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10 Primary Schools and 16 Kindergartens To Double Playground Sizes By 2024: MOE

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Sizes of playgrounds in 10 primary schools and 16 kindergartens will be doubled by 2024 to encourage more children to be physically active—and especially in sports—the Ministry of Education announced Tuesday, 21 January 2020.

Minister for Education Ong Ye Kung also spoke about the plans during the opening ceremony of this year’s National School Games (NSG), held at the Singapore Sports Hub’s OCBC Arena.

The enhancements to school facilities costing about $85m include: 

  • Increasing sizes of current primary schools playgrounds from 120 sq m to 240 sq m
  • Expanding outdoor playgrounds in 16 MOE kindergartens from 120 sq m to 160 sq m
  • Refitting outdoor courts at primary and secondary schools with acrylic-coated surfaces (to ensure better safety for the children during physical activity and sports)
  • Giving shelters to cover basketball courts in 40 primary and secondary schools 

These enhancements—to begin in phases from this year—are part of MOE’s efforts to ensure that the schools are equipped with at least three covered play courts: a multi-purpose hall, an indoor sports hall and a sheltered basketball court.

Students to pursue their CCA of choice
 
Firstly, why are sports important for students?
 
“Multi-sport exposure at a young age has been shown to improve physical literacy and enhance propensity for sustained sport participation in life,” as said by a spokesman from Sport Singapore to the Straits Times.
 
10 Primary Schools and 16 Kindergartens To Double Playground Sizes By 2024: MOE

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To help encourage more children to participate in sports, the Ministry said they are expanding their efforts to offer more co-curricular activity (CCA) opportunities for students, for both sports and non-sports CCAs.

A pilot study with several primary schools will be run to remove selection trials. This allows students to partake in a CCA they prefer.

The MOE has also been running a pilot with the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth to provide Strategic-Partnership CCAs (SP-CCAs). It is currently in its third year now. 

why are sports important for students

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This programme allows students to pursue their favourite sports and the chance to represent their school in national competitions, even if they are involved in a sport their school does not provide. Students too, receive CCA points.

Supporting this move as well is Ms Marina Tan with a Primary 5 daughter who said: “If you don’t let them try it out first, they are trying out for things that are new to them so how would you know if they’re good at it?”

Source: The Straits Times

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