The Singapore Sports School is a specialized independent school in Singapore

Singapore

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. It was initiated by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports is a ministry of the Government of Singapore tasked with, from the government's point of view, building a "cohesive and resilient" society in Singapore.The MCYS often pursues vigorous social engineering campaigns of varying effectiveness and...

 (MCYS), and caters to sporting teenagers who have talent in sports.

The school received its first student intake in January 2004, and was officially opened by then Prime Minister

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 Goh Chok Tong

Goh Chok Tong

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 on 2 April 2004. The school's S$75 million premises are located on a 70,000 square metre site at 1 Champions Way in Woodlands

Woodlands, Singapore

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 off Woodlands Drive 17.

General

The Singapore Sports School is a specialized school providing an academic and training environment for young athletes. The idea for establishing the school was put forward by the Committee on Sporting Singapore (CoSS) in 2000.

CoSS had noted that Singapore's demanding academic environment places pressure on young athletes, leading some to abandon their sporting aspirations in favour of their studies. In mainstream schools, it was also observed, resources given over to elite sports development are often limited as their focus is directed towards a quality academic education.

Following the Government's decision, a S$75 million complex in Woodlands was built.

Mrs Deborah Tan, the school principal, is assisted by Mr Chua Choon Seng who heads the Corporate Services Division, Dr Irwin Seet, who is the Director of Sports, and Mr Raymond Mak and Mr Seah Poh Chua, who are the Deans of the Academic Division.

The school comes under the auspices of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. A modular curriculum enables students to meet the demands of training and competition.

School specialists

The Sports School has a Sports Science Academy, the only one in Singapore. The staff comprises a biomechanist, a sports physiologist, a sports psychologist, three physiotherapists, two strength and conditioning coaches, and a nutritionist.

Facilities

The school has classrooms catering to classes of 20-25 students, science labs, libraries, specialised home rooms and music labs and three residential blocks for students and staff.

• Two all-weather Olympic size swimming pool
  Olympic size swimming pool
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• 12-lane bowling alley
• 700-seater indoor multi-sports auditorium
• 10-court badminton training centre
• Table tennis centre which can accommodate up to 32 tables
• 8-lane 400m synthetic rubber running track
• Synthetic soccer field
• Two-storeyed gym
  Gym
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   and strength and conditioning centre

The facilities are available for public rental.

2010 Youth Olympics

It was the venue of the Aquatics (Swimming), Modern Pentathlon, Shooting events of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

2010 Summer Youth Olympics

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External links

• Singapore Sports School - Official website
• Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports - Sports School