Annex B
REVISIONS TO JUNIOR SPORTS ACADEMY (JSA) PROGRAMME
Objectives
Current JSA Model
Provide sport-specific training
for student-athletes with
demonstrated ability in their
specific sports
Revised JSA Model
• Provide broad-based physical
sports programme for budding
sports talents to strengthen
their overall physical
competencies and motivation
in sports
• Students will explore and
discover their strength and
passion in a range of sports at
the primary school level, and
subsequently make an
informed choice to commit to
one of them with more
targeted support from schools
and relevant sports
organisations at the secondary
school level and beyond.
Target Group
Selection
Criteria
Development
Period
Student-athletes with
Students with high all-round
demonstrated ability in a specific physical ability
sport
Sport-specific ability
General motor ability
Two-year period from Primary 5
Semester 1 to Primary 6
Semester 2
Two-year period from Primary 4
Semester 2 to Primary 6
Semester 1
Sports Offering Nine sports: Artistic Gymnastic, •
Badminton, Fencing, Multi-sport,
Shooting, Table Tennis, Tenpin
Bowling, Track & Field, and
•
Wushu
Programme
Sport-specific training,
augmented with introductory
sports science workshops and if
selected, an overseas training
trip
B-1
For a start, 12 sports will be
offered
At steady state, all 28 sports
competed at the National
School Games (secondary
school level) will be made
available
Four semester-long sports
modules, augmented with a
series of sports education
modules, and relevant workshops
for parents in support of the
child’s holistic development
Progression
Current JSA Model
Students further their
development in secondary
schools with good sports
programme, including Singapore
Sports School, and/or relevant
sports organisations in their
specific sports
B-2
Revised JSA Model
Students discover their sporting
strengths and passion, and
subsequently commit to a sport
with more targeted support from
schools and/or relevant sports
organisations at the secondary
educational level and beyond