Direct School Admission (DSA) Exercise 2024

(This document is correct as of 22 Apr 2024)

Do you have a strength, interest or talent area we are looking for?
Do you think that Ngee Ann Secondary School will be a good fit for you?

The Ngee Ann Secondary School Direct School Admission (DSA-Sec) to Secondary One in 2025 is open to interested applicants.

Application for DSA-Sec can be submitted through the online DSA-Sec Portal. The application is free-of-charge and will be open from 7 May 2024, 11am – 3 June 2024, 3pm. For more details, please refer to MOE website – www.moe.gov.sg/dsa-sec.

Think it Through

How do you know if Ngee Ann Secondary’s DSA suits you? The following considerations might help:

(i) The Ngee Ann DNA. Check out what Ngee Ann stands for from the information on our school website. Do the flagship programmes and the Ngee Ann Experience excite you? Is it aligned to what you look for in your secondary education?

(ii) Learning culture and rigour. What sort of learner are you? Do you learn well with technology? Do you want breadth with depth? Can you handle independence with discipline? Do you take ownership of your own learning? Can you learn in groups? Decide if our pace and pitching is right for you.

(iii) Your strength, interest and talent area. Can our DSA programmes meet your needs? Can we take you further? How can you use your strength, interest and talent to enrich, build and serve the Ngee Ann Sec community?

Parents and students are encouraged to choose schools wisely based on the student’s aptitudes and strengths, bearing in mind the school’s academic and non-academic requirements, and the programmes available to develop the area of talent.

DSA-Sec Talents Offered

The following talent areas are offered by Ngee Ann Secondary School:

#	DSA-Sec Talents	Opportunities that students can expect to participate in
1	Coding	- Choice of coding-related CCA (subject to qualifying for it) - Offer to enrol in Technopreneur Programme - Offer to enrol in O-level Computing (subject to qualifying for it)
2	CCA: Chinese Orchestra	Participation and representing school in - Singapore Youth Festival (Arts Presentation) - school performances and events
3	CCA: Badminton	Participation and representing school in - National School Games - school events
4	CCA: Basketball (Boys only)
5	CCA: Volleyball (Girls only)
6	CCA: Wushu

Students who are successfully admitted to Ngee Ann Secondary via DSA are expected to honour their commitment to the school and participate in the activities related to the talent area they are selected in, for the duration of the programme they are admitted to. For DSA talent areas associated with a CCA, they are also expected to remain in their CCA. If your child is not able to fulfil the DSA commitment without valid reasons, they may be required to transfer out to another school.

DSA-Sec Talent Shortlisting Criteria

The selection criteria and process for the talent areas will be updated from 6 May. For more information on DSA-Sec, please refer to the MOE website at www.moe.gov.sg/dsa-sec.

Enquiries

For more information about our programmes and CCAs, please visit our school website.
For other enquiries, please direct your email to, with subject heading as “DSA matters”:

Talent Area	Teacher-in-Charge	Email
General enquiries	Mr Tan Hee Pheng	nass@moe.edu.sg