Nan Hua High School
| Nan Hua High School 南华中学 Nánhuá Zhōngxué |
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| 41 Clementi Avenue 1, Singapore 129956 |
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| Coordinates | 1°18′30″N 103°46′09″E / 1.308381°N 103.769167°ECoordinates: 1°18′30″N 103°46′09″E / 1.308381°N 103.769167°E |
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| Type | Government Co-educational Special Assistance Plan (SAP) Autonomous |
| Motto | 忠孝仁爱、礼仪廉耻 (Loyalty, Respect, Humanity, Love, Courtesy, Righteousness, Integrity, Sense of Shame) |
| Established | 14 June 1917 |
| Founder | Mr Xiong Shangfu |
| Session | Single-Session |
| School code | 3047 |
| Chairman | Dr Leong Heng Keng |
| Principal | Mrs Tan Jong Lek |
| Enrolment | approx. 1250 |
| Colour(s) |
Blue, White, Red |
| Website | nanhuahigh.moe.edu.sg/ |
Nan Hua High School (NHHS) (simplified Chinese: 南华中学; traditional Chinese: 南華中學; pinyin: Nánhuá Zhōngxué) is an co-educational secondary school in Clementi, Singapore, offering the four-year Express course leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level national examination. Founded in 1917, Nan Hua High School is the tenth Special Assistance Plan (SAP) school in Singapore, and is an autonomous school since 2001. The school is also the West Zone Centre of Excellence for Chinese Language and Culture.
Nan Hua High School was founded as Nan Hwa Girls' School by Xiong Shangfu, an overseas Chinese, on 14 June 1917. It was founded with the aim to give the girls in Singapore, then a British colony, the opportunity of receiving an education which was a privilege that few girls had at that time. It was first founded in a makeshift school in Coleman Street. Fewer than 100 Chinese girls were studying there. The school grew rapidly, necessitating larger premises. In 1921, the school moved to a new building in Bencoolen Street, due to a rapid increase in student population. However, in 1924, the school was forced to close temporarily due to financial difficulties. After a series of public appeals, contributions of funds from the community helped pay off the school's debts, and the school re-opened.
By 1928, the Basic Teacher Training Programme had started and the student population of the school was booming, leading to a space constraint. In 1941, a new school building at Adis Road was ready and it became the "Main School", catering for normal training classes for teachers and primary classes. The old building at Bencoolen Street continued to function as its "Branch School", for primary classes only. That same year after Japan invaded Singapore during World War II, the school complex at Adis Road was turned into the headquarters for the Imperial Japanese Army and the school was forced to close again.
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