primary and now on, moving up to secondary KSP !
:rahrah:

We got odd 3rd language options given ... has this got to do with 2nd language results?

[Charcheah]

Here, this was extracted from MOE site …


Foreign Language Programmes

Pupils who are ranked among the top 10% of the PSLE cohort and who have a special ability in languages are eligible to apply to study a foreign language (i.e. French/ German/ Japanese/ Spanish) from S1.

Eligible top 10% pupils can apply for French/ German/ Japanese online upon the release of their PSLE results. Pupils opting for Japanese Language are required to have passed Higher Chinese/ Chinese at the PSLE as the standard written form of Japanese uses Kanji (Chinese characters). In the event that the number of applicants exceeds the number of vacancies, selection will be based on their PSLE results. To be eligible for the Foreign Language Programme, the applicant OR his father OR his mother must be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident.

If selected, pupils will attend Foreign Language (French/German/Japanese/ Spanish) classes at the MOELC Bishan or MOELC Newton (120kb .pdf). The four hours of instruction are divided into two portions—a 3-hour-15 minutes once-weekly session on campus, followed by 45 minutes of online instruction to be done from home. Foreign languages are taught at:

[hojicha]

Thanks charcheah ... I should go check website first. Appreciates the clarity. Clearly my DC is not in the top 10%

[Grr_roxy]

Hi,


For kids who are on WL for DSA academic route, they will be converted to CO based on PSLE results? So this does not take into consideration the domain the kids apply for previously, assuming each domain will have CO for x number of students?

[emoh]

Grr_roxy:

Hi,


For kids who are on WL for DSA academic route, they will be converted to CO based on PSLE results? So this does not take into consideration the domain the kids apply for previously, assuming each domain will have CO for x number of students?

conversion of WL to CO depends on your rank position in the WL by that WL school and others in that WL school giving up the CO, should not depend on PSLE results unless you do not qualify for Express stream and would like to DSA to a school with only Express stream.