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In the late 1990s, the Ministry of Community Development (MCD), the Singapore Sports Council and the sports community discussed the idea of forming a sports school to develop sports in Singapore. In 2000, the MCD created a new sports division and was renamed Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS). [1]
NAPFA involves a series of five stations and a 2.4-km (1.5-mile) Walk-Run for secondary school students and above or a 1.6-km (1-mile) Walk-Run for primary school students. All of the 5 station tests are attempted on the same day, with a 2–5-minute rest period permitted between stations.
Sport Singapore was founded on 1 October 1973 as the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), through the merger of the National Sports Promotion Board (NSPB) and the National Stadium Corporation (NSC). [1] On 1 April 2014, the SSC was renamed Sport Singapore in a rebranding exercise.
In addition, the government sponsors the Singapore Sports School, which was established on 2 April 2004, combining a secondary school curriculum with professional training in each student's preferred sport, in an attempt to nurture future generations of sportsmen and sportswomen. The concept behind the Singapore Sports School is that sporting ...
Therefore, school fees in public schools are heavily subsidised. There is no school fee for 6 years of compulsory education in primary school although students still need to pay standard miscellaneous fees of $6.50 per month. [26] Moreover, schools may optionally charge second-tier miscellaneous fees of up to the maximum of $6.50 per month. [26]
In Singapore, a co-curricular activity (CCA), is a non-academic activity that all students must undertake as part of their education. Introduced by the Ministry of Education (MOE), CCAs are strongly encouraged at the primary and post-secondary level but compulsory at secondary level.
In the early part of his career, Schooling was trained by coaches and swimmers of Australia under the monitoring of Monash University in a Singapore Sports Council programme. At the 2011 Southeast Asian Games , Schooling's 1:56.67 winning time in the 200 fly met the "A" qualifying mark for the 2012 London Olympics. [ 16 ]
Sengkang Sports Centre was built as part of a plan to improve amenities in Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency and Sengkang New Town, costing S$1 billion. [4] [5] The People's Association and the then Singapore Sports Council were involved in the planning of the sports complex, and went ahead with the project despite Singapore's economic recession in the early 2000s.