Third Languages

Category 1

Malay (Special Programe) - MSP

Offered at some schools (in-house) and zonal centres. Students must not have offered Malay Language / Higher Malay Language at PSLE.

Chinese (Special Programme) - CSP

Offered at some schools (in-house) and zonal centres. Students must not have offered Chinese Language / Higher Chinese Language at PSLE.

Category 2

Arabic / Bahasa Indonesia

Offered only at MOELC Bishan (Bahasa Indonesia is also offered at Victoria School for students posted to VS only).
Students must obtain a PSLE Score of 24 or better.
For Bahasa Indonesia, students must not have offered Malay Language / Higher Malay Language as their MTL at PSLE.
Singapore Citizen /PR or children of Singapore Citizen/PR

Category 3

French / German / Japanese / Spanish

Students must obtain a PSLE Score of 8 or better.
If number of applicants is more than vacancies, applicants are selected based on PSLE results.
Spore Citizen /PR or children of Spore Citizen/PR
Offered CL/ML/TL/NTIL at PSLE
To offer Japanese, students must have offered Chinese / Higher Chinese at PSLE.

Who is eligible to take up a Third Language ?

The third languages which students are eligible for are indicated in the Eligibility Letter that they received on the day they collected their results.
If a particular third language is not indicated, it means they are not eligible for that third language.

The Eligibility Letter your child received on the day he/she collected his/her result would indicate if he/she is eligible to offer third language in Secondary 1, as well as the third language he/she is eligible to offer.
You will receive an option form on Parents Gateway (PG) by 25th December 2023 to indicate if you would like your child to offer the third language he/she is allocated.
Parents will receive the details on MOELC registration when they receive the option form on Parents Gateway (PG) by 25th December 2023.

Please submit your response on Parents Gateway (PG) by Wednesday, 27th December 2023 AND proceed to submit the online registration on MOE Language Centre (MOELC) website.
Parents will receive the details on MOELC online registration when they receive the option form on Parents Gateway (PG) by 25th December 2023.

Registration for the Zonal Centres and MOE Language Centres will be from 25th December 2023 to 4th January 2024.
Places that are not taken up by Friday 5th January 2024 will be reallocated to other applicants.
Lesson commencement dates will depend on the timetable allocated to students. Please confirm the actual date at the respective MOELC or Zonal Centres during registration.

Students will be attending their lessons at either MOE Language Centre (Bishan Campus) or MOE Language Centre (Newton Campus).
Students taking Malay Special Programme (MSP) or Chinese Special Programme (CSP) may be posted to Zonal Centres for their lessons.

For students posted to the MOE Language Centres (Bishan and Newton), please go to the MOE Language Centre website (https://www.moelc.moe.edu.sg/) to confirm the acceptance of the offer and complete the online registration.
Student can only do so when the registration opens on 21st December 2023.
The registration website is on the home page, there will be very simple instruction guide for parents to follow.

Secondary 1 lesson commences around week 3 of January 2024.
Exact dates of lesson commencement will be indicated on the timetable allocated to student.
During online registration, students will be given the class details and the commencement date of their lessons.

For students posted to MSP and CSP Zonal Centres, please refer to the respective school website for instructions for registration and class information.

Appeal and late application for Asian Languages:

Students will need to submit their applications through schools.
Please submit the application forms to the school General Office by 3rd January 2024.

Download form:
"Late Application / Appeal to offer Bahasa Indonesia/Arabic"

Late Application Appeal Form_ BI and Arabic.pdf

Download form:
"Late Application / Appeal to offer Malay/Chinese (Special Programme)"

Late Application Appeal Form_ M(SP) C(SP).pdf