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20 Sep 2001


THE SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2001 AND THE INAUGURAL BEST PRACTICE AWARD 2001

1.      The Ministry of Education's (MOE) Masterplan of Awards was instituted in late 1998. This system of awards is part of the implementation of the School Excellence Model (SEM), which provides a holistic approach to education with equal emphasis on processes as well as results.

2.      The Sustained Achievement Award (SAA) and the Best Practice Award (BPA) are the middle-level awards under this Masterplan of Awards. While the SAAs reward schools that have excellent results in different areas over a period of time, the BPAs give recognition to schools with effective practices and systems that lead to desirable academic and non-academic educational outcomes. The first SAAs were given in 1999 for excellent performance in the following areas: Academic Value-added results, Arts, Physical Fitness, Sports and Uniformed Group activities.

3.      This year, MOE will be giving out the inaugural BPA.

4.      There are 4 categories of BPA. They are:

a) Organisational Effectiveness

b) Student All-round Development

c) Staff Well-being

d) Teaching and Learning

They represent MOE's expectations of schools and reflect the key areas in the SEM (refer to Information Sheeton BPA).

Sustained Achievement Award Winners 2001

5.      This year, a total of 102 SAAs will be given out to 83 schools. Compared to 2000, this is an increase of 12 awards and 15 schools. 19 schools (9 Primary, 9 Secondary, 1 Junior College) are first-time winners while 20 schools are second-time winners (14 Primary, 5 Secondary, 1 Junior College) and 44 schools are third-time winners (14 Primary, 24 Secondary, 6 Junior Colleges). The winners will receive their awards from the Minister for Education at the 2001 MOE Workplan Seminar on 26 September.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

6.      A total of 41 SAAs - 2 for Arts, 5 for Sports and 34 for Physical Fitness - will be given out to 37 Primary Schools. This is an increase of 8 awards and 5 schools over the previous year.

7.      The 9 first-time winners are Chong Li Primary, Greenridge Primary, Jurong Primary, MacPherson Primary, Nan Hua Primary, Pasir Ris Primary, Peixin Primary, Queenstown Primary and Tao Nan Primary. Among the 14 second-time winners, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' Primary and Maha Bodhi will each receive 2 SAAs. Among the 14 third-time winners, CHIJ (Kellock) and Gongshang Primary will each receive 2 SAAs. The details are given in Table 1.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

8.      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. 9. The 9 first-time winners are Anglo-Chinese (Barker Road), Cedar Girls' Secondary, Crescent Girls', Hong Kah Secondary, Mayflower Secondary, New Town Secondary, Presbyterian High, Queensway Secondary and Temasek Secondary. Among the 5 second-time winners, Chung Cheng High (Main) will receive 2 SAAs. Of the 24 third-time winners, Anderson Secondary, Anglican High, Anglo-Chinese (Independent), CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls', Methodist Girls' Secondary, Nanyang Girls' High, Raffles Institution and River Valley High will receive 2 SAAs each, while the Chinese High will receive 3 SAAs. The details are given in Table 2.

JUNIOR COLLEGES

10.     A total of 11 SAAs - 1 for Arts, 3 for Sports, 1 for Academic Value-added performance and 6 for Physical Fitness - will be given out to 8 Junior Colleges. Jurong Junior College is receiving the SAA for the first time. Victoria Junior College is a second-time winner. Of the 6 third-time winners, Raffles Junior College will receive 2 SAAs and Temasek Junior College will receive 3 SAAs. The details are given in Table 3.

Best Practice Awards Winners 2001

11.     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 4.

TABLE 1: SAA 2001 WINNING SCHOOLS (PRIMARY)

No

 School Arts Sports

Uniformed Group

Academic Value-added

Physical Fitness
1 Braddell Pr         a*
2 CHIJ (Bukit Timah)         a**
3 CHIJ (Kellock)   a**     a**
4 CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls'         a**
5 Chong Li Pr         a
6 Dazhong Pr         a*
7 Greenridge Pr         a
8 Gongshang Pr   a**     a
9 Henry Park Pr         a*
10 Jurong Pr a        
11 Keng Seng Pr         a**
12 Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Pr         a*
13 MacPherson Pr   a      
14 Maha Bodhi a*       a
15 Methodist Girls' (Pr)         a**
16 Nan Hua Pr         a
17 Northland Pr         a*
18 Opera Estate Pr         a**
19 Pasir Ris Pr         a
20 Paya Lebar Methodist Girls'   a*     a
21 Peixin Pr         a
22 Peiying Pr         a**
23 Princess Elizabeth Pr         a*
24 Qiaonan Pr         a**
25 Queenstown Pr         a
26 Raffles Girls' Pr         a*
27 Seng Kang Pr         a*
28 Singapore Chinese Girls' Pr         a**
29 St. Andrew's Junior         a*
30 St. Margaret's         a*
31 St. Stephen's         a*
32 Swiss Cottage Pr         a*
33 Tao Nan   a      
34 Temasek Pr         a**
35 Townsville Pr         a**
36 Yishun Pr         a**
37 Yu Neng Pr         a**
 

Total

 2 5 NA NA 34

Notes:

a = 1st time winner

a* = 2nd time winner

a** = 3rd time winner

TABLE 2: SAA 2001 WINNING SCHOOLS (SECONDARY)

No

 School Arts Sports

Uniformed Group

Academic Value-added

Physical Fitness
1 Anderson Sec     a**   a**
2 Anglican High     a*   a**
3 ACS (Barker Road)   a      
4 ACS (Independent)   a** a*    
5 Boon Lay Sec     a*    
6 Braddell - Westlake Sec     a**    
7 Bukit Panjang Govt. High         a**

8

 Catholic High     a**    

9

 Cedar Girls' Sec     a   a
10 CHIJ Katong Covent       a**  
11 CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls'   a     a**
12 Chung Cheng High (Main)     a*   a*
13 Clementi Town Sec     a**    
14 Crescent Girls'         a
15 Dunman High         a**
16 Dunman Sec     a*    
17 Gan Eng Seng Sec     a*    
18 Hong Kah Sec     a    
19 Mayflower Sec         a
20 Methodist Girls' (Sec)   a**   a**  
21 Nanyang Girls' High   a**     a**
22 New Town Sec     a    
23 Paya Lebar Methodist Girls'       a**  
24 Presbyterian High     a    
25 Queensway Sec       a  
26 Raffles Girls'   a**      
27 Raffles Institution   a** a**    
28 River Valley High     a**   a**
29 Singapore Chinese Girls'       a**  
30 St. Anthony's Canossian       a**  
31 St. Joseph's Institution     a**    
32 Tanjong Katong Girls'         a*
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