22 February 2026
A lot of readers flagged this as a data error. It looks wrong at first glance: Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary shows no non-affiliated cut-off for Posting Group 3 (G3).
But this is a real special case, not a bug.
If you are checking the Secondary COP 2026 list and our COP 2026 changes post, this is the one row that can look like missing data.
For Kuo Chuan, the displayed result is:
8 - 20-When people see a dash for non-affiliated G3, the first reaction is usually: “your data is missing”. In this case, it is not missing.
What happened in this case:
There were no non-affiliated students posted to G3 in the 2025 S1 Posting (80% of intake are affiliated).
The 20% of G3 places reserved for non-affiliated students were fully taken up through DSA-Sec.
This case forces people to face a hard number: if 20% is reserved for non-affiliated students, 80% goes to affiliated students in that posting group.
Is 80% too much for affiliation, especially when affiliated intake in this case extends to COP 20?
The second shock is that the non-affiliated 20% can still produce no visible non-affiliated G3 cut-off in regular posting, if that entire share is taken via DSA-Sec.
DSA also bypasses the usual COP competition.
The current model has clear arguments on both sides. Supporters say affiliation preserves school culture and continuity, while DSA rewards talent and potential that PSLE scores alone may not capture.
Critics see it differently: a high affiliation share can look like inherited privilege, and if the non-affiliated share is fully absorbed by DSA, academically strong non-affiliated students may see no G3 path through normal posting. For this Kuo Chuan case, the numbers are not a bug, but whether the system feels fair is something each family will judge for themselves.
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