Damai's Twinning and Exchange Projects
In view of rising globalisation, Damai has realised the need for interaction with other schools all over the world, for more resources and better strategies.
To this end, in June 2006 Damai entered a bilateral "sister schools" link with Dongpo Experimental Middle School (DEMS) (in Emeishan, Sichuan, China) in March–June 2006. In the process, two department heads from Damai were sent to China to visit the school, and to sign the agreement.
Twinning immersion projects have been held for some DEMS students visiting Singapore. Their activities in Singapore included curriculum immersion lessons, CCA hands-on, and NELJ. Meanwhile, administrative staff accompanying the students learned about the Singapore's education system, and the mode of operation in a typical Singaporean secondary school.
In 2009 Damai has established an Internationalization Committee to further develop cross-cultural learning and relation-building with people of other countries.
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