Tanglin Secondary School is a co-educational government secondary school in
Clementi, Singapore
Clementi (, ;) is a planning area and residential town located at the easternmost fringe of the West Region of Singapore. The town borders Bukit Batok to the north, Bukit Timah to the northeast, Queenstown to the east and Jurong East to the ...
.
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
Education Minister Ong Pang Boon
Ong Pang Boon ( zh, c=王邦文, p=Wáng Bāngwén; born 28 March 1929) is a Singaporean retired politician who served as Minister for Home Affairs between 1959 and 1963 and again for a short period of time in 1970, Minister for Education be ...
on 16 October 1964.
It was Singapore’s first Chinese medium technical school, and the first institution to admit female students to technical courses.
It was renamed Tanglin Technical Secondary School in 1969.
The school motto was in
Malay
Malay may refer to:
Languages
* Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
** Indonesi ...
, “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.
Merger of Clementi Woods Secondary School
In 2014, the
Ministry of Education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
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.
Merger into New Town Secondary School
In 2021, the Ministry of Education announced Tanglin Secondary School will be merged into
New Town Secondary School
New Town Secondary School is a co-educational government secondary school located along Dover Road in Ghim Moh, Singapore.
History
New Town Secondary School was initially located in Queensway. At the start, it was known as Queensway's Third Seco ...
in 2023.
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
*
Cedric Foo: Member of Parliament
*
Zainudin Nordin
Zainudin bin Nordin ( Jawi: زاينودين نوردين; born 3 July 1963) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Mayor of Central Singapore District. A former member of the governing People's Action Party, he was the Member of Parli ...
: Member of Parliament
*
Mark Phooi: Entrepreneur
*
Jayley Woo
Jayley Woo is a Singaporean actress. She was a full-time MediaCorp artiste from 2012 to 2018 but continues to work on an ad hoc basis.
Career
Woo was a blogger alongside her older twin sister, Hayley Woo, under the stage name Jay On The Hay.
...
: Actress,
Mediacorp
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...
*
Andie Chen
Andie Chen () is a Singaporean actor, host and vlogger. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artist from 2007 to 2017 but continues to film on an ad hoc basis.
Career
Chen's first appearance on television was in the Channel 5 series '' Grow ...
: Actor, Mediacorp
*
Sharil Ishak
Shahril Ishak (born 23 January 1984) is a Singaporean football player who last played for Hougang United in the Singapore Premier League. He is a natural central midfielder who can also play as a striker or winger. A former captain of the Si ...
: Singapore Footballer
External links
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Alumni webpage
Notes
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Secondary schools in Singapore
Educational institutions established in 1964
Clementi
1964 establishments in Singapore