Institute of Technical Education (ITE)

For entry into Higher Nitec courses:

From AY2028, secondary school students who want to enter the second year for all Higher Nitec courses, which are typically three years long, will need to take a G2 suite of subjects (at least 5 subjects). This is equivalent to the current Normal (Academic) subjects.

Students who take a combination of G2 and G3 subjects can also apply to join a Higher Nitec course from the second year, as long as they attain an ELMAB3 (English language, Mathematics and Best three subjects) aggregate score of 19 points or better. 

• From AY2028 ITE intake, admissions requirements for entry to Year 1 of 3-year Higher Nitec courses will be set at G1.

• ITE aggregate score will be computed based on four G1 subjects.

• G3 and G2 grades will be mapped to G1 based on the grade mapping table as shown below:

• From AY2028 ITE intake, admission requirements for direct entry into Year 2 of three-year Higher Nitec courses will be set at G2.

• Student must obtain an ELMAB3 aggregate of 19 points or better, based on G2 grades:

ELMAB3 ≤ 19 (computed at G2)

• Students with G2 subjects, or a mix of G2 and G3 subjects will be able to apply for direct entry into Higher Nitec Year 2. G3 grades will be mapped to G2 based on the grade mapping table as shown below:

• From the AY2027 Poly intake, all Higher Nitec graduates with a minimum raw GPA of 2.5 will be eligible to apply for admission to Polytechnics. This was revised from minimum raw GPA of 2.0, to ensure that ITE graduates can better cope with the academic rigour of a polytechnic education.

• From the AY2027 Poly intake, polytechnic admission will be guaranteed to all Higher Nitec graduates with a minimum raw GPA of 3.5, for admission to poly courses that are mapped to ITE courses.​