1. The 2011 DPA
Exercise for polytechnic admission in 2012 will commence at 2pm on
08 July 2011, and close at 4pm on 13 July 2011. Students can apply
for DPA online at the DPA website, http://www.polytechnic.edu.sg/dpa.
2. Please refer to the
Process of DPA Exercise to obtain the process and details of the DPA
Exercise.
Process and Details
of DPA Exercise
1. The process for DPA Exercise will be
conducted as follows:
| Period |
Process |
8 Jul 11 to
13 Jul 11 |
Application
Stage
Students apply for DPA via an online application
system
|
| 14 Jul 11 to 12 Aug 11 |
Selection
Stage
Polytechnics shortlist and interview selected DPA
applicants
|
| 19 Aug 11 to 24
Aug 11 |
Offer and Acceptance Stage
Offers will be made to
successful applicants. DPA applicants may view and accept
offers on the online application system between 2.00 pm on 19
Aug 11 and 3.00 pm on 24 Aug 11.
A student who accepts
his DPA offer during this stage is guaranteed a place in the
polytechnic course, as long as he is able to meet the
admission criteria stated.
|
Note: A student who accepts a
DPA Offer cannot concurrently accept an Offer from a Junior
College (JC) via the Direct School Admission for JCs
(DSA-JC) |
| By 7 Oct 11 |
Withdrawal
Stage
If a student would like to withdraw from the DPA
Exercise 2011 to participate in JAE and JPSAE, he must submit
his withdrawals before 7 Oct 2011, by 5.00
pm.
Students who have accepted a DPA Offer but
do not withdraw by the deadline are deemed to have confirmed
their acceptance and will not be eligible to participate in
the JAE or
JPSAE.
|
2. Students who are
interested in a junior college (JC) pathway and wish to gain direct
admission to a JC can participate in the DSA-JC Exercise, which is
conducted during the same period as the DPA Exercise. However, each
student is allowed to accept only one offer, either to a JC or to a
polytechnic course. If a student is found to have accepted offers
from both the DPA and DSA-JC Exercises 2011, he will be disqualified
from both the DPA and the DSA-JC Exercises.
3. A student who has
previously accepted a DPA offer but would like to participate in the
centralised posting exercises, i.e. the Provisional Admission
Exercise (PAE), the Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE), or the Joint
Polytechnic Special Admissions Exercise (JPSAE), must cancel his
earlier acceptance to DPA. He can do so by downloading a Withdrawal
Form from the DPA website at http://www.polytechnic.edu.sg/dpa,
filling it up and submitting it by hand to the polytechnic which he
has been admitted to. He must submit his Withdrawal Form no later
than 07 October 2011, 5pm.
4. More information
regarding the DPA Exercise 2011 is available on the MOE website
http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2010/05/direct-admission-exercises-for-jcs-polytechnics.php.
Additional information on the various courses offered by the
polytechnics is available on the respective polytechnics’
websites.