Names finalised for 16 primary, secondary schools to be merged between 2023 and 2025

SINGAPORE: The names of three pairs of main faculties and 5 pairs of secondary faculties to be merged over the following three years have been finalised, the Ministry of Education (MOE) introduced on Wednesday (Apr 6).

First introduced a 12 months in the past, the mergers are in response to falling beginning charges and altering demographics in housing estates, MOE mentioned, noting the transfer is to make sure every college has an sufficient variety of college students for “a vibrant learning experience with a good range of educational programmes and co-curricular activities”. 

Telok Kurau Primary School – which marks its 96th anniversary this 12 months – will retain its identify in its merger with Eunos Primary School subsequent 12 months, with the merged college to be situated on the present website of Telok Kurau Primary School on Bedok Reservoir Road. 

Farrer Park Primary School – which itself was the results of a merger between the Boon Keng and May Primary Schools in 2002 – will even retain its identify after being merged with Stamford Primary School in 2023, and might be situated at Farrer Park Primary School’s present website.

Next 12 months will even see the merger between Guangyang and Townsville main faculties to grow to be Townsville Primary School. The merged college will be on the website of Townsville Primary School, at present situated alongside Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. 

Meanwhile, Bedok Green Secondary School will retain its identify in its merger with Ping Yi Secondary subsequent 12 months, with the merged college to be situated on the website of Bedok Green Secondary, in Bedok North.

The merger between Chua Chu Kang Secondary and Teck Whye Secondary in 2023 will end in Chua Chu Kang Secondary School, however might be situated at Teck Whye Secondary’s location. 

Fajar Secondary and Greenridge Secondary, each in Bukit Panjang, might be merged as Greenridge Secondary School subsequent 12 months, however might be situated on the website of Fajar Secondary School. 

Woodlands Ring Secondary School will retain its identify in its merger with Fuchun Secondary. The merger has been pushed again by a 12 months to 2025. The merged college might be situated at Fuchun Secondary’s website, however will tentatively be relocated to the upgraded Woodlands Ring Secondary college website in 2027.

Next 12 months will even see New Town Secondary School – which started working in 1965 – retain its identify in its merger with Tanglin Secondary School, which opened a 12 months earlier in 1964. The mixed college might be situated on the website of New Town Secondary School, alongside Dover Road.

The merger between Juying Primary School and Pioneer Primary School – a part of the final 12 months’s merger train – befell initially of this 12 months, with the brand new college housed within the Juying constructing however utilizing the Pioneer identify.

MOE mentioned it labored carefully with all of the faculties within the naming of the merged faculties.

“A range of factors were considered, including the schools’ history and heritage, enrolment, final site of the merged schools, as well as stakeholders’ interests and the sentiments of the schools involved,” the ministry mentioned. 

It added the merged faculties would “encompass the identities, strengths and cherished distinctiveness of both merging schools”.

“The history and heritage of both schools will be documented in a dedicated space in the merged school,” mentioned MOE. 

“MOE will continue to work closely with the schools to ensure a smooth transition for all students and staff, and in the process, forge a strong identity for the merged schools.”