The Sports Education Programme (SEP) is a collaborative partnership between Singapore Sports Council (SSC) and the Ministry of Education (MOE). Schools eligible for SEP are Primary, Secondary, JCs, Centralised Institution and Special Education Schools. Under SEP, each school is provided with a $10,000 dollar-to-dollar matching grant for them to take up sports programmes from an endorsed list. The SEP aims to advocate the importance of sports education, encourage sports participation in schools and increase sporting opportunities for the young. It also serves as an integrated and structured approach to link sports service providers with schools to ensure that innovative and quality sports programmes are delivered.
Sports programmes are assessed by a panel comprising representatives from the SSC, MOE, schools, sports educators and practitioners to qualify for endorsement under the SEP.
Sports programmes under SEP should cater for development of skills and sports knowledge of students and help promote active participation of sports in schools. These programmes should also promote team spirit and character building, and arouse interest in continual sports participation amongst students. Endorsed programmes are classified into 4 categories: Sports Exposure, Sports Play, Sports Development and Sports Leagues.
Sports Exposure – These would involve one-off events aimed at introducing a sport or a sporting lifestyle to the masses and should convey the message that sport is fun and that it is easy to do. Sports Exposure event/programme(s) can be in the form of sports clinics, tryouts, events or carnivals within the school.
Sports Play – These are structured, regular instructional courses that facilitate the learning of a sports skill at the beginner level. Students will have learnt basic information and skills about the sport after attending such programmes which will enable them to participate in the sport and enjoy it at a recreational level.
Sports Development – These are structured, regular instructional courses that facilitate the learning of a sports skill at a more advanced level. These programmes should follow on from Sports Play programmes, providing higher-level and age-appropriate skills that are still presented in a fun and engaging way. As an end-result, students will have learnt higher skills and gained more knowledge needed to play the sport after attending these programme(s).
Sports Leagues – These Leagues comprise intra-school competitions (e.g., inter-class competitions) that take place over a prolonged period of time, where participating teams have the opportunity to play each other (e.g., weekly or twice a week etc) in the chosen sporting activity.
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