Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)
| Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Secondary) 巴耶利峇美以美女子中学 |
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| Hougang | |
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| Type | Government-Aided, Secondary |
| Motto | Look Up, Lift Up |
| Established | 1916 |
| Session | Single Girls |
| School code | 7026 |
| Principal | Mrs Quek Li Gek |
| Enrolment | Approx. 1,350 |
| Colour(s) | Blue, red, gold |
| Website | Link |
Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Secondary) (abbreviation: PLMGSS) is an all-girls school located in Hougang, Singapore, running on a single-session catering to students in the Express, Normal Academic and Normal Technical streams. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Primary) and Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) . From the school’s early humble beginnings of being a small school of just 24 students in 1900s, the school has become a school of choice, with the Primary and Secondary schools together offering a holistic education to over 3000 students. Since 1995, PLMGS (Sec) has been offering Higher Mother Tongue languages and specialised deep-learning programmes in Maths, Science and Aesthetics to her students.
The current Principal, Mrs Quek Li Gek is an alumnus of Paya Lebar Methodist Girls School. Mrs Quek started her career as a Teacher in Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ Secondary School. She then worked in the Curriculum Planning and Development Division in MOE, and served in various leadership positions in Compassvale Secondary School and in St Andrew’s Junior College. Before she joined PLMGSS, she was the Assistant Director of the Guidance Branch in the Student Development Curriculum Division, Ministry of Education.
On 31 October 1916, the Secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Building and Location Board purchased a piece of land with an area of 93,000 sq ft (8,600 m2) in the district of Amokiah and started the school known as Paya Lebar School. This was the beginning of Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School .
It was started as a branch of the Anglo-Chinese School with the name Paya Lebar English School. The first headmaster was Mr. Robert Hanam. It began in 1917 with a staff of three and a pupil enrollment of 24 boys. In 1918, it began taking in girls. It was an elementary school providing education up to Primary 4.
In 1935, Mrs Chew Hock Hin became Principal. She is regarded as founder because she was founder of the Girls' School and reorganised the school with help from the American Crusade Fund. The school after World War II was co-ed with the boys in the PM Session and the girls in the AM Session. It became a government-aided school in 1949 when still a primary school. In 1954, the school presented its first batch of School Certificate girls who scored 100%.
In 1986, Paya Lebar MGS made its move from Boundary Road to the present campus along Lorong Ah Soo. The year also saw the creation of two schools, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary) and PLMGSS.
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