싱가폴 공립학교는 그동안 PACT와 개별학교 입학시험을 통해 외국인 학생들을 선발해 왔었으나 금년 하반기부터는 교육부 (MOE)에서 주관하는 Centralised Test 를 통해 공립 초,중학교의 외국인 학생을 선발하게 된다.

Centralised Test는 올해 9/10월 경에 첫 시험이 있으며 구체적인 일정은 6월에 발표될 예정이다. Centralised Test에서 Pass한 학생들을 MOE가 공석이 있는 학교로 배정을 해 줄 예정이나 구쳬적인 방법은 아직 발표되지 않았다.

우수한 학생임에도 적절한 학교 선정 및 지원을 못해 입학의 기회를 놓칠 수 있었던 기존의 방법을 전면 개정하고 학교별로 시험일정과  시험 수준의 차이로 인해 혼선을 빚었던 폐단을 개선한 반면 시험을 단일화 하면서 철저한 학습 준비가 더욱 필요하게 되었다.

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New Admissions Exercise (International Students) for 2009 onwards

For admission to schools in academic year 2009, MOE will be conducting a centralised admissions exercise for new international students who wish to join our primary and secondary schools.
This exercise will comprise a centralised test tentatively scheduled in September/October 2008.  The test is for new international students seeking admission into the levels of Primary 2 to 5 or Secondary 1 to 3.
Applicants will be required to sit for English and Mathematics papers that would assess their English literacy, numeracy and reasoning abilities.  Successful applicants would be offered a place in a suitable school based on available vacancies and their test performance.
More details on the exercise will be available in this website in June 2008.

Centralised Admissions Exercise for
International Students
1.         Currently, international students seeking admission to public schools have to apply directly to the schools they are interested in. Most apply to more than one school to increase their chance of admission and are often required to sit for different admission tests by the schools they are applying to.
2.         To simplify school applications by international students, MOE intends to hold a centralised admissions exercise annually.
3.         The first centralised exercise will be for new international students seeking admission to our schools in 2009, and will involve a centralised test that is tentatively scheduled to be held in September/October 2008.  Applicants who pass the test would be offered a place in a suitable school for the academic year starting Jan 2009, based on their test performance and available school vacancies. Singaporean students participating in various posting exercises will continue to enjoy priority in admission over new international students.
4.         The exercise would be for new international students seeking admission into Primary 2-5 and Secondary 1-3 levels. Our schools generally do not admit international students directly into Primary 6 and Secondary 4 as it would not be in the interest of international students to be admitted during these critical examination years.
5.         The centralised test would comprise English and Mathematics papers that would assess the applicants’ English literacy, numeracy and reasoning abilities.  International students who wish to take part are encouraged to prepare themselves well before the centralised test.  They can refer to the following website for the syllabi of the various school levels: