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Best Practice Award (BPA)
Definition
- The
Best Practice Award (BPA) recognises schools for their effective
processes and systems that lead to desirable education outcomes,
academic or non-academic. There are four categories of award for
the BPA: Organisational Effectiveness, Student All-Round
Development, Staff Well-Being, and Teaching and Learning.
Winners
- This
year, 12 schools will be presented with 18 BPAs. The breakdown is
as follows:
- 1
school will receive BPA for Organisational Effectiveness;
- 3
schools will receive BPA for Student All-Round Development;
- 7
schools will receive BPA for Staff Well-Being; and
- 7
schools will receive BPA for Teaching and Learning.
The schools will receive a plaque for
each category of the BPA.
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Details on the SEA, SDA and BPA winners from 2004 to 2006 can be
found in Annex
A.
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Sustained Achievement Award (SAA)
Definition
- The
Sustained Achievement Award (SAA) recognises schools¡¯ ability in
sustaining good outcomes over a number of years, in either
academic or non-academic areas.
Winners
- This
year, 167 schools will be presented with 251 SAAs. The breakdown
of the 251 SAAs is as follows:
- 17
SAAs for Academic Value-Added;
- 26
SAAs for Aesthetics;
- 30
SAAs for Sports;
- 72
SAAs for Uniformed Groups; and
- 106
SAAs for Physical Health.
- The
winning schools are:
- 63
Primary6 Schools winning 72
SAAs
- 93
Secondary7 Schools winning
155 SAAs; and
- 11
Junior Colleges8 winning 24
SAAs.
The schools will receive a plaque for
each category of the SAA.
- Twenty
of the winning schools are also first time winners of an SAA. The
20 schools are listed in
Annex B.
Lee Kuan Yew National Education (LKY NE) Award
Definition
-
Implemented in 2002, the Lee Kuan Yew National Education (LKY NE)
Award recognises schools that have made special effort to design
and implement innovative and effective programmes to equip our
students with basic attitudes, values and instincts which make
them Singaporeans. As the LKY NE Award is the pinnacle of the NE
awards, winners of the LKY NE Award will be deemed to have
attained the Outstanding Development Award for National Education.
Winners
- This
year, 2 schools will be receiving the LKY NE Award. The schools
will each receive a plaque and a cash award of $3,000. They are:
-
Telok Kurau Primary School; and
-
Bendemeer Secondary School.
Outstanding Development Award (ODA)
i. Outstanding Development
Award for National Education [ODA(NE)]
Definition
- The
Outstanding Development Award for National Education [ODA(NE)]
recognises schools¡¯ consistent efforts in establishing strong and
sustainable processes to ensure the inculcation of NE values among
students.
Winners
- This
year, 4 schools will be presented with ODA(NE). The schools will
each receive a plaque. They are:
-
MacPherson Primary School;North Spring Primary School;
-
Damai Secondary School; and
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Riverside Secondary School.
ii. Outstanding Development
Award for Character Development [ODA(CD)]
Definition
- The
Outstanding Development Award for Character Development [ODA(CD)]
recognises schools with innovative, sustainable and exemplary
approaches to character development. The ODA(CD) will be given out
for the first time this year. More Information on the award can
also be found in
Annex E.
Winners
- This
year, 13 schools will be presented with ODA(CD). The schools will
each receive a plaque. They are:
-
Gongshang Primary School;
-
Princess Elizabeth Primary School;
-
Anglican High School;
-
Catholic High School;
-
Cresent Girls¡¯ School;
-
Fairfield Methodist Secondary School;
-
Xinmin Secondary School;
-
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent);
- Hwa
Chong Institution;
-
Raffles Girls¡¯ School (Secondary);
-
Raffles Institution;
-
Jurong Junior College; and
-
Temasek Junior College.
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Information on schools that have attained awards under MoA9
can be found in
Annex C.
(B) A Holistic Approach: School
Achivement Tables
Broadening of Information on
School Achievements
- The
School Achievement Tables provide a broader picture of schools¡¯
performance, so that they capture schools¡¯ achievements in both
the academic and non-academic domains. These comprise:
-
Academic Value-Added Awards;
-
Physical & Aesthetics Awards;
-
Character Development Awards;
- Best
Practice Awards;
-
School Distinction Awards and School Excellence Awards.
Please see
Annex D for the 2006
School Achievement Tables for secondary schools.
- In
addition, the following are other sources of information on the
achievements of schools that will also be available to the public:
-
Honour Rolls of schools that have performed exceedingly well in
the different domains of the expanded MoA10,
-
School
Information Service will allow parents
and students to generate comparative lists of schools based on
specified parameters.
-
Individual School Pic, which will be available in both the
School Information Service and the annual posting booklets; and
-
School websites maintained by individual schools.
CONCLUSION
- The
School Achievement Tables, together with the other sources of
information such as Honour Rolls, School Information Service,
School Pic, and individual school websites provide a holistic
picture of schools¡¯ performance. This will help parents and
students make more informed decisions when selecting schools. The
information will also help schools to reflect on their performance
and devise strategies to provide holistic education.
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List of Annexes
Annex |
Title |
Page |
Annex A |
Award Winners of
SEA, SDA and BPA from 2004 to 2006 |
A1 - A4 |
Annex B |
List of Schools
that have won a Sustained Achievement Award for the First Time
(2006) |
B1 |
Annex C |
Honour Rolls for
Primary Schools (2006) |
C1 - C5 |
Honour Rolls for
Secondary Schools (2006) |
C6 - C16 |
Honour Rolls for
Junior Colleges (2006) |
C17 - C18 |
Annex D |
School
Achievement Table for Special/Express Course (2006) |
D1- D3 |
School
Achievement Table for Normal Course (2006) |
D4 - D5 |
Annex E |
Information on
Character Development Award |
E1 - E2 |
Annex F |
List of
Secondary Schools excluded from the Banding Exercise (2006) |
F1 |
Annex G |
Reading the
School Achievement Tables |
G1 - G2 |
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