MOE have a Masterplan of Award (MoA). SEA (School Excellence Award) is the most prestigious award, and is only awarded to one school.
The awards serve as milestone checks to guide schools on their journey to excellennce by providinng a systematic and progressive framework to chart progress through self-assessment benchmarking and continuous improvement.
The award covers several categories in both academic excellence and non-academic areas. The awards are introduced in 2004 to replace school ranking, highlighting achievement in academic value add and non-academic domains. The provide a broader and more complete picture of schools' performannce.Level 1 awards are given to school for achivement in a single year. Level 2 awards are given for sustained achievement in the particular domain. Special awards (School Distinction Award and School Excellence Award) are given for holistic efforts in establishing outstanding educational processes and obtaining excellent outcomes.
Sustain Achievement Award (SAA) is a level 2 award and it recognises schools’ ability in sustaining good outcomes over a number of years, in five areas: Academic Value-Added, Aesthetics, Sports, Uniformed Groups and Physical Fitness. Schools need to achieve an Achievement Award (AA, Level 1 award) in the same category over three consecutive years before they may be awarded the SAA.
The Best Practice Award (BPA) is a level 2 award and it recognises schools for their effective practices and systems that lead to good educational outcomes in both academic and non-academic areas. There are 4 categories of award for the BPA: Organisational Effectiveness, Student All-Round Development, Staff Well-Being, and Teaching and Learning.
The National Education (NE) Awards aim to encourage and recognise schools for their NE efforts. There are two levels of attainment for the NE Awards: the Development Award (level 1), i.e., DA (NE), and at the next higher level, the Outstanding Development Award (level 2), i.e., ODA (NE). The attainment of each level of award depends on how well a school meets the same set of evaluation criteria for both levels.
CHERISH is the acronym for CHampioning Efforts Resulting in Improved School
Health. The criteria for the CHERISH Award has been adopted from the World
Health Organisation’s Health Promoting School (HPS) initiative. It will be replacing the SAA Physical Fitness from 2010.
The Trim and Fit (TAF) Programme was implemented in 1992 in support of the National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign. The primary objectives are to reduce obesity and improve physical fitness among pupils. Schools are encouraged to adopt creative approaches to assist their pupils in achieving these objectives. The TAF Scheme Awards are presented annually to schools
** Information extracted from MOE site. You can refer to the article here **
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