Top Schools based on Absolute Performance

2.      In the Special/Express course category, the top five schools were Raffles Institution, Raffles Girls' (Sec), Nanyang Girls' High, The Chinese High and Dunman High. The best non-Independent and non-Autonomous schools were Tanjong Katong Secondary, ranked 25^th, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’, ranked 26^th and Ngee Ann Secondary, ranked 27^th.

3.      For the Normal course, the top five Secondary Schools were Clementi Town Secondary, Xinmin Secondary, Ngee Ann Secondary, Presbyterian High and Anderson Secondary.

4.      The top schools in the 2000 GCE 'O' Level Examination are listed in Tables 1 and 2.

High Value-added Schools

5.      This year, CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary, Ngee Ann Secondary, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary, Queensway Secondary, St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary and Xinmin Secondary qualified for awards in both the Special/Express and Normal courses.

6.      The high value-added Secondary Schools are shown in Tables 3 and 4. These schools have helped their pupils perform better than expected based on their PSLE scores. The Ministry will award $20,000 to each of the top 10 schools and $10,000 to each of the next 10 schools in recognition of their good efforts.

Top Schools in Fitness

7.      Based on the composite Fitness Index, the top 5 schools in 2000 were CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls', Raffles Girls' (Secondary), Singapore Chinese Girls' School, Cedar Girls' Secondary and Nanyang Girls' High.

8.      The top 50 schools in terms of pupils' physical fitness, lowest percentage overweight and Fitness Index are shown in Tables 5, 6 and 7. These indicators are based on all pupils in the school and not just those in the graduating classes.

Sustained Achievement Awards (SAAs)

9.      The Sustained Achievement Awards (SAAs) gives recognition to schools that have performed well consistently over a period of years, in academic and non-academic areas.

10.    This year, a total of 50 SAAs, 8 for Sports, 20 for Uniformed Group, 7 for Academic Value-added and 15 for Physical Fitness, will be given out to 38 Secondary Schools. This is an increase of 4 awards and 9 schools over the previous year.

11.     Of the winning schools this year, 9 will receive the SAA for the first time. They are Anglo-Chinese (Barker Road) for Sports, Cedar Girls' Secondary, Crescent Girls', Hong Kah Secondary, New Town Secondary and Presbyterian High for Uniformed  Group activities, Queensway Secondary for Academic Value-added performance, Cedar  Girls' Secondary, Crescent Girls', Mayflower Secondary and Temasek Secondary for Physical Fitness.The details are given in Table 8.

Best Practice Awards (BPAs)

12.     This year, the Ministry of Education will be giving out the Best Practice Awards for the first time. The Best Practice Awards (BPAs) give recognition to schools with effective practices and systems that lead to desirable educational outcomes, academic or otherwise. The awards are part of the implementation of the School Excellence Model which provides a holistic approach to managing education with equal emphasis on processes as well as results.

13.     There are 4 categories of BPA. They represent the Ministry of Education's expectations of schools and reflect the key areas in the School Excellence Model (refer to Information Sheet on BPA). They are:

14.     This year, 5 Secondary Schools will receive 7 BPAs. They are Anglo-Chinese (Independent), Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Secondary, Raffles Institution, River Valley High and Xinmin Secondary. The details are given in Table 9.