Edusave Character Award
Find out how to nominate a pupil for the Edusave Character Award, which recognises students who show strong values, resilience, and civic responsibility in their daily conduct.
Edusave Character Award (ECHA)
Introduction
The ECHA is introduced by the Ministry of Education in 2012 to enable schools to recognise pupils who demonstrate exemplary character and outstanding personal qualities through their behaviour and actions.
The award also supports schools’ continuing efforts in nurturing pupils of good values and character, who are active contributors and concerned citizens.
The ECHA aims to recognise pupils for demonstrating exemplary values and civic responsibility through their behaviour and actions. This is aligned with MOE’s emphasis on Values, Character and Citizenship Education.
Eligibility
To qualify for the Edusave Character Award, every nominee must meet the criteria as stipulated in both the Basic Tier and the 2nd Tier:
Criteria for Basic Tier
Pupil of Gongshang Primary for at least 6 months at the point of nomination
Singapore Citizen
Achieved ‘Excellent’ for conduct in both Semester 1 and Semester 2 for the current year
Endorsed by the Form Teachers, Subject Teachers and CCA Teachers on the display of personal qualities
Criteria for 2nd Tier
In addition, the nominee must strongly and consistently demonstrate the following qualities in both behaviour and actions:
School Values (Perseverance, Thrift, Integrity and Respect as well as Courage, Harmony, Graciousness and Kindness)
Qualities of Resilience / Civic Responsibility / Care for Others
Pupils demonstrated how they have persevered and shown resilience despite difficult circumstances (e.g. through financial difficulties, facing family issues, health issues, etc.) and have managed to overcome the odds and still do commendably well in both academic and non-academic domains.
The maximum quota per year for each mainstream school is set at up to 2% of the enrolment of Singaporean pupils. Gongshang Primary School will have the autonomy to decide on the distribution of awardees.
Pupils who are conferred the award will receive the Edusave Character Award according to the quantum as shown:
Edusave Character Award quantum by primary level
Level | Quantum |
|---|---|
Primary 1 to 3 | $200 |
Primary 4 to 6 | $350 |
Selection Criteria
The basic criterion for selection is the awardees’ strong and consistent demonstration of the following in their behaviour and actions:
Excellence in Personal Conduct
Attitude in class, punctuality, adherence to the School Rules
Embodying School Values
(Perseverance, Thrift, Integrity and Respect as well as Courage, Harmony, Graciousness and Kindness)
Possessing Qualities of Resilience (despite challenging or difficult circumstances), Civic Responsibility and Care for Others
Process
The school has instituted a rigorous and robust selection process. Each of the following stages will have at least two distinct groups of stakeholders:
Edusave Character Award selection process stages and stakeholders
Stages | Stakeholders |
|---|---|
Nomination | Nomination of pupils for the award is opened to all staff, pupils, parents, and coaches or instructors of Co-Curricular Activities. Only shortlisted nominees (will be informed by the Form Teacher) are required to write a short reflection |
Shortlisting | Middle Managers and the level teachers will form the shortlisting panel. Each level will look at the submissions and rank the nominations. Inputs will be sought from all teachers. The Selection Panel comprises of Vice Principal (1) and Key Personnels from the Student Development Team (SDT). The panel will look at the rank-order of the nominees and deliberate further. It will also present the final list of awardees (up to 2% of eligible pupils) to the Endorsement Panel. |
Endorsement | The Endorsement Panel comprises of the Principal, 1 Vice-Principal. 1 Key Personnel (not in the Shortlisting / Selection Panel) and 1 representative from the School Advisory Committee (SAC) and Parent Support Group (PSG) respectively. The panel will conduct group dialogues with the shortlisted nominees. |
It is important to note that the decision of the school for the Edusave Character Award is final.
The school will not consider any appeal on the outcome of the Edusave Character Award.
How to Nominate
Fill in the online nomination form at https://go.gov.sg/gsps-echa (opens in new tab)or scan the QR Code below:
The nomination for 2025 will end on Tuesday, 12 Aug 2025 at 5 pm