Every year, MOE presents Special Awards to students with exceptional achievements in both academic and non-academic areas. These 9 categories of awards are:
- Prime Minister’s Book Prize (PMBP)
- Lee Hsien Loong Award for Outstanding Bicultural Students (LHL-OBS)
- Lee Kuan Yew Award for Mathematics and Science (LKY-M & S)
- Lee Kuan Yew Award for Outstanding Normal Course Students (LKY-ONC)
- Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Book Prize (SHOAS)
- Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to Encourage Upgrading (LKY-STEP)
- Lee Kuan Yew Aware for All-Round Excellence (LK-ARE)
- Lee Hsien Loong Award for Outstanding All-Round Achievement (LHL-OAA)
- Lee Hsien Loong Award for Special Achievement (LHL-ASA)
They have been awarded to 122 students from the following schools:
- Primary
- Ai Tong School (PMBP)
- Nan Hua Primary School (PMBP)
- Nanyang Primary School (PMBP)
- Princess Elizabeth Primary School (PMBP)
- Raffles Girls’ Primary School (PMBP)
- St. Hilda’s Primary School (PMBP)
- Tao Nan School (PMBP)
- Temasek Primary School (PMBP)
- Secondary
- Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (PMBP)
- Assumption Pathway School (LHL-ASA)
- Cedar Girls’ Secondary School (PMBP, LK-ARE)
- Commonwealth Secondary School (LKY-ONC)
- Compassvale Secondary School (LK-ARE)
- Crescent Girls’ Secondary (PMBP)
- Dunman High School (LHL-OBS)
- Gan Eng Seng School (LKY-ONC, LK-ARE)
- Geylang Methodist School (Secondary) (LKY-ONC)
- Hwa Chong Institution (LHL-OBS, LKY-M & S, LK-ARE, LHL-OAA)
- Jurong Secondary School (LKY-ONC)
- Maris Stella High School (LK-ARE)
- Nanyang Girls’ High School (PMBP, LKY-ARE)
- National Junior College (PMBP)
- NorthLight School (LHL-ASA)
- NUS High School (LKY-M & S)
- Pasir Ris Secondary School (LK-ARE)
- Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) (LKY-ONC)
- Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary) (PMBP, LKY-M & S, LK-ARE)
- Raffles Institution (PMBP, LHL-OBS, LKY-M & S)
- St. Margaret’s Secondary School (LKY-ONC)
- Temasek Secondary School (LKY-ONC)
- Victoria Junior College (PMBP)
- Woodlands Secondary School (LK-ARE)
- Yishun Town Secondary School (PMBP, LKY-ONC)
- Post Secondary
- Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (LKY-M & S)
- Hwa Chong Institution (PMBP, LKY-M & S)
- Nanyang Junior College (PMBP)
- National Junior College (PMBP)
- NUS High School (LKY-M & S)
- Raffles Institution (LKY-M & S)
- Serangoon Junior College (PMBP)
- St. Andrew’s Junior College (PMBP, LKY-M & S)
- Tampines Junior College (PMBP)
- Nanyang Polytechnic (LKY-M & S)
- Ngee Ann Polytechnic (LKY-M & S, LKY-STEP)
- Republic Polytechnic (LKY-M & S)
- Singapore Polytechnic (LKY-M & S, LKY-STEP)
- Temasek Polytechnic (LKY-M & S, LKY-STEP, LHL-OAA)
- ITE College Central (SHOAS, LKY-STEP, LHL-OAA)
- ITE College East (SHOAS, LKY-STEP)
- ITE College West (SHOAS, LKY-STEP)
- Raffles Institution (PMBP, LHL-OBS, LKY-M & S)
- St. Margaret’s Secondary School (LKY-ONC)
- Temasek Secondary School (LKY-ONC)
- Victoria Junior College (PMBP)
- Woodlands Secondary School (LK-ARE)
- Yishun Town Secondary School (PMBP, LKY-ONC)
- University
- National University of Singapore (LHL-OAA)