10 August 2002

 

EDUN N25-02-033

03302

10 Aug 2002

 

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS, BEST PRACTICE AWARDS AND NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS 2002

 

1.        As in previous years, the Ministry of Education is 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 performance1. The schools awarded Sustained Achievement Awards, Best Practice Awards and National Education Awards are also highlighted.

Top Schools based on Absolute Performance

2.        In the Special/Express course category, the top five schools were Raffles Institution, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), The Chinese High, Nanyang Girls' High, and Dunman High. The best non-Independent and non-Autonomous schools were Tanjong Katong Secondary, ranked 25th and Ngee Ann Secondary, ranked 26th .

3.        For the Normal course, the top five Secondary Schools were Xinmin Secondary, Nan Hua Secondary, Ngee Ann Secondary, Ang Mo Kio Secondary and Presbyterian High.

4.        The top schools in the 2001 GCE 'O' Level Examination are listed in Tables 1 and 2.

High Value-added Schools

5.        This year, Bukit Batok Secondary, Bukit View Secondary, CHIJ Katong Convent, CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent, CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent, Ghim Moh Secondary, St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary, St. Gabriel's Secondary and Xinmin Secondary qualified for awards in both the Special/Express and Normal courses.

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

Top Schools in Fitness

7.        Based on the composite Fitness Index, the top 5 schools in 2001 were CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls', Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Nanyang Girls' High, Tanjong Katong Girls' and Cedar Girls' Secondary.

8.        The top 50 schools in terms of pupils' physical fitness, lowest percentage overweight and Fitness Index are shown in Tables 5, 6 and 7. These indicators are based on all pupils in the school and not just those in the graduating classes.

Sustained Achievement Awards (SAAs)

9.        The Sustained Achievement Awards (SAAs) give recognition to schools that have performed well consistently over a period of years, in academic and non-academic areas.

10.      This year, a total of 75 SAAs, 6 for Arts, 7 for Sports, 37 for Uniformed Groups, 20 for Physical Fitness and 5 for Academic Value-added, will be given out to 50 Secondary Schools. This is an increase of 25 awards and 12 schools over the previous year.

11.      Of the 50 winning schools this year, 36 are repeat winners while 14 are first time winners. The 8 neighbourhood schools that are among the first time winners are Bukit Batok Secondary, Fajar Secondary, Queenstown Secondary, Serangoon Garden Secondary, Serangoon Garden Technical, Swiss Cottage Secondary, Upper Serangoon Secondary and Woodlands Secondary. Among the repeat winners, 23 schools are winning the SAA for the fourth time. Of the 23 fourth time winners, Anglican High, Dunman High, Methodist Girls' School, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Raffles Institution, River Valley High and The Chinese High will receive 3 SAAs each, Nanyang Girls' High will receive 4 SAAs. The details are given in Table 8.

Best Practice Awards (BPAs)

12.      The Best Practice Awards (BPAs) give recognition to schools with effective practices and systems that lead to desirable educational outcomes, academic and non-academic. The awards are part of the implementation of the School Excellence Model that provides a holistic approach to managing education with equal emphasis on processes as well as results.

13.      This year, two Secondary Schools will receive BPAs. CHIJ Katong Convent will be awarded the BPA for Teaching and Learning and Crescent Girls' School for Staff Well-being.

National Education Awards

14.      This year, the Ministry of Education will be giving out the Lee Kuan Yew National Education (LKY NE) Award for the first time. This award gives recognition to schools that have made special efforts to design and implement innovative and effective programmes to equip our students with the basic attitudes, values and instinct which make them Singaporeans.

15.      From 2002, schools that enter the final judging round of the LKY NE Award will be awarded the National Education Achievement Award (NEAA) in recognition of their achievements in NE for the year.

16.      The inaugural LKY NE Award will be presented to National Junior College. The 5 NEAA winners are Admiralty Primary, CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls',Damai Secondary, GreenRidge Primary and Pasir Ris Primary, .

 

 

Table 1

Table 1: Top 50 Schools for Special/Express Course
(Based on 2001 GCE O-Level Results)

Rank SCHOOL 2001 GCE O-LEVEL RESULTS PSLE SCORES OF 2002 SEC 1 INTAKE2
No. of
Pupils		 Mean
L1B5		 Mean
Subject Grade		 %
Passed 5 O-Levels or More

From Non-Affiliated Schools

From Affiliated Schools

Special Course

Express Course

Special Course

Express Course
1 RAFFLES INSTITUTION 450 7.8 1.6 100   260-281    
2 RAFFLES GIRLS' (SECONDARY) 477 8.6 1.8 100   251-281    
2 THE CHINESE HIGH 460 8.6 1.8 100 258-282      
4 NANYANG GIRLS' HIGH 356 9.1 1.9 100 260-286   251-276 249-252
5 DUNMAN HIGH 401 9.4 2 100 257-281      
6 RIVER VALLEY HIGH 427 10.6 2.2 100 253-278      
7 METHODIST GIRLS' (SECONDARY) 258 10.7 2.2 100   255-269   200-260
8 CHIJ ST. NICHOLAS GIRLS' 382 10.9 2.2 99 256-276   251-271 224-252
9 ANGLO-CHINESE (INDEPENDENT) 422 11 2.2 100   248-275   235-270
10 SINGAPORE CHINESE GIRLS' 245 11.4 2.3 100   249-275   200-272
10 TANJONG KATONG GIRLS' 347 11.4 2.3 100   231-267    
12 CEDAR GIRLS' SECONDARY 357 11.5 2.3 100   236-261    
13 ANDERSON SECONDARY 280 11.6 2.3 99   249-269    
14 CATHOLIC HIGH 312 11.8 2.3 100 250-267 242-252 250-266 225-251
15 ZHONGHUA SECONDARY 206 11.9 2.3 99   236-259    
16 ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION 383 12.3 2.4 100   239-269   226-261
17 BUKIT PANJANG GOVT. HIGH 278 12.5 2.5 100   245-264    
18 CRESCENT GIRLS' 348 12.8 2.4 100   234-274    
19 VICTORIA 367 13 2.5 99   241-263    
20 ANGLICAN HIGH 363 13.1 2.6 99 250-276 243-252    
21 CHUNG CHENG HIGH (MAIN) 415 13.2 2.5 99 250-274 235-252    
21 XINMIN SECONDARY 200 13.2 2.4 100   239-265    
23 TEMASEK SECONDARY 271 13.5 2.5 100   237-267    
24 COMMONWEALTH SECONDARY 195 14.1 2.6 98   241-267    
25 TANJONG KATONG SECONDARY 349 14.2 2.6 99   227-254    
26 NGEE ANN SECONDARY 202 14.4 2.7 99   233-255   189-239
27 CHIJ SECONDARY
(TOA PAYOH)		 312 14.5 2.8 98   238-274   189-273
28 MARIS STELLA HIGH 270 14.7 2.7 98 251-259 225-250 252-267 204-251
29 ANG MO KIO SECONDARY 196 15.3 3 97   233-255    
30 SWISS COTTAGE SECONDARY 236 15.4 3 98   236-260    
31 FAIRFIELD METHODIST SECONDARY 233 15.8 2.9 97   238-260   188-261
31 NAN HUA SECONDARY 131 15.8 2.9 98 250-278 243-252    
33 BUKIT BATOK SECONDARY 188 15.9 2.9 97   224-240    
33 PAYA LEBAR METHODIST GIRLS' SECONDARY 240 15.9 3 98   245-251   188-262
35 AHMAD IBRAHIM SECONDARY 204 16 3 95   233-262    
35 CHIJ KATONG CONVENT 196 16 3.2 96   226-252   188-259
37 DUNMAN SECONDARY 201 16.6 3 97   229-273    
38 CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY 203 16.7 3.1 97   233-250    
38 ST. MARGARET'S SECONDARY 124 16.7 2.9 98   233-263   188-258
40 PRESBYTERIAN HIGH 215 17.2 3 95   229-248    
41 CHIJ ST. THERESA'S CONVENT 191 17.4 3.2 98   215-246   189-241
42 HAI SING CATHOLIC 178 17.6 3.1 98   218-246    
42 ST. ANTHONY'S CANOSSIAN SECONDARY 190 17.6 3.1 97       192-253
44 ST. ANDREW'S SECONDARY 193 17.7 3.2 95   234-255   189-261
45 GAN ENG SENG 194 17.8 3.3 96   226-260    
46 ST. GABRIEL'S SECONDARY 184 18 3.2 96   219-240   188-249
47 MAYFLOWER SECONDARY 218 18.1 3.3 92   222-247    
48 PASIR RIS SECONDARY 211 18.5 3.3 95   215-252    
49 DAMAI SECONDARY 115 18.7 3.5 92   216-236    
49 ST. HILDA'S SECONDARY 186 18.7 3.4 95   220-247   188-247

                                                                          

 

 

Table 2

Table 2: Top 40 Schools for Normal Course
(BASED ON 2001 GCE O-LEVEL RESULTS)

Rank SCHOOL 2001 GCE O-LEVEL RESULTS % S4N Eligible for S5N PSLE SCORES OF 2002 SEC 1 INTAKE
No. of Pupils Mean L1B4 Mean Subject Grade % Passed 5 O-Levels or More % Passed 3 O-Levels or More From Non-
Affiliated Schools		 From Affiliated Schools

1

 XINMIN SECONDARY 70 17.9 3.7 90 97 96

183-199

 
2 NAN HUA SECONDARY 64 20.4 4.4 84 94 90    
3 NGEE ANN SECONDARY 107 20.5 4.3 67 93 96 194-199 153-188
4 ANG MO KIO SECONDARY 66 20.6 4.5 73 83 92 176-197  
4 PRESBYTERIAN HIGH 59 20.6 4.4 75 92 87 175-197  
6 DUNMAN SECONDARY 66 21.1 4.6 73 97 96 184-199  
7 CHIJ ST. THERESA'S CONVENT 66 21.3 4.7 73 95 91 166-199 155-186
8 ST. ANTHONY'S CANOSSIAN SECONDARY 64 21.4 4.8 67 81 97 183-199 152-195
9 CHIJ KATONG CONVENT 52 21.7 5 69 90 87 170-198 153-189
10 CHIJ ST. JOSEPH'S CONVENT 61 21.8 4.8 61 90 97 170-195 155-187
11 PAYA LEBAR METHODIST GIRLS' SECONDARY 53 22.2 4.9 72 98 98   171-197
12 TANGLIN SECONDARY 63 22.3 4.8 56 89 80 152-199  
13 HAI SING CATHOLIC 64 22.4 4.9 61 84 93 178-199  
13 PEICAI SECONDARY 46 22.4 4.9 54 78 90 152-187  
15 ST. GABRIEL'S SECONDARY 75 22.5 4.8 52 88 89 179-187 152-186
16 BOON LAY SECONDARY 79 22.7 4.9 56 85 76 180-193  
16 BUKIT BATOK SECONDARY 100 22.7 4.9 51 90 84 175-196  
16 FAIRFIELD METHODIST SECONDARY 53 22.7 4.9 55 83 95 187-195 152-186
16 JURONG SECONDARY 78 22.7 4.9 56 86 94 176-199  
16 KUO CHUAN PRESBYTERIAN SECONDARY 64 22.7 4.8 55 89 89 170-193 153-194
21 ST. MARGARET'S SECONDARY 62 22.8 4.8 52 92 95 181-199 153-191
22 GEYLANG METHODIST SECONDARY 74 23.1 4.9 43 93 95 183-187 153-187
22 SWISS COTTAGE SECONDARY 68 23.1 5.2 51 90 90 183-196  
24 BUKIT VIEW SECONDARY 82 23.2 5 56 89 83 157-196  
25 RIVERSIDE SECONDARY 76 23.3 5 51 80 87 177-198  
25 YISHUN TOWN SECONDARY 70 23.3 4.9 66 83 79 176-197  
27 ST. HILDA'S SECONDARY 128 23.5 5 52 84 87 181-196 152-187
28 BENDEMEER SECONDARY 73 23.6 5.2 51 81 87 164-195  
28 BUKIT PANJANG GOVT. HIGH 45 23.6 5.2 58 84 98 187-199  
28 DAMAI SECONDARY