The trained-graduate cadre on its own terms: 3,962 posts across 25 subjects, a CTET gate, a three-language qualifying test, and results arriving subject by subject

Alerts and Updates for EMRS TGT (Eklavya Model Residential School Trained Graduate Teacher)

Articles related to EMRS TGT (Eklavya Model Residential School Trained Graduate Teacher) on page 1 

<div id="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026">
    <h2>Updates as of September 22, 2026</h2>
    <div class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-card">
        <p>The Singapore College of Insurance lists M9A as Life Insurance And Investment-Linked Policies II, a 50 multiple-choice-question paper of one hour with a 70 per cent pass mark, sat as an English-medium Computer Screen Examination on a closed-book, self-study basis. Passing earns one CPD hour. SCI states no certificate is issued, only a result slip.</p>
        <a class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/Exam/ExamDetails/M9A">SCI</a>
    </div>

    <div class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-card">
        <p>Examination fees were standardised with effect from 1 April 2024. M9A costs S$109.00 for SCI or IBF members and S$130.80 for non-members, each inclusive of the registration fee and GST at the prevailing rate. SCI states there is no longer any difference in fee between a first attempt and a re-sit.</p>
        <a class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/docs/2024ExamFeeRevision.pdf">SCI fee standardisation notice</a>
    </div>

    <div class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-card">
        <p>A peak-hour surcharge of S$18.53 applies on top of the base fee. SCI defines peak sessions as those after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all sessions on weekends, so an off-peak weekday booking is the cheaper route for candidates whose employers do not reimburse the surcharge.</p>
        <a class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/docs/2024ExamFeeRevision.pdf">SCI fee standardisation notice</a>
    </div>

    <div class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-card">
        <p>The new CMFAS examination structure took effect on 1 April 2024, with study materials released on 1 February 2024. It introduced CM-LIP, which combines M9 and M9A into one 150-question, 180-minute sitting requiring at least 70 per cent, alongside CM-CIS and CM-LIC. M9A remains available as a standalone module.</p>
        <a class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/docs/NewCMFASExams.pdf">SCI new CMFAS exams notice</a>
    </div>

    <div class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-card">
        <p>SCI has published a revision to its miscellaneous fees effective 1 August 2026, covering letter of certification charges, administrative appeal fees, programme registration fees and exemption application fees. Candidates seeking a letter of certification or lodging an appeal after that date should check the revised schedule rather than older figures.</p>
        <a class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/docs/FeeRevision2026_2.pdf">SCI fee revision 2026</a>
    </div>

    <div class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-card">
        <p>The M9A syllabus is product-technical rather than regulatory. SCI lists six chapters: Introduction To Structured Products, Risk Considerations Of Structured Products, Understanding Derivatives, Introduction To Structured ILPs, Portfolio Of Investments With An Insurance, and Case Studies. Applicable exemptions are set out on the MAS website under Notice FAA-N26.</p>
        <a class="cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/Exam/ExamDetails/M9A">SCI</a>
    </div>
    <style>
        #cmfas-m9a-updates-222026 { width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; }
        #cmfas-m9a-updates-222026 .cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-card {
            display: block;
            width: 100%;
            background-color: #f7f8fb;
            border: 1px solid #e2e4e8;
            border-radius: 12px;
            padding: 14px 16px;
            margin: 0 0 12px;
            box-sizing: border-box;
        }
        #cmfas-m9a-updates-222026 .cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-card p { margin: 0 0 10px; line-height: 1.6; }
        #cmfas-m9a-updates-222026 .cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-cite {
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 4px;
            font-size: 0.82em;
            font-weight: 600;
            text-decoration: none;
        }
        #cmfas-m9a-updates-222026 .cmfas-m9a-updates-222026-cite::before { content: "\2192"; opacity: 0.55; }
    </style>
</div>

Both modules are administered by the Singapore College of Insurance, not by the Institute of Banking and Finance, which handles the capital-markets RES and CM modules. Fees include the registration fee and GST; a peak-hour surcharge of S$18.53 applies after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all weekend sessions.

<p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/Exam/ExamDetails/M9A">SCI M9A</a> &middot; <a href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/Exam/ExamDetails/M9">SCI M9</a> &middot; <a href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/docs/2024ExamFeeRevision.pdf">SCI fee schedule</a> &middot; <a href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/docs/NewCMFASExams.pdf">SCI new CMFAS exams</a></p>

M9A has no national examination calendar. Candidates pick a seat from the slots SCI opens, so the only dates that matter are the fee and syllabus effective dates above and whatever deadline an employer's compliance department has set.

<p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/Exam/ExamRegistration">SCI exam registration</a> &middot; <a href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/docs/2024ExamFeeRevision.pdf">SCI fee schedule</a> &middot; <a href="https://www.scicollege.org.sg/docs/FeeRevision2026_2.pdf">SCI fee revision 2026</a></p>

The commonest error is treating M9A as the life insurance paper. It is not. M9 is the life insurance paper; M9A is the add-on that covers investment-linked policies treated as structured, derivative-bearing products. Candidates who need to advise on plain life policies and buy M9A alone have bought the wrong hour.

What the module actually licenses you to do

SCI describes M9A as being for new or existing representatives of financial advisers who need to comply with the MAS requirement to possess the requisite knowledge to advise others on and arrange investment-linked life insurance policies. The applicable module set for any given person is governed by MAS Notice FAA-N26, and SCI tells candidates to check with their compliance department for the modules that apply to them rather than self-select. The same page directs candidates to the MAS website under Notice FAA-N26 for the list of approved exemptions. Practically, that means the authoritative answer to whether you need M9A lives with your firm's compliance function and the MAS notice, not with a course provider's marketing page.

SCI states that those intending to provide advice on or arrange life insurance policies must pass M9 together with Module 5, per MAS requirements. M9 is the 100-question, two-hour foundation covering life insurance concepts, premium setting, product classification, traditional products, riders, annuities, underwriting, policy servicing, claims, agency law, income tax implications and nomination, wills and trusts. M9A then layers structured products and derivatives on top of that base. Taking M9A cold, without the product classification and policy mechanics from M9, means meeting chapters on structured ILPs and portfolios of investments with an insurance wrapper without the vocabulary they assume. The sequencing is not formally enforced as a prerequisite on the SCI page, but the syllabus design plainly expects it.

Fifty questions, seventy per cent, sixty minutes

The arithmetic is unforgiving in a way longer papers are not. At 50 questions and a 70 per cent pass mark, 35 correct answers are needed and the fifteenth wrong answer ends the attempt. There is no partial credit and no compensation across sections. With one hour on the clock, the budget is about 72 seconds per question, and chapter six is explicitly case studies, which consume more than their share of that time. The sensible tactic is to clear the definitional questions on structured products and derivatives quickly, bank those marks, and leave the case-study stem reading for a second pass rather than stalling on it early.

Since 1 April 2024 SCI has offered CM-LIP, which folds M9 and M9A into one sitting of 150 questions over 180 minutes, requiring at least 70 per cent. Taken separately, M9 and M9A cost S$109.00 each for members, so S$218.00 in total against S$239.80 for CM-LIP; for non-members it is S$261.60 against S$283.40. The combined paper is therefore slightly dearer but resolves everything in a single booking. The trade-off is risk concentration: a failure in a combined sitting puts the whole thing back on the calendar, whereas separate modules let a candidate bank M9 and re-sit only the shorter M9A. CM-LIC extends the same logic to M8 and M8A across 200 questions and 240 minutes.

Since 1 April 2024 there is no cheaper first-attempt rate and no penalty rate for re-sitting: S$109.00 for SCI or IBF members and S$130.80 for others, inclusive of the registration fee and GST. Add S$18.53 for any session after 5 p.m. on a weekday or at any time on a weekend, which is a real cost for candidates booking around a working day. Expect no certificate; SCI issues a result slip only, and one CPD hour is credited on a pass. Anyone who later needs documentary proof for a new employer should note that SCI's letter of certification and appeal charges were revised with effect from 1 August 2026.

<a href="/exam/cmfas-m9a">This article has been published in CMFAS M9A Life Insurance and Investment-Linked Policies Exam (Singapore). Explore everything related to it here.</a>

Current fee, format, pass mark and licensing scope for the Singapore College of Insurance module M9A, with every figure traced to the body that sets it

Alerts and Updates for CMFAS M9A Life Insurance and Investment-Linked Policies II (Singapore)

exam-alert-and-updates-for-up-pgt-economics

Sourced tracking of the UPESSC Post Graduate Teacher cycle for Economics candidates: the 202 Economics posts, the seven-block subject paper, the shared calendar and what the old cut-offs show