The latest cut-off points for the 19 institutions were released on Jan. 28, 2016, when the Ministry of Education (MOE) notified students of the schools they were posted to for the new year.

Raffles Institution and Hwa Chong Institution were the two toughest JCs to get into, with cut-off points of three and four for its science and arts courses.

The Leicester City of junior colleges is Nanyang JC, which found itself at an unfamiliar seventh position as it continued its climb up the table.

Its entry scores were seven and six points for its arts and science courses respectively.

Just seven years ago, its entry requirement for both courses was 10 points.

Here's how the rest of the league table looks like, with Jurong JC, Yishun JC and Innova JC in relegation zone.

*Schools that offer International Baccalaureate instead of A levels

About 27,600 students were allocated places in post-secondary institutions in the latest exercise.

Of these, 36 percent were posted to a JC or Millennia Institute, which offers a three-year A-level programme. This is slightly more than the 34 percent who got into JCs last year.

This year, 56 percent of students were posted to a polytechnic, compared with 58 percent last year.

In both years, 8 percent of the cohorts went to the Institute of Technical Education.

H/T The Straits Times

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