1. The results of the 2007 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE O-Level) Examination will be released on Thursday, 24 January 2008.
2. School candidates may collect their results from their schools at 2:00 pm on 24 January 2008. Private candidates will be informed of their results by post. Private candidates may also access their results through the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board website at http://www.seab.gov.sg from 2:00 pm on 24 January 2008.
3. Students can submit applications to junior colleges (JCs), Millennia Institute (MI), polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) via both the Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) and the Joint-Polytechnic Special Admissions Exercise (JPSAE) using their GCE O-Level results.
4. This year, students will be able to receive the posting results of their JAE application through an additional channel, via SMS text messaging. Students must provide a local mobile phone number during registration through the JAE Internet System (JAE-IS) to receive the SMS.
A) Joint Admissions Exercise
5. The JAE is conducted annually by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to allow those who had sat for the GCE O-Level Examination to apply for admission to courses offered by the JCs, MI, polytechnics and ITE.
General Information
6. The following groups of applicants are eligible to participate in the JAE:
a. All Singapore Citizens (SCs) or Permanent Residents (PRs) with valid GCE O-Level Examination results.
b. Foreign applicants studying in a government school, government-aided school or independent school in Singapore with valid 2007 GCE O-Level Examination results.
7. The JAE registration period is for 5 calendar days (including Sunday), starting from 3:00 pm on Thursday, 24 January 2008 until 4:00 pm on Monday, 28 January 2008.
8. For more information on the JAE, applicants can refer to:
a. JAE Website at http://www.moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/jae; or
b. MOE Customer Service Centre at 6872-2220 during office hours.
Registration Process
9. Applicants are to submit their application online through the JAE-IS. The JAE-IS is accessible through the JAE website at http://www.moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/jae.
a. Eligible applicants who sat for the 2007 GCE O-Level Examination will receive ‘Form A’ on the day of the release of examination results (i.e. 24 January 2008). Form A will list:
i. The applicant’s GCE O-Level Examination results;
ii. The courses which he/she is eligible to apply for under the JAE; and
iii. His/her JAE-PIN (i.e. a personal password for the applicant to access the online internet registration system).
b. Applicants are strongly advised to complete the course application worksheet (provided in both Form A and the JAE information booklet) before submitting the online application on the JAE-IS. Applicants who have completed their worksheet prior to logging on to the JAE-IS should be able to complete their applications on the JAE-IS in less than 15 minutes.
c. Applicants are required to use their NRIC or FIN number, together with the JAE-PIN that is provided in their Form A, to access the JAE-IS. Similar to the 2007 JAE, a SingPass is not required.
d. Applicants must provide a local mobile phone number during registration through JAE-IS if they wish to receive the results of their JAE application through SMS text messaging.
e. For SCs/PRs who did not sit for the 2007 GCE O-Level Examination:
i. They are required to use their NRIC and SingPass to access the JAE-IS.
ii. Alternatively, they may register their applications personally at MOE Customer Service Centre during the JAE registration period. To do this, applicants are required to bring along their original identity card, their GCE O-Level Examination certificate/results slip and their Secondary School report cards.
10. During the registration period for the JAE, all JCs, MI, the polytechnics, ITE and all secondary schools will also make available computing facilities for students to make their applications online.
Application Fees
11. An application fee of $7 will be charged for the first application, and $10 for amendment of choice(s) to the submitted application. Only one amendment is allowed. JAE applicants will not need to make their fee payment online during the JAE period. All JAE application fees will only be collected after the exercise, by the institution (i.e. JC, MI, polytechnic or ITE) that the applicant is eventually enrolled in.
Results of Application
12. The posting results of the JAE application are tentatively scheduled for release on Tuesday, 19 February 2008 through the following modes:
a. Form D (containing the posting results) will be sent to all applicants via mail;
b. JAE IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System) at telephone number 6691-2131;
c. JAE-IS, which is accessible through the JAE website at http://www.moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/jae; and
d. SMS to mobile phone number provided by applicant during registration.
B) Joint Polytechnic Special Admissions Exercise
13. The JPSAE will be conducted, together with the JAE, from 24 January 2008 to 28 January 2008. A student can apply concurrently to both the JPSAE and JAE. Successful applicants may be offered a course under the JAE and the same or another course under the JPSAE. Students who are offered courses under both JAE and JPSAE can decide to accept one of the two offers and exercise it during the enrolment period set by the polytechnics.
14. The JPSAE complements the existing JAE, by allowing polytechnics to consider applicants based on a broader measure of merits beyond performance in the GCE O-Level Examination. Under the JPSAE, each polytechnic will be able to admit up to 5 per cent of their annual intake of students based on their special talents and aptitude. Each polytechnic will have the discretion to determine its modes of assessing applicants’ talents and achievements, including portfolios and interviews, among others. The polytechnics will set their own respective selection criteria to ensure that only applicants who are able to cope with the rigours of a diploma education are admitted.
15. Details on the JPSAE can be found at http://www.polytechnic.edu.sg/jpsae and on the respective polytechnics’ websites.
Adapted from http://www.moe.gov.sg/press/2008/pr20080121.htm
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