New Town Secondary School
光伟中学
New Town Secondary School
Address
1020 Dover Road

139657

Singapore
Coordinates1°18′36″N 103°46′24″E / 1.3100°N 103.7732°E / 1.3100; 103.7732
Information
TypeGovernment
MottoTo Forge a Better Life
Established1965
SessionSingle session
School code3507
PrincipalAri Manickam
EnrolmentApprox. 1000 (as of 2020)
LanguageEnglish, Mandarin, Malay, Tamil
Colour(s) Blue   White 
Websitewww.newtownsec.moe.edu.sg

New Town Secondary School (NTSS) (simplified Chinese: 光伟中学; pinyin: Guāngwěi Zhōngxué) is a co-educational government secondary school located along Dover Road in Queenstown, Singapore. Established in 1965, it was the 68th Secondary School to be opened by the Singapore Government, and the same year the Republic of Singapore gained its independence.[1] Founding Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew visited the school on 25 May 1967.[2]

History

New Town Secondary School was initially in Queensway. At the start, it was known as Queensway's Third Secondary School (the other two being Queensway and Queenstown Secondary Schools), aimed at providing English education to the children of Queenstown residents. It was named New Town Secondary School in mid-1965.[3] When the school first started, it had more than 1,800 students in 45 classes, across Secondary 1 to 4.[4]

New Town Secondary School was officially opened on 17 September 1966 by Labour Minister Jek Yeun Thong.[5]

In 1969, New Town Secondary School merged with the neighbouring Baharuddin Vocational School, doubling the size of its school compound and increasing its students intake to more than 3,000.

In 1974, a 400-metre bitumen athletic track was constructed.[6]

In 1998, it moved to its current site at Dover Road. A tree was removed and shifted to the new Dover Road campus as part of the symbolic move.

In 2015, the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.

In 2021, the Ministry of Education announced that the school will be merged with Tanglin Secondary School in 2023.[3]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Singapore separates from Malaysia and becomes independent". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ↑ New Town (7 December 2023). "School History". New Town Secondary School.
  3. 1 2 "18 primary and secondary schools to undergo mergers due to declining birth rates, changing demographics". CNA. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ↑ hermes (5 August 2015). "Big cohort, but more time to know students". The Straits Times. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "New school". The Straits Times. 14 September 1966. Retrieved 17 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  6. ↑ "New Town to have $120,000 bitumen athletic track". New Nation. 2 July 1974. Retrieved 17 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
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