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Reference No: EDUN N25-02-033

Press Release No: 03100

Date 5 Aug 2000

Subject: PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS 2000

1. Since 1992, the Ministry of Education has been providing information on the performance of Secondary Schools to help pupils and their parents make informed choices when opting for Secondary Schools. The performance indicators for Secondary Schools highlight the top-ranking schools in the General Certificate of Education (GCE) 'O' Level Examination, both in terms of absolute as well as value-added performance.

2. There is no change in the ranking criteria. Secondary Schools are ranked based on L1B5 for Special/Express course and L1B4 for Normal course. These criteria are explained in Appendix 1. Data on schools, which perform well in physical fitness, are also provided.

Top Schools based on Absolute Performance

3. The top schools in the 1999 GCE 'O' Level Examination are listed in Tables 1 and Table 2. In the Special/Express course category, the top five schools were Raffles Institution, Raffles Girls' (Sec), The Chinese High, Nanyang Girls' High and Dunman High. The best non-Independent and non-Autonomous schools were Xinmin Secondary, ranked 25th and Ang Mo Kio Secondary, ranked 28th.

4. For the Normal course, the top five Secondary Schools were Paya Lebar Methodist Girls', Bukit Panjang Govt. High, Xinmin Secondary, CHIJ Katong Convent and Anderson Secondary.

High Value-added Schools

5. The high value-added Secondary Schools are shown in Tables 3 and Table 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.

6. This year, CHIJ Katong Convent, Queensway Secondary, St. Margaret's Secondary and Xinmin Secondary and Boon Lay Secondary qualified for awards in both the Special/Express and Normal courses.

Top Schools in Fitness

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

8. Based on the composite Fitness Index, the top 5 schools in 1999 were CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls', Nanyang Girls' High, Cedar Girls' Secondary, Raffles Girls' (Secondary) and Singapore Chinese Girls' School.

Sustained Achievement Awards (SAAs)

9. The Ministry of Education first gave out the Sustained Achievement Awards (SAAs) during the MOE Work Plan Seminar in 1999. The Award gives recognition to schools that have performed well consistently over a period of years, in academic and non-academic area.

10. This year, a total of 46 SAAs, 4 for Arts, 6 for Sports, 16 for Uniformed Group, 8 for Academic Value-added and 12 for Physical Fitness, will be given out to 29 Secondary Schools. This is an increase of 8 awards to be given out over the previous year.

11. Of the winning schools this year, 5 will receive the SAA for the first time. They are Boon Lay Secondary, Dunman Secondary and Gan Eng Seng for Uniformed Group, Tanjong Katong Girls' for Physical Fitness and Chung Cheng High (Main) for Uniformed Group and Physical Fitness. The details are given in Table 8.