hey singaporeans! i have a question. now im in Sec 2. i cant take A math cos my maths marks too low. the two options i have is POA or DNT with geog+social studies. what courses can i take in JC or Poly if i take POA or DNT. What kind of jobs can i have in the future? Thanks!
It actually goes down to what course and what polytechnic you are looking for. The entry requirements differs a little from poly to poly and course to course.
The reason is because for some poly, the entry requirements says you must have took the subject before in O levels
Eg:Click here to look SP's Diploma in Business Admin entry requirements
As you can see, it says other than EL, Maths, you need 3 other subjects, and must have sat for the following papers stated there. One of which is POA.
You need EL, Maths, 2 other subject, and must hv took the following papers, and one of them is D&T, but no POA. But it's ok, because they said you can use combine science as one of the subject also
Eg 3: TP's ENgineering
You need EL, MAths, one of the subjects, which D&T is included, but not POA.
So you can see it matters a little on what course you can take in Poly. But don't give up on that option because it will not help you to go into your course of interest in poly, because sometimes the required subjects are already ur core o level subjects
As for what jobs you can have in the future does not really depend on your o level subject, but the knowledge you learnt can assist you.
By today's standard, taking POA in O level does not enable you to be an accountant, nor taking D&T will enable you to be an engineer. It only gives you the basic knowledge you need to study further.
Good luck!