Tanglin Secondary School was a co-educational government secondary school in Clementi, Singapore.
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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 |
| Session | Single |
| School code | 3511 |
| Principal | Chong Jack Sheng |
| Color(s) | Yellow Grey |
| Website | School Website |
History
editTanglin Technical Secondary School (1964 - 1993)
editTanglin 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
editIt 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
editIn 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
editIn 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
editNotes
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.