Country education guide
Singapore
The Ministry of Education defines national pathways and admissions processes; SEAB administers national examinations.
📚 School stages
Grades, stages, and local pathways
Preschool / Primary 1 entry
Citizens, permanent residents, and international students follow different registration phases.
Primary 1–6 / PSLE
Primary education leads to the Primary School Leaving Examination.
Secondary school / Full Subject-Based Banding
International students seeking mainstream-school admission use the applicable AEIS or S-AEIS process.
Secondary qualification / JC / polytechnic pathways
The Singapore-Cambridge SEC replaces N- and O-Level examinations from 2027; current-year output must be session-specific.
Polytechnic / ITE / university
International qualifications use institution-specific admissions processes and published minimum entry requirements.
📝 Examinations and qualifications
Selectable records for Singapore
Each record links to the authority that publishes its current rules.
AEIS / S-AEIS
A Ministry of Education admissions exercise for eligible international students seeking places in Singapore mainstream primary or secondary schools.
- Completion or score rule
- Eligible levels, test components, age ranges, application windows, and placement outcomes follow the current MOE exercise.
- Where it applies
- Singapore mainstream schools participating in the MOE process
Singapore national secondary qualifications
The national secondary qualification structure is transitioning to the Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate from 2027.
- Completion or score rule
- For the SEC from 2027, a certificate is awarded with at least E8 in a G3 subject, Grade 5 in a G2 subject, or Grade D in a G1 subject. Progression calculations use the published subject-level mappings.
- Where it applies
- Singapore
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