SEAB - S-AEIS Eligibility Criteria

International students who fall under these two categories should approach the Ministry of Education's (MOE's) Customer Service Centre for assistance.

Those who were formerly studying in MOE's mainstream schools; and
Those who have sat the Admissions Exercise for International Students (AEIS) or Supplementary Admissions Exercise for International Students (S-AEIS) previously and were offered a school place will not be allowed to apply online again.

The following lists the eligibility criteria for an applicant to sit for S-AEIS. The applicant should sit for the test appropriate for his/her age. Please select the applicant's intended education level (Primary or Secondary) to see the tests available.

Primary (for ages 7 to 11+ years)

Secondary (for ages 12 to 15+ years)

If the applicant is seeking admission to a primary school, he/she must:

Take the relevant paper-based Cambridge English Qualifications (CEQ) test run by Cambridge Assessment English (CAE).

The test must be taken within 12 months before the month of submission of the S-AEIS registration. For example, if the submission of the S-AEIS registration is on January 2023, the applicant must have taken the CEQ test on or after February 2022.

Meet or exceed the required Cambridge English Scale (CES) score (listed below) in the CEQ test before the applicant applies to take the S-AEIS-Primary Mathematics test appropriate for their age.

Unsuccessful AEIS applicants seeking admission to Primary 5 the previous year may only reapply to take S-AEIS at Primary 4. They may submit their CES scores from their B1 Preliminary for Schools test taken within 12 months before the submission date of their S-AEIS Primary online application.