NS deferment help
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Hi users,
i am 17 years old studying in ite college west NITEC in Aerospace avionics for 2 years and i tried to defer from serving full-time as national servicemen to pursue my studies from 8-01-2010 to 01-04-2012. my deferment appeal was unsuccessful and i was re-directed to the pre-elistment website whereby i should fill up my personal particulars. please help me because i am still studying and 17 years and they are pulling me into ns for medical booking and so on. what can i do? please , i dont wanna serve ns and i wish to pursue my studies all the way to university pls and i did well with 4.0 GPA for the first term.
Please try your best to help me with this.
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Hmmm? Your deferment appeal was turned down? You're only 17, and in ITE.... as long as you can prove that you're in ITE, there's no reason why it should be turned down.
Did you ask your school for a deferment letter and submitted it to MINDEF?
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not yet fudge but it is required by MINDEF if my deferment was unsucessful as mentioned above. hey , can i go down to depot road to make the deferment brining my NRIC , ITE result and N level cert? will they still approve?
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Source: www.ns.sg
Register for NS - General Information
Deferment for Full-time Studies
Under the Enlistment Act, NS liable persons are enlisted at the earliest opportunity upon turning 18 years old. For those who are studying, MINDEF does allow some flexibility for them to complete their full-time studies up to the GCE 'A' Level or Polytechnic Diploma (or their equivalent), both locally and overseas, before enlisting for NS. Those who have already embarked on their full-time studies but do not meet the deferment conditions, will have to disrupt their studies and be enlisted for NS at the earliest opportunity scheduled by the Central Manpower Base (CMPB).
Local Studies
GCE 'A' Level Studies
NS liable persons will be granted deferment for GCE 'A' Level studies (and its equivalent) if they are able to commence the course before 19 years old (for Secondary 4 Express Stream students) or 20 years old (for Secondary 5 Normal Stream students) at Junior Colleges/ Centralised Institute, as at 1st January of the course commencement year.
Exceptions may be considered for students who do not meet these deferment cut-off ages, but are able to gain admission into Junior Colleges and Centralised Institute.
NS liable persons may be granted deferment to pursue GCE 'A' level studies at private schools registered with Ministry of Education (MOE) or the Council of Private Education (CPE) if they are able to commence their courses before 18 years old as at 1st January of the course commencement year.
Persons who have obtained less than 3 H2 passes (excluding Knowledge & Inquiry) or failed in GP in one sitting of the GCE 'A' Level examination will be considered further deferment to repeat their GCE 'A' Level studies on a full-time basis, subject to one repeat only.
Polytechnic Diploma Studies
NS liable persons will be granted deferment for Polytechnic Diploma studies (and its equivalent) if they are able to commence the course before 19 years old (for Secondary 4 Express Stream students) or 20 years old (for Secondary 5 Normal Stream and Institute of Technical Education students) as at 1st January of the course commencement year.
Equivalent diploma courses would include those offered by the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and the LaSalle College of the Arts.
Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Certificate Studies
NS liable persons will be granted deferment for NITEC or Higher NITEC courses if they are able to commence the course before 19 years old (for Secondary 4 Express and Normal Stream students) or 20 years old (for Secondary 5 Normal Stream students) as at 1st January of the course commencement year.
NS liable persons with NITEC qualification will also be granted deferment for Higher NITEC courses if they are able to commence the course before 20 years old as at 1st January of the course commencement year.
Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Diploma Studies
NS liable persons who completed NITEC in Precision Engineering and Higher NITEC in Mechanical Engineering, will be granted deferment for Technical Engineer Diploma (TED) programme if they are able to commence the course before 20 years old as at 1st January of the course commencement year. They will be granted deferment to complete the academic phase and be enlisted for full-time NS. Thereafter, they can commence the work experience required for the course.
GCE 'O' and 'N' Level Courses
NS liable persons will generally be granted deferment to pursue GCE 'O' and 'N' level courses at government, government-aided or independent secondary schools.
NS liable persons may be granted deferment to pursue GCE 'O' or 'N' level courses at private schools registered with either the Ministry of Education (MOE) or the Council of Private Education (CPE) if they are able to commence their courses before 18 years old as at 1st January of the course commencement year.
An extension of deferment may be granted for those who wish to repeat their GCE 'N' or 'O' level studies on a full-time basis, subject to one repeat only.
Private Courses
NS liable persons will generally be granted deferment to pursue full-time courses (not leading to a degree qualification) at private institutions, registered with either the Ministry of Education (MOE) or the Council of Private Education (CPE), if they are able to commence the course before 18 years old as at 1st January of the course commencement year.
The deferment is only granted for the completion of the stage of studies (e.g. Certificate, Diploma) commenced before the age of 18 years old as at 1st January of the course commencement year.
No further extension of deferment will be allowed unless another stage of studies could be commenced before 18 years old as at 1st January of the course commencement year.
Overseas Studies
NS liable persons will be granted deferment for overseas studies (up to GCE 'A' level or Polytechnic Diploma or their equivalent) if they are able to commence the course before 18 years old as at 1st January of the course commencement year. They will be required to apply for an exit permit for overseas trips of 3 months and longer and will be required to furnish a bond of $75,000 or an amount equivalent to 50% of the combined annual gross income of both parents for the preceding year, whichever is higher.
Application for Deferment
NS liable persons may apply for deferment online at the NS portal (http://www.ns.sg) during NS registration and pre-enlistment documentation.
Those applying for deferment to pursue local studies may be randomly selected to furnish documentary proof for verification. If selected, they will be required to submit to CMPB a letter from their school certifying their enrolment, their course of study as well as their course commencement and completion dates.
Those applying for deferment to pursue overseas studies must submit to CMPB a letter from their school certifying their enrolment, their course of study as well as their course commencement and completion dates. In addition, they must submit their parents' Income Tax Notices of Assessment (both local and overseas) for the preceding year.
Those who subsequently wish to pursue or switch to a new course or institution must seek prior approval from CMPB.
Notes: The information provided in this website are general guidelines. For further details, you may wish to contact the NS Call Centre at [email protected] or Tel: 1800-3676767 (eNSNSNS). -
Originally posted by Zen.hackerz:
not yet fudge but it is required by MINDEF if my deferment was unsucessful as mentioned above. hey , can i go down to depot road to make the deferment brining my NRIC , ITE result and N level cert? will they still approve?
Just go down to your school's administrative office and ask for a deferment letter.
Your school handles this sort of thing all the time.
Then just submit that deferment letter to CMPB and wait for their response.
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Originally posted by Zen.hackerz:
Hi users,
i am 17 years old studying in ite college west NITEC in Aerospace avionics for 2 years and i tried to defer from serving full-time as national servicemen to pursue my studies from 8-01-2010 to 01-04-2012. my deferment appeal was unsuccessful and i was re-directed to the pre-elistment website whereby i should fill up my personal particulars. please help me because i am still studying and 17 years and they are pulling me into ns for medical booking and so on. what can i do? please , i dont wanna serve ns and i wish to pursue my studies all the way to university pls and i did well with 4.0 GPA for the first term.
Please try your best to help me with this.
Any prior deferment?
Defer until university is close to impossible,if not impossible....
Usual case is to finish ITE....go NS...come out then go poly and then university.
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Xcert , i'd defer for the registration and i was approved for the deferment till 2012 but when the another ns letter came in which is for medical booking , i tried to defer and it was not approved. so what should i do? something is wrong with the system or what?
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Originally posted by Zen.hackerz:
Xcert , i'd defer for the registration and i was approved for the deferment till 2012 but when the another ns letter came in which is for medical booking , i tried to defer and it was not approved. so what should i do? something is wrong with the system or what?
Sigh.... it would have been a lot easier had you just said this at the very beginning....
Just call the NS hotline and tell them that there has been a cock-up in that you received a medical checkup letter even though you have already been deferred for NS.
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Originally posted by Zen.hackerz:
Xcert , i'd defer for the registration and i was approved for the deferment till 2012 but when the another ns letter came in which is for medical booking , i tried to defer and it was not approved. so what should i do? something is wrong with the system or what?
U can try email them highlighting that ur enlistment will be in 2012 and ask if they still want U to keep to the medical checkup date....from what I understand during my time...there are people who went for checkup in poly year 2 and enlisted at the end of poly year 3....meaning 1 to 2 years of difference.
If they still want U to go for the medical....just go lor...as long as U have the letter saying that U are deferred till 2012...there should be no issue.
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Show them the approved deferment letter till 2012. Im sure there is a hardcopy for this.
Throw at their face.