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National Junior College

MOE’s Curricular Requirements

Last updated on 28 August 2026

  • Students may select subjects at three different levels of study: Higher 1 (H1), Higher 2 (H2) and Higher 3 (H3). A student may not offer the same subject at both H1 and H2.

  • All students must take four content-based subjects, of which at least three must be H2 subjects. The fourth subject may be taken at H1 or H2.

  • One of the H1 or H2 content-based subjects must be a contrasting subject.

    • Students in the Arts stream must take a subject from the Science and Mathematics group.

    • Students in the Science stream must take a subject from the Humanities and the Arts group.

    • The subject ‘Knowledge & Inquiry’ can serve as a contrasting subject for students from both streams.

  • All students must take H1 General Paper and Project Work (PW).

  • All students must take H1 Mother Tongue Language (MTL).

    • Students who have obtained a D7 or better grade for O-Level Higher MTL are exempted from the H1 MTL requirement.

    • Students may take H2 Mother Tongue Language and Literature in lieu of H1 MTL.

Details on H3 offerings will be made known to students in JC1 Semester 2.