The Artist-In-School Scheme (AISS) supports sustained partnerships between Singapore arts professionals^ and mainstream and Special Education (SPED) schools to co-design customised arts learning experiences that deepen students’ engagement in and through the arts.
AISS enables schools to co-design a range of meaningful arts learning experiences that focus on working with arts professionals^ to achieve one of the following objectives:
For mainstream schools
- Deepen students’ understanding and appreciation of various art forms
- Develop students’ awareness, skills and understanding of the non-performative aspects of the arts (E.g. choreography, lighting & sound design, arts criticism, etc.)
- Support broader educational outcomes through the arts (E.g. engaging at-risk children and youths through the arts, teaching Character and Citizenship Education through the arts, etc.)
For SPED schools
- Deepen students’ understanding and appreciation of various art forms in alignment with curriculum
- Support broader educational outcomes through the arts (E.g. developing skills and attributes in the core Learning Domains, teaching Character and Citizenship Education through the arts)
- Deepen SPED teachers’ knowledge and enhance their skills in developing or delivering arts-based lessons (E.g. through learning specific arts skills and/or pedagogy), so as to cater to students’ needs
Mode of Instruction
Face-to-face, digital and blended modes of learning are supported in AISS.
Minimum Artist-Interaction Hours
To facilitate deep engagement, projects should feature at least 12 interaction hours with the artist for the same group/ cohort of students.
Teacher-Training Component
Schools may include a teacher-training component as part of the programme.
[For mainstream only] The number of hours designated for teacher-training does not exceed the number of hours of artist-student interaction.
Presentation/Showcase Component
Schools may also include a presentation/showcase component as a culmination of their AISS project. However, stand-alone presentations/showcases will not be supported.
^Arts professionals refer to artists (e.g. musicians, dancers, writers, sculptors, etc.) and other professionals (e.g. art critics, light/sound designers, etc.) with a practice in the arts industry.
| School Type | Application Cycle |
| For Primary & Secondary Schools, JCs, Centralised Institute & ITE Colleges | The application window for AISS projects commencing in CY 2025 will be open from 16 September – 1 November 2024. Applications are to be submitted via Form.Sg. |
Interested applicants may refer to the AISS 2024 Application Guide for Teachers and Grant Guidelines documents below for more information.
Mainstream AISS 2025 - Grant Guidelines
Mainstream Online Application Form
Post-Project Report
All schools are required to submit a post-project report no later than 8 weeks after the project’s completion, along with at least five high-resolution photographs of the sessions. AISS 2023 (Mainstream) schools can download the post-project
report template
below.
| School Type | Application Cycles |
| For Special Education Schools | There are two application cycles for SPED-AISS projects taking place in CY2025:
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Interested applicants may refer to the SPED-AISS 2025 Grant Guidelines below for more information.
SPED AISS 2025 - Grant Guidelines
Post-Project Report for SPED schools
[For 2024 Projects] All schools are required to submit a post-project report within two months after the project’s completion, along with at least two photographs of the sessions.
[For 2025 Projects] All schools are required to submit a post-project report within three months after the project’s completion, along with at least two photographs of the sessions.
SPED-AISS 2024 POST-PROJECT REPORT TEMPLATE
SPED-AISS MEDIA RELEASE FORM
For further queries on this scheme, please contact the NAC Education Unit at nac_aep@nac.gov.sg.