The Ministry of Education (MOE) reported that 52 per cent of the 20,300 O level candidates were posted to polytechnics in the last. year. Surprisingly, 45 per cent of these candidates were eligible to join Junior College (JC) – which requires a lower aggregate score for entry than for poly. And it’s not just for this year. Over the past few years, MOE has observed that a larger percentage of students opt for the polytechnic path instead of the Junior College path.