Tanglin Secondary School

Government-aided secondary school in West Coast, Singapore

* Tanglin Secondary School
* 东林中学
* Dōnglín Zhōngxué
* Sekolah Menengah Tanglin

Location

301 West Coast Road, Singapore 127391
Clementi, West Coast
Singapore

Coordinates| 1°18′36″N 103°45′28″E﻿ / ﻿1.309941°N 103.757828°E﻿ / 1.309941; 103.757828
Information
Type|

* Government-aided
* Co-educational

Motto| Strive for Success
Established| January 1964; 61 years ago (1964-01)
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

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### Tanglin Technical Secondary School (1964 - 1993)

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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

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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

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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] The vision was updated to ‘Leaders of the Future, Pride of the Community’.[4]

### Merger into New Town Secondary School

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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

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* 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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* Cedric Foo: Member of Parliament[5]
* Zainudin Nordin: Member of Parliament[5]
* Mark Phooi: Entrepreneur[6]
* Jayley Woo: Actress, Mediacorp[7]
* Andie Chen: Actor, Mediacorp
* Sharil Ishak: Singapore Footballer

## External links

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* Official website
* Alumni webpage

## Notes

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ a b "Our History - Tanglin Secondary School". TSS. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
3. ^ "8 secondary schools to merge into 4". The Straits Times. SPH. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
4. ^ "Tanglin Secondary School". moehc.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ "The Case for late bloomers - From worst in class to principal of design school". www.nafa.edu.sg. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
7. ^ "ITE gave actress Jayley Woo a fresh start in life". 2 September 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2019.