Tanglin Secondary School was a co-educational government secondary school in Clementi, Singapore.

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 on 16 October 1964. It was Singapore’s first Chinese medium technical school, and the first institution to admit female students to technical courses. 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. The vision was updated to ‘Leaders of the Future, Pride of the Community’.

Merger into New Town Secondary School

In 2021, the Ministry of Education announced Tanglin Secondary School will be merged into New Town Secondary School in 2023.

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