Summary: DSA is a scheme that allows secondary schools, including the top ones, to admit students based on not just their academic ability, but also their talent in sport and the arts. It will draw a different group of students and inject more diversity into the student bodies in the top secondary schools.
But sadly, within a few years, both schools and parents started gaming the system.
Opinion: We agree with the writer that schools should stop this practice. By having DSA, students of different groups with other talents can attend certain schools, and do not have to be very academically inclined. By taking in all the bright kids, it defeats the purpose of DSA, as in the end, people with other talents still cannot join the school as they may not excel in studies. According to the passage, some schools have been using DSA scheme to admit students on the basis of academic strength including those from Gufted Education Programme. This shows that top schools are not making use of DSA to accept a diversity of students. Therefore, we agree with the writer that schools should stop this practice.
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