Direct School Admission

DSA-JC 2026: Talent Areas at Every Junior College

DSA stands for Direct School Admission. For the 2026 exercise (JC1 2027 intake), 19 schools offer 94 DSA-JC talent areas. The most common are Basketball (19 schools), Badminton (17 schools), Concert Band (15 schools).

94 Talent Areas

19 JCs

Junior college students with books, a guitar and a camera on campus - DSA talent areas for Singapore junior colleges

Sports

43 talent areas

43 sports DSA talent areas for Singapore junior colleges. Most widely offered: Basketball, at 19 JCs.

Performing Arts

20 talent areas

20 performing arts DSA talent areas for Singapore junior colleges. Most widely offered: Concert Band, at 15 JCs.

Visual & Media Arts

4 talent areas

4 visual & media arts DSA talent areas for Singapore junior colleges. Most widely offered: Art Elective Programme (AEP), at 3 JCs.

Art

2 JCs

Art Elective Programme (AEP)

STEM & Academic

11 talent areas

11 stem & academic DSA talent areas for Singapore junior colleges. Most widely offered: Science Research, at 7 JCs.

Digital Literacies Programme

1 JC

Entrepreneurship

2 JCs

Environmental Science

1 JC

Infocomm Technology (Computing)

Mathematics/Science Olympiad

Science and Technology

5 JCs

Science Research

7 JCs

Languages & Humanities

13 talent areas

13 languages & humanities DSA talent areas for Singapore junior colleges. Most widely offered: Humanities Programme, at 7 JCs.

Bilingualism

1 JC

Chinese Language and Literature

2 JCs

Debating and Public Speaking

1 JC

Debating And Public Speaking

Language Elective Programme - Chinese (CLEP)

3 JCs

Language Elective Programme - English (ELEP)

1 JC

Language Elective Programme - Malay (MLEP)

5 JCs

Language Elective Programme - Tamil (TLEP)

2 JCs

Malay Language and Literature

1 JC

Political and Current Affairs

1 JC

Tamil Language and Literature

1 JC

Leadership

3 talent areas

3 leadership DSA talent areas for Singapore junior colleges. Most widely offered: Leadership, at 9 JCs.

Community Youth Leadership

4 JCs

Leadership

9 JCs

Leadership and Character

1 JC

Frequently asked questions

Which schools offer DSA in Singapore?

For the 2026 exercise, 143 secondary schools offer DSA-Sec (136 talent areas) and 19 schools offer DSA-JC.

What are the most common DSA talent areas?

Basketball (19 schools), Badminton (17 schools), Concert Band (15 schools), Netball (15 schools), Choir (14 schools).

How many IP schools offer DSA?

17: Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Catholic High School, Cedar Girls Secondary School, CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School, Dunman High School, Hwa Chong Institution, Methodist Girls' School, Nanyang Girls' High School, National Junior College (Secondary), NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, Raffles Girls' School, Raffles Institution (Secondary), River Valley High School, Singapore Chinese Girls' School, St. Joseph's Institution, Temasek Junior College (Secondary), Victoria School.

What does DSA mean?

DSA stands for Direct School Admission.