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To be successfully admitted to a school through DSA, your child’s Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results must qualify them for the Posting Group offered by the school.
Example 1: If the school only admits students through Posting Group 3, your child's PSLE score must qualify for Posting Group 3. This includes those in Posting Group 3 and Posting Group 2 option band.
Example 2: If the school admits students through Posting Groups 1, 2, or 3, your child's PSLE score must at least qualify for Posting Group 1. If your child is eligible for Posting Group 1, they will be admitted to the Posting Group 1 of the school.

Thank you all for the input and advice.
Child's last year AL is 20. She got scared and I observed that she is putting in more efforts now for psle.
Her academic is boderline, no fail, just pass, but doing well for cca with several acheivements attained.

The school DSA information displayed all 3 groups AL range so i assume school's min criteria is G1? That case DSA to this sch of AL 14 may not have purpose anymore? since child can go other co-ed school with G3 range 20, though its 40min away from home.

Hi parents

Pardon me for my ignorance on DSA’s purpose. I had a misconception that success DSA would guarantee a Group 3 (express for all subjects) placement.

Would like to clarify the following examples:
Reason for DSA into IP school is clear, as in there are no Group 3, 2, 1 ranging (aka express, normal, normal tech on the subject base), so great if child able to secure a place via DSA

But if DSA to a neighbourhood sec sch, it does not mean the child is able to be in Group 3 if psle score range is in Group 2?
In this case, the child need not even DSA? If the final psle score fall within Group 2, child still able to enter this sch? If DSA, the same score still falls in Group 2. So it does not make sense to DSA to a sec school with Group 1, 2, 3 range?

Eg:
Sec Sch A:
Group 3 score range - 10~14
Group 2 score range - 21~23
Group 1 score range - 25 ~ 27
Say Child accepted DSA and psle scored 20. Child still in Group 3?

If child scored a 22, Child will be in Group 2, but if no DSA child may get in a Group 1 in other neighbourhood sch. Is this understanding correct?

Child shortlisted for an interview under leadership category, was thinking if need to spend the effort going for the session if ultimately child still can get in the sch even if allocated to Group 2, since if DSA also group 2 (if my understanding of above is correct). Reason for picking this sch initially is because of distance.

Thanks in advance for any comment or advice to clear my doubts.

Hi parents

i’m in the same plight and this my 1st born so no ‘experience’. Thanks in advance for the enlightenment.

So meaning the selection is based on merits, where
Eg: say for 220 score child, if put
223 COP sch as 1st choice, and
218 COP sch as a 2nd choice

If 223 sch is full (the last vacancy scored 223) likely my child will get into 218 sch and a 217 child who put COP 218 sch as 1st choice will not get it yet because computer will 1st consider the higher score child (218) 1st?