Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School
| Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School 伊布拉欣中学 Sekolah Menengah Ahmad Ibrahim |
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751 Yishun Ave 7, Singapore 768928 Yishun Singapore |
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| Coordinates | 1°26′10″S 103°49′47″E / 1.43611°S 103.82972°ECoordinates: 1°26′10″S 103°49′47″E / 1.43611°S 103.82972°E |
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Government Co-educational |
| Motto | With Integrity and Compassion |
| Principal | Chew Ing Lim |
| Enrolment | approx. 1,200 |
| Colour(s) | Green Red Silver |
| Website | ahmadibrahimsec.moe.edu.sg |
Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School (AISS) is a co-educational public school. Founded in 1962, it was the second integrated school to be established in Singapore. It is currently located in the satellite town of Yishun.
The school is named after Ahmad Bin Ibrahim, the first Minister for Health of the Republic of Singapore, who was remembered as a politician in Singapore's history who "garnered the support of all races at a time when communal relations were sensitive and volatile".
Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School was established in 1962 as Ahmad Ibrahim Integrated Secondary School (AIISS). The name "Ahmad Ibrahim" commemorated Ahmad Bin Ibrahim, an ethnic-Malay community leader and politician who died in August of that year. It was the second integrated school established after the introduction of the integrated education scheme in 1960. The school was declared open by Lee Khoon Choy, who was at the time the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education. The school adopted the motto of "Tolerance and Cooperation", as its aim was to break away from the language barriers that existed in most schools then. Chia Meng An was appointed as the first Principal. The school begun functioning in 1963, with both Chinese and English streams.
In 1967 the school was selected as the first pilot school for the Open Education Programme for the blind, which aimed to place visually-impaired students in mainstream secondary school through providing adequate support and facilities. In 1985 the school moved to a new building in Yishun. It was the first school to function in the new satellite town. The last batch of Chinese stream students graduated from Ahmad Ibrahim Integrated Secondary School in 1986, the same year that the institution was renamed as Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School to reflect the transition into an English stream school.
In 1987, the school received the Guinness Stout Effort award for its Open Education Program, which was given out by Tan Cheng Bock, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Education. In 2006, Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School was recognised as a Niche Programme School for shooting due to its strong track record in that sport.
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