10 Aug 2002

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, .

This year, the Lee Kuan Yew National Education (LKY NE) Award will be presented to Admiralty Primary School. The school will receive a plaque and a cash award of $3000. In addition, Chongfu Primary and Damai Secondary will be presented with the National Education Achievement Award (NEAA) in recognition of their commendable achievements in NE for the year. 

20  Sep 2005

Lee Kuan Yew National Education Award (LKY NE)

18.              Started 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 the basic attitudes, values and instincts which make them Singaporeans.  As the LKY NE Award is the pinnacle of all NE awards, winners of the LKY NE Award will be deemed to have attained the Outstanding Development Award for National Education.

19.              This year, the LKY NE Award will be presented to Greenridge Primary School.  The school will receive a plaque and a cash award of $3000.

Outstanding Development Award (ODA)

Definition

20.              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.  The first ODA (NE) will be given out this year.

Winners

21.              This year, the ODA (NE) is awarded to eight schools.  They are:

a.                        Chongfu Primary School;

b.                        Pasir Ris Primary School;

c.                        Rosyth School;

d.                        Telok Kurau Primary School;

e.                        Bendemeer Secondary School;

f.                          Nan Hua Secondary Secondary;

g.                        New Town Secondary School; and

h.                        Hwa Chong Institution (College Section).