MOE abolishes Sec School banding system

MOE abolishes Sec School banding system and cuts awards – Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE: The Education Ministry has scrapped the secondary school banding system, as part of efforts to ensure that "every school is a good school". 

The banding system, which was introduced in 2004, categorises secondary schools into nine bands. 

Band one consists of top schools, with a cut-off point of below 11 for the average aggregate grades in the GCE O' Level examination.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) will also reduce the number of awards it gives out to schools.

One of them is the Masterplan of Awards, which will be removed from 2014. Read more .....