10 May 2021

The Direct School Admission exercise received 30,500 applications last year. The exercise resulted in 3,600 students being admitted through DSA.

The DSA students were posted to almost all secondary schools. About 33 per cent were admitted to the Integrated Programme (IP) schools, and 67 per cent to non-IP schools.

The DSA scheme, introduced in 2004, provides pupils with the opportunity to seek admission to a secondary school based on a diverse range of specific academic and non-academic achievements and talents that they can demonstrate beyond the Primary School Leaving Examination.

If shortlisted, pupils may have to attend interviews and auditions or trials.