SINGAPORE — The results of the 2015 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) Level Examinations will be released this Thursday (Dec 17).

Students will be able to obtain their result slips from their schools from 2pm on Dec 17, the Ministry of Education said in a press release today (Dec 14).

Private candidates will be notified of their individual results by post.

The result slips will be mailed on Thursday to the address provided by the candidates during the registration period.

Private candidates who are eligible for SingPass can also use their SingPass account to obtain their results online via the internet Examination Results Release System (iERRS) on Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board’s website at www.seab.gov.sg from 2 pm on Thursday. Private candidates can visit the SingPass website at www.singpass.gov.sg to find out if they are eligible for SingPass.

Upon collecting their results, students who wish to apply for Institute of Technical Education (ITE) courses can submit their applications online via the ITE application portal (www.ite.edu.sg/wps/portal/intake/). Hard copy application forms will also be available at Customer Service Centres at each of the three ITE colleges.

Eligible students will be invited to apply for the Direct-Entry-Scheme to Polytechnic Programme (DPP), which prepares students for progression into selected polytechnic diploma courses via a two-year Higher Nitec course at ITE.

Under the DPP, students who successfully complete their Higher Nitec course and attain the required minimum qualifying Higher Nitec Grade Point Average are guaranteed a place in a polytechnic diploma course mapped to their Higher Nitec course. Students eligible for the DPP will receive a copy of Form N from their secondary schools, inviting them to apply for the DPP.

Applications for DPP can be submitted online via the ITE application portal between 2.30pm on Dec 17 and 5pm on Dec 21.

The DPP posting results will be released at 9am on Dec 23. Students will be able to check the posting results online via the ITE application portal.

Students who receive a DPP offer are required to log on to the ITE application portal between 9am on Dec 23 and 5pm on Dec 28 to accept or reject the DPP offer.

Students who do not have a confirmed place in the DPP should report to their secondary schools on Jan 4, 2016 for Secondary 5.

Applications for another option, the Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP), will open in January 2016 on the day the GCE O-Level results are released.

The PFP is a one-year foundation programme offering a practice-oriented curriculum taught by polytechnic lecturers, and caters to students who have decided to pursue a polytechnic education and meet the PFP eligibility requirements. Students eligible for the PFP will receive a copy of Form P on the day of the release of the examination results, inviting them to apply for the PFP.

Students interested in applying for the PFP should first commence their Secondary 5 year on Jan 4, 2016, while awaiting notification of eligibility for the PFP, and confirmation of a place in the PFP.

For more information on the DPP and the PFP, please visit these websites: Direct-Entry-Scheme to Polytechnic Programme (DPP) (http://www.ite.edu.sg/wps/portal/definitely-des/) and Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP) (http://pfp.polytechnic.edu.sg)