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HERITAGE BADGE FOR UNIFORMED GROUPS

AN INFORMATION GUIDE FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

1 WHAT IS THE HERITAGE BADGE?

The Heritage Badge is a badge of distinction. It is awarded to those

who have the passion, commitment and drive to learn about, researchand share their knowledge of matters related to Singapore's history,

culture and beliefs.

The badge is awarded by the National Heritage Board to deserving

students who have completed a heritage project specified by theBoard.

2 WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BADGE?

It is for secondary school members from any uniformed group.

3 WHAT MUST I DO TO GET THE BADGE?

All you have to do is to complete any one of the projects listed by the

National Heritage Board within a period of three months. The badge isawarded only if the projects meet the following criteria:

a) level of commitment, ie, see through the project right from thebeginning till the end

b) Professionalism of projectc) Ability to show that he or she has learnt and benefited from the

project.

In this instance, students may be asked to give a talk or produce ascrap book, depending on the project chosen.

4 PROJECTS

a) Designing a Heritage Trailb) Guiding in NHB Museums

c) Undertaking a Simple Research Projectd) Designing an Information Booklet on Monuments in Singaporee) Tracing your or someone's genealogy, ie, family tree

f) Creating a multi-media programme or CD-ROM, or web-basedproject on Heritage topics

g) Designing a Museum Guide for Schools

h) Guiding in Heritage Galleries in schools/ communityi) Put up Heritage/ National Education (NE)-related exhibitions for

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 j) schools/ communityk) Volunteering at NHB events/ exhibitions and other projects

relate to Heritage in consultation with NHB Promotion of National Symbols, eg. exhibition, information booklets, board

game, card game

5 HOW DO I GO ABOUT WORKING ON THE PROJECTS?

NHB will work with the Co-Curricular Activities ( CCA ) Branch of the

Ministry of Education to distribute information booklets on how to go

about these heritage projects and what follow up can be done. Theonly programme that entails training is the volunteer guiding in NHB

Museums.

6 PERIOD OF COMMITMENT

Each project lasts about 3 months (depending on the nature of the

project), within which the student has to complete his or her project.

7 AWARD OF BADGE

The badge will be awarded as soon as the projects have been assessed

by the respective UG teachers. UGs can seek the advice and inputsfrom NHB with regards to the evaluation if necessary. The list of 

students who are eligible for the badge should be submitted to therespective UG Headquarters and a copy should be sent to the National

Heritage Board for their records. Badges are to be collected from therespective UG headquarters.

As of Dec 2004Public Education/ National Heritage Board