The Ministry of Education (MOE) are finally easing up on their uptight disposition towards mathematics and sciences — Secondary School students will soon have more opportunities to develop their talents in the arts and music.
Come 2016, MOE will be extending the Enhanced Art Programme (EAP) and Enhanced Music Programme (EMP) to seven more schools as well as appoint three schools offering Art Elective Programme or Music Elective Programme as centres that will accept students from other schools into their respective programme.
Spanning across two years, the EAP and EMP provides Secondary 3 and Secondary 4 students an environment to expose themselves to the arts and creative industries in the form of master-classes with established artists and musicians, and experience the industry themselves through studio sessions and visits. Aside from having opportunities to hold exhibitions and perform at concerts, the students will also sit through Art and Music examinations for their GCE ‘O’ Levels.
Next year, EAP will be extended from four to nine schools while the EMP will be extended from two to four schools, which should be able to even our the geographical spread across the island.
Some students however may not be enrolled in schools that offer the arts and music schemes. Asuch, National Junior College will be operating as an Art Elective Programme centre while Dunman High School and Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) will operate as Music Elective Centres for interested students from other schools.
More details about the arts and music programmes for Secondary School students can be found on the MOE website.
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