A Holistic Education for Secondary School Students – LEAPS 2.
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A holistic education provides students with a broad and deep foundation for lifelong learning. This
includes learning not just in the academic areas. Equally important is the development of values and
life skills in each child. This will equip the child to handle the challenges in life later on.
A holistic education also supports students to discover their strengths, interests and talents. Students
tend to flourish in areas they are interested in. Thus, as far as possible, we should allow them to
pursue their areas of interest.
Schools offer a range of co-curricular programmes to help students achieve a holistic education.
Community service is also invaluable in helping students develop qualities such as care, concern and
respect for others in society.
LEAPS 2.01
LEAPS 2.0 is a framework to recognise secondary school students’ holistic development. Students will
be recognised with levels of attainment in four domains: Participation, Achievement, Leadership and
Service.
SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD
As parents, you play an important role in ensuring your child’s holistic and balanced development.
Your child benefits most when the emphasis on developing values, life skills and your child/ward’s
interests and strengths are reinforced at home.
You can discuss the following areas with your child when selecting his/her co-curricular activities:
• Identifying interests and strengths
Example: What is your child interested in? What is your child good at?
• Setting objectives
Example: What kind of person does your child want to be? What kind of values and life skills
should your child be developed in?
• Encouraging self-directed learning
Example: How does your child want to pursue this development? What are the possible
opportunities that can help support this development?
• Managing commitments
Example: Is your child able to cope? How can you help to support him/her in the learning
pursuits?
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LEAPS stands for Leadership, Enrichment, Achievement, Participation and Service. LEAPS 2.0 builds on the LEAPS system
to better reflect MOE’s current emphasis on Student-Centric, Values-Driven education.
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LEAPS 2.0 DOMAINS
Participation
This domain recognises students’ participation in one school-based 2 Co-Curricular Activity (CCA).
Recognition is based on the number of years of participation and exemplary conduct and active
contribution3 to the CCA. Sustained engagement in the same CCA allows for progressive development
of character, skills, knowledge and friendships, and will be accorded higher recognition.
Service
This domain recognises students’ development as socially responsible citizens who contribute
meaningfully to the community. Every secondary school student will contribute at least 6 hours per
school year to the community. They can choose to embark on a Values-In-Action project (VIA).
Students will be recognised for the time they put into planning, service and reflection, when
participating in a VIA project.
Leadership
This domain recognises students’ leadership development. Recognition is accorded to students’
ability to take charge of personal development, work in a team and assume responsibilities in service
of others. In addition to formal leadership appointments, participation in student leadership
modules/workshops, the National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) and leadership positions in the
school, CCA or student-initiated/student-led projects will also be recognised.
Achievement
This domain recognises students’ representation and accomplishment in co-curricular involvements
beyond the classroom. Opportunities for representation and accomplishment present valuable
learning experiences for students to learn discipline, resilience and develop their character. Students
may represent the school or organisations endorsed by the school. Recognising external
opportunities better caters to students’ diverse interests and talents. It also recognises the
community’s role in developing the child.
Representation refers to being selected and endorsed by the school or an organisation endorsed by
the school (e.g. the community club or national association) to contribute, perform or compete. It
need not be tied to his/her CCA in school.
Accomplishment refers to attaining accolades and awards at competitions, festivals, performances,
exhibitions, conferences and symposiums where the student represents the school or other
organisations endorsed by the school.
The details on the levels of attainment for each of the domains are attached at Annex A.
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School-based CCA refers to CCA that are organised within the school or have been endorsed by the school.
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Schools have processes in place to determine ‘exemplary conduct and active contribution’ with respect to their
school’s context.
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Recognition of Students’ Level of Attainment
At the end of the graduating year, students’ co-curricular attainment will be recognised according to
Excellent/Good/Fair. The level of attainment will be converted to a bonus point(s) which can be used
for admission to Junior Colleges/ Polytechnics/ Institutes of Technical Education (JC/Poly/ITE).
Co-Curricular Details
Attainment
Excellent (2 Student who attains a minimum Level 3 in all four domains with at least a
bonus points) Level 4 in one domain.
Good Student who attains a minimum Level 1 in all four domains with any one of
(1 bonus point) the following:
i. At least Level 2 in three domains;
ii. At least Level 2 in one domain and at least Level 3 in another
domain; or
iii. At least Level 4 in one domain.
Fair Student’s attainment in co-curricular will not translate into any bonus
points.
Please refer to examples in Annex B.
For enquiries, please contact your child’s school.
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ANNEX A
PARTICIPATION (Level of Attainment)
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
• Participated in any CCA for • Participated in any CCA for • Participated in any CCA for 4 • Participated in any CCA for 5
2 years with at least 75% 3 years with at least 75% years with at least 75% years with at least 75%
attendance for each year attendance for each year attendance for each year attendance for each year
• Participated in any CCA for 3 • Participated in any CCA for 4 • Participated in the same CCA for
years with at least 75% years with at least 75% 4 years with at least 75%
attendance for each year and attendance for each year and attendance for each year and
demonstrating exemplary
demonstrating exemplary demonstrating exemplary
conduct and active contribution
conduct and active contribution conduct and active contribution
• Participated in the same CCA for • Participated in the same CCA for
4 years with at least 75% 5 years with at least 75%
attendance for each year attendance for each year
SERVICE (Level of Attainment)
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
• At least 24 to less than 30 • At least 30 to less than 36 • At least 36 hours of service
hours of service hours of service
• Completed at least one • Completed at least two VIA
VIA project that impacts projects that impact the school
the school or community or community
• Completed at least 24 hours of • Completed at least 24 hours of • Completed at least 24 hours of
service and at least one VIA service and at least two VIA service and at least one student-
project that impacts the school projects that impact the school initiated VIA project that impacts
or community
or community the community beyond the school
and at least one other VIA project
Note: One example of an approach to VIA is Service-Learning. Time spent on VIA projects, including the planning, service and reflection components, will count towards the minimum
hours of service stated in the above criterion.
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LEADERSHIP (Level of Attainment)
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
School-based Leadership • Completed 2 • Class Committee • Class Chairperson • Senior Prefect • Executive Committee5
Opportunities leadership modules • Committee for • Prefect • Chairperson/ViceChair of Student Council /
of at least 3 hours student-initiated or • Peer Support Leader person for school- Prefectorial Board
each student-led projects, • Committee for school- wide events (or equivalent)
approved by school wide events4 (or equivalent)
(or equivalent) • Chairperson/
Vice-Chairperson for
student-initiated or
student-led projects,
approved by school
(or equivalent)
• Lower Sec CCA • Lower Sec CCA Executive • Upper Sec CCA • CCA Captain/
Committee Committee Executive Committee Chairperson
(or equivalent) • Upper Sec CCA (or equivalent) (or equivalent)
Committee
(or equivalent)
National Youth • NYAA Bronze • NYAA Silver
Achievement Award and above
Uniformed Groups • Lance Corporal • Corporal • Sergeant • Staff Sergeant • Warrant Officer
(Rank/Appointment) (or equivalent) • Patrol Second • Patrol Leader • Senior Patrol Leader • Master Sergeant
• Assistant Patrol Leader (or equivalent) (or equivalent) • Station Inspector
(or equivalent) • Troop/ Company Leader
(or equivalent)
• Assistant Company
Leader
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Examples of school-wide events are Open House, CCA exhibition, Speech Day, Founder’s Day and the four National Education (NE) commemorative days: Total Defence Day, International
Friendship Day, Racial Harmony Day and National Day.
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Executive Committee (applies to all subsequent mentions) – may include Secretary, Treasurer and Heads of sub-committees
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ACHIEVEMENT (Level of Attainment)
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Representation6 • Represented class • Represented • Represented school / • Represented school / external • Represented Singapore Schools at
/ house / CCA at school / external external organisation at organisation at local / local / international competition
intraschool event7 organisation at local / international event international event for 3 years • Represented Singapore at
for 2 years or more international event endorsed by
local /
international • Represented UG HQ at national bodies
event8 for 1 year international event9 • Represented National Project of
Excellence10 at local / international
concert
• Represented MOE at local
/ international event
• Represented UG HQ at
international competition
Accomplishment6 • Represented school / • Represented school / external • Represented Singapore Schools/
external organisation at organisation at local / National Project of
local / international event international event and Excellence/MOE at local /
and achieved the following achieved the following (for 2 international competition
(for 1 year): years or more): OR
o Top 4 (or equivalent) o Top 4 (or equivalent) team
team placing placing
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Self-representation or participation for personal enrichment will not be recognised. For representation of external organisations and accomplishments associated with such
representation, schools’ approval is required for recognition. Involvement in events whereby participation is mass in nature and/or does not require training, preparation or selection will
also not be recognised in this domain.
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Intra-School Events refer to intra-school competitions, festivals, school performances / concerts, exhibitions and conferences. These events primarily do not include student participation
from other schools and/or members of the public.
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Events refer to competitions, festivals, school performances / concerts, exhibitions, conferences and symposiums. Local refers to school cluster/zone-based and MOE-organised events
(SYF Arts Presentation, SYF Celebrations, SYF Art Exhibition, National Schools Games, etc.), as well as community-organised events which primarily involves student participation from
other schools and / or members of the public.
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UG HQ International Events refer to exchange programmes, performances, camps and other equivalent platforms which involve participants from other countries. Competitions are
excluded.
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This refers to the Singapore National Youth Orchestra and Singapore Youth Chinese Orchestra.
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o Top 8 (or equivalent) o Top 8 (or equivalent) • Represented Singapore at
individual placing individual placing international event, endorsed by
o Gold/Silver/Bronze/Merit o Gold/Silver/Bronze/Merit national bodies
award / certification11 award / certification11
(or equivalent) (or equivalent) AND achieved the following:
o SYF Arts Presentation o SYF Arts Presentation o Top 4 (or equivalent) team
placing
o Top 8 (or equivalent)
ACHIEVEMENT (Level of Attainment)
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
• Certificate of Distinction / • Certificate of Distinction / • Individual placing
Accomplishment Accomplishment Gold/Silver/ Bronze award
• SYF Art Exhibition • SYF Art Exhibition / certification (or
Certificate of • Certificate of Recognition equivalent)
• Recognition (Special (Special Mention) / • Presented original
Mention) /Recognition Recognition research paper / project
• Presented original research • Presented original research accepted at the platform
paper / project accepted at paper / project accepted at
the platform the platform
Uniformed • Bronze Badge (or • Silver Badge (or • Gold Badge (or equivalent) • Deputy Chief • Top Award for each UG
Groups equivalent) equivalent) Commissioner Badge (or (e.g. Pinnacle Badge,
Achievement equivalent) President’s Guide Award,
Badges Chief Commissioner’s
Award)
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This applies to events that present different levels of award or certificate which extend beyond the top 4 participants. The Merit award/certification constitutes the fourth placing. It
should only be given for events where Merit is not accorded by default to all participants who did not receive Gold- Bronze award/certification.
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Annex B
LEVELS OF ATTAINMENT – EXAMPLES
Example A: Student has attained a minimum Level 3 in all four domains and at least Level 4 in one domain
(Participation). Hence, the student’s co-curricular attainment is recognised as Excellent.
Domain Description of Attainment Level
Participation Participated in the same CCA for 4 years with at least 75% 4
attendance for each year
Achievement Represented school at local competition / conference / festival / 3
exhibition for 2 years
Leadership Committee for school-wide events 3
Service Completed at least 24 hours of service and at least one VIA project 3
that impacts the school or community
Example B: The student has attained a minimum of Level 1 in all domains with at least Level 2 in three
domains. Hence, the student’s co-curricular attainment is recognised as Good.
Domain Description of Attainment Level
Participation Participated in any CCA for 3 years with at least 75% attendance 2
for each year
Achievement Represented class / house / CCA at intra-school event 1
Leadership Class Committee 2
Service Completed at least one VIA project that impacts the school or 2
community
Example C: The student has attained a minimum of Level 1 in all domains, with at least Level 2 in one
domain (Achievement) and Level 3 for another domain (Participation). Hence, the student’s co-curricular
attainment is recognised as Good.
Domain Description of Attainment Level
Participation Participated in any CCA for 4 years with at least 75% attendance 3
for each year
Achievement Represented school at local competition / conference / festival / 2
exhibition for 1 year
Leadership Lance Corporal (NCC) 1
Service Completed at least 24 to less than 30 hours of service 1
Example D: The student has not met the criteria for a Good co-curricular attainment. Hence, the
student’s co-curricular attainment is recognised as Fair.
Domain Description of Attainment Level
Participation Participated in any CCA for 4 years with at least 75% attendance 3
for each year
Achievement Did not represent class / house / CCA / school in any event 0
Leadership Completed 2 modules on leadership 1
Service Completed at least 24 to less than 30 hours of service 1
