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Singapore Student Athletes Gear Up for ASEAN Schools Games 2025 in Brunei Darussalam

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2025

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          This year, 130 student-athletes from 39 schools will be representing Singapore at the 14th ASEAN Schools Games (ASG) in Brunei Darussalam from 20 to 29 November. The Singapore School Sports Team (SSST) contingent will compete in seven sports, namely Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Netball, Sepaktakraw, Swimming and Wushu.

2. Organised by the ASEAN Schools Sports Council1, ASG aims to promote ASEAN solidarity among youth, while providing opportunities for student-athletes to benchmark and hone their sporting talents. Singapore student-athletes will have the opportunity to connect with and learn from their ASEAN peers through friendly competition and their shared passion for sports. Over 1,000 student-athletes and officials from 10 ASEAN nations will participate in this year's ASG themed "Dream, Strive, Achieve".

3. Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Senior Minister of State for Education, Mr David Neo, was the Guest-of-Honour at the ASG send-off ceremony held at St. Joseph's Institution on 14 November 2025. The SSST contingent will be led by Chef de Mission and Principal of Clementi Town Secondary School, Mdm Rasidah Bte Rahim. She will be assisted by Deputy Chef de Mission and Principal of Marsiling Secondary School, Mr Koh Yiak Kheng Leonard, and 38 other officials from the Ministry of Education and schools.

4. Mdm Rasidah said, "The Games are a platform for our student representatives to grow – not just athletically, but in character as well. They will face challenges and there will be moments of triumph and disappointment. But through it all, their values will guide them, and their characters will shine. They will support one another, celebrate each other's wins and lift each other up when things don't go as planned. That is what makes a team strong, and that is what sports is really about."

5. The student-athletes in the SSST were selected based on their overall performance at the National School Games, and other local and regional sports competitions. They must be 18 years old or younger on 1 January of the year of the Games, and be full-time students in Singapore.

Footnotes
  1. ASEAN Schools Sports Council (ASSC) was formed in 1978 to coordinate and champion sporting programmes and activities amongst ASEAN countries. The Singapore Schools Sports Council (SSSC) is a member of ASSC.