Special Education Needs for Exams, Illness or Unforeseen Disruptions During Exams

• Students with special education needs can approach their School to request for special arrangements during tests/exams.  Students need to submit supporting documents e.g. letter from SEAB/MOE stating the type of special arrangement(s) granted during the GCE "O" or "N" Level national exams and/or a recent full psychiatrist report stating the type of learning disability with recommendation on the extension of time to be granted etc.
• Original medical certificate from a doctor (in Singapore) must be submitted for accidents/injury.   Special arrangements as a result of accidents/injury are usually valid for that semester when the accident/injury occurred, if the injury is temporary in nature.
• The request for special arrangements for tests/exams will be processed and approved on a case-by-case basis.
• 005 AS-FRM-005 Application for Special Arrangements During Tests and Exams 

Students who are issued with medical certificates of sick leave for contagious disease e.g. chicken pox, measles, shingles etc and who miss sitting for the Semestral Examination may apply online for leave of absence through the Director of their Schools.

Students with contagious disease will NOT be allowed to sit for the examinations and will be sent home immediately.

Minor MRT Disruption (Affecting only a minority of candidates)

In order not to compromise the security of the examination, candidates who arrive at the exam venue later than 60 minutes after the exam has started (i.e. 10 mins reading time plus 50 mins) shall not be allowed to sit for the exam. This is the same procedure as that to be followed under normal circumstances for candidates who are late for exams. The reason is that after 60 minutes from the start of the exam, some candidates could have already left the exam venue with the question papers. Candidates affected by the MRT disruption and who were not allowed to sit for the examination could submit an appeal to the Exams Board for consideration on a case-by-case basis. Candidates who arrive at the exam venue after the exam has started but within the cut-off time of 60 minutes allowed shall not be given any extension of time for the exam.

Major MRT Disruption (Affecting the majority of candidates)

In the event of a major MRT disruption, the Principal, or, in his absence, the Chief Invigilator, shall decide on whether the examination should be postponed to a later date.