Tanglin Secondary School

Tanglin Secondary School is a Government secondary school in Clementi, Singapore.

Tanglin Secondary School
东林中学
Dōnglín Zhōngxué
Sekolah Menengah Tanglin
Location
301 West Coast Road, Singapore 127391
Clementi, West Coast
Singapore
Coordinates1.309941°N 103.757828°E / 1.309941; 103.757828
Information
TypeGovernment-aided
Co-educational
MottoStrive for Success
EstablishedJanuary 1964 (1964-01)
SessionSingle
School code3511
PrincipalNg Ngoing Kheng
Color(s)Yellow, Grey
WebsiteSchool Website

History

Tanglin Technical Secondary School (1964 - 1993)

Tanglin Secondary School which was located at 369 Commonwealth Avenue in the area called Tanglin Halt was officially opened by Mr Ong Pang Boon, Minister of Education, on 16 October 1964. It was Singapore’s first technical school, and the first institution in Singapore to admit female students to technical courses. It was renamed Tanglin Technical Secondary School in 1969.[1] 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

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.[1][2]

Merger of Clementi Woods Secondary School

In 2014, the Ministry of Education announced a merger of Clementi Woods Secondary School with Tanglin Secondary School, taking effect in 2016. This was taken into consideration of the critical student population of the two schools, that a merger will allow for more unitised resources for a more holistic education environment. The merged school retains the name and campus of Tanglin Secondary.[3]

Special Programmes
  • 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
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Notes
  1. "Our History - Tanglin Secondary School". TSS. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Tanglin Sec may celebrate its 50th birthday by saying bye bye | Mothership.SG". mothership.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. "8 secondary schools to merge into 4". The Straits Times. SPH. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  4. "ITE gave actress Jayley Woo a fresh start in life". Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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