Providing Guidance to Schools Permitted to Self-develop Enrolment Criteria

43 Ms Hany Soh asked the Minister for Education with regard to offering computing as an elective subject to students from 2026, whether the Ministry will consider providing guidance to schools which are permitted to develop their own criteria for enrolment, to ensure consistency and fairness in subject enrolment across schools.

Mr Desmond Lee: The Ministry of Education (MOE) does provide schools with broad guidelines to support them in the placement of students in Computing. For example, schools can consider demonstrated interest in computing and a basic proficiency in mathematics as possible factors. Schools also take into account factors, such as student profile, timetabling constraints and the number of computing teachers in the school.

To expand access, MOE launched a pilot programme in 2025 where students keen to take up "O" level Computing can travel to schools designated as computing centres.