Tanglin Secondary School
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| Coordinates | 1°18′36″N 103°45′28″E / 1.309941°N 103.757828°E |
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| Motto | Strive for Success |
| Established | January 1964 |
| Closed | 2023 |
| Session | Single |
| School code | 3511 |
| Principal | Chong Jack Sheng |
| Color(s) | Yellow Grey |
| Website | School Website |
Tanglin Secondary School was a co-educational government secondary school in Clementi, Singapore.
History[edit]
Tanglin Technical Secondary School (1964 - 1993)[edit]
Tanglin Secondary School which was located at 369 Commonwealth Avenue in the area called Tanglin Halt was officially opened by Education Minister Ong Pang Boon on 16 October 1964.[1] It was Singapore’s first Chinese medium technical school, and the first institution to admit female students to technical courses.[1] It was renamed Tanglin Technical Secondary School in 1969.[2] The school motto was in Malay, “Berusaha Untok Berjaya”, of which translates to the same meaning as the current motto in English.
Tanglin Secondary School[edit]
It was switched later to the Chinese medium pre-university classes, and renamed Tanglin Secondary School and relocated to the current premises at 301 West Coast Road in 1993.[2]
Merger of Clementi Woods Secondary School[edit]
In 2014, the Ministry of Education announced a merger of Clementi Woods Secondary School with Tanglin Secondary School, taking effect in 2016. The merged school retains the name and campus of Tanglin Secondary.[3]
Merger into New Town Secondary School[edit]
In 2021, the Ministry of Education announced Tanglin Secondary School will be merged into New Town Secondary School in 2023.[1]
The old school site will be the site of West Coast MRT station.
Special Programmes[edit]
- Bias for Engineering (Niche)
- Bias for Arts (Niche)
- Multimedia Digital Science Enrichment
- Y2Y Entrepreneur Incubation Programmes
- School Family Education
- BASICS Character Education
- School Exchange and Twinning Programme
- Music Education Programme for Secondary 1 and 2
- Dance Education for Secondary 1 and 2 boys and girls
- Environmental Education Programme
- Advanced Elective/Elective Module Programme(AEM/EM)
- Applied Graded Subject (AGS)
Notable alumni[edit]
- Cedric Foo: Member of Parliament[4]
- Zainudin Nordin: Member of Parliament[4]
- Mark Phooi: Entrepreneur[5]
- Jayley Woo: Actress, Mediacorp[6]
- Andie Chen: Actor, Mediacorp
- Sharil Ishak: Singapore Footballer
External links[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Auto, Hermes (7 April 2021). "4 pairs of primary schools, 5 pairs of secondary schools to merge in S'pore as student numbers shrink | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Our History - Tanglin Secondary School". TSS. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "8 secondary schools to merge into 4". The Straits Times. SPH. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ a b Migration (7 September 2014). "'Retain school name' after merger, urge former students of Tanglin Secondary | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "The Case for late bloomers - From worst in class to principal of design school". www.nafa.edu.sg. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "ITE gave actress Jayley Woo a fresh start in life". 2 September 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2019.