SINGAPORE – If you are living overseas but want to send your children back to Singapore for education, here’s how you can apply.
The 2016 School Placement Exercise for Returning Singaporeans (SPERS) is open for registration from July 5.
This exercise is applicable to Singaporean children who are returning from overseas and wish to join local secondary schools, junior colleges (JC) or Millennia Institute (MI) at the start of academic year 2017.
Important dates to take note of:
– For admission to Secondary 1-3 in 2017, applicants are to sit for the SPERS-Sec tests on Sept 23, 2016.
– For admission to Pre-University (Pre-U) 1, applicants are to sit for SPERS-JC/MI tests on Nov 17, 2016.
Note that as Sec 4 and Pre-U 2 are national examination years, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has advised that returning students do not re-join at these levels.
Applicants will receive their school placement results in December 2016 and will be able to join secondary schools and JC/MI at the start of the school term in early 2017.
For those who are unable to return in time to take the SPERS-Sec tests in September 2016, MOE said in a statement today (July 4) that it will also conduct a Supplementary Placement Exercise in December 2016.
The tests for the Supplementary Placement Exercise will be held in mid-December 2016.
Applicants will receive their school placement results in early February 2017 for school admissions from February 2017.
Registration for the Supplementary Placement Exercise will open in October 2016.
While returning students can choose to take part in either the SPERS-Sec or the Supplementary Placement Exercise, parents are advised to register for SPERS-Sec if they are able to return in September as their children would benefit from starting the 2017 academic year in January together with their peers.
For more information, visit https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/returning-singaporeans/
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