Sustained Achievement Award (SAA)

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Sustained Achievement Award (SAA) is one of the two second level of achievement awards, as proposed in the Masterplan of Awards, given to schools to recognise niches of excellence in the Result category of School Excellence Model (SEM). It is an award based on past sustained achievement in various Result categories.

The first SAAs were given to schools in 1999 during the MOE Workplan Seminar on 4th September 1999. There were five categories of awards presented to school in this inaugural SAA, namely Arts, Sports, Uniformed Group, Academic Value-addedness and Physical Fitness.

Since the SAA is intended to give recognition to niches of excellence in schools based on a trend of good performance in a category, the selection of schools for a category in a particular year will be based on sustained results in that category for the past 3 consecutive years.

Revised Criteria for SAA in Uniformed Group

1. The current and revised criteria for SAA (Uniformed Group) are summarized in Table below:

Table 1. Current and revised criteria for SAA

Sustained Achievement Awards (SAA)
Current Criteria	Revised Criteria
CATEGORY: UNIFORMED GROUP
Secondary Obtained the Best Unit, Gold or Silver Award for the same 2 Uniformed Groups out of 3 Uniformed Groups for 3 consecutive years.	Secondary · Obtained the Best Unit, Gold or Silver Award for the same 2 Uniformed Groups out of 3 Uniformed Groups for 3 consecutive years; and · Have at least 1 in 4[1][1] students in CCA, UG in the latest year

Implementation Timeframe

2. The implementation timeframe for the awards detailed above is summarised in Table

Table 2: Implementation Timeframe

2004

2005

2006

2007

Old SAA criteria for 2001-2003 performance

Old SAA criteria for 2002-2003 performance; and

Revised SAA criteria for 2004 performance

Old SAA criteria for 2003 performance; and

Revised criteria for 2004-2005 performance

Revised SAA criteria to be fully implemented

3. The inaugural year for the full implementation of the revised SAA (Excellence in Aesthetics/Sports/UG) would be 2007, to coincide with the full implementation of LEAPS. Schools will therefore have sufficient lead time to make provisions that will meet the revised SAA criteria.

[1][1]The computation of percentage of students in uniformed groups is NOT inclusive of Marching Band figures.

***** For the most current SAA criteria, please visit School Appraisal Branch's webpage.

List of Schools which won SAA (UG) from 1999 to 2007