Singapore Chinese Girls' School
| Singapore Chinese Girls' School (SCGS) | |
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| Location | |
| 190 Dunearn Road | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent |
| Motto | Sincerity, Courage, Generosity, Service |
| Established | 1899 |
| Founders |
Sir Song Ong Siang Dr Lim Boon Keng |
| Session | Single |
| School code | 7014 (Secondary) 5026 (Primary) |
| Principal | Eugenia Lim (Mrs.) |
| Enrolment | Approx. 2,400 |
| Colour(s) | Jade & Gold |
| Affiliations | Eunoia Junior College |
| Website | www.scgs.edu.sg |
Singapore Chinese Girls' School (Abbreviation: SCGS) is an independent, all-girls school in Singapore. It was consistently ranked as one of the top secondary schools in Singapore in the now-defunct official school rankings released by the Ministry of Education. It is one of the oldest schools in the nation, having been founded in 1899. It is a full school with both primary and secondary divisions, admitting girls between the ages of 6 and 16. The secondary division was among the first schools in Singapore to be accorded the status of an independent school in 1989.
SCGS was founded as an all-girls Peranakan school in July 1899 by a group of Straits Chinese men including Dr Lim Boon Keng, Sir Song Ong Siang and Khoo Seok Wan, at premises in Hill Street, with an English headmistress and seven girls on the register.
In 1923, the school left its premises at Hill Street (the site later became the Central Fire Station) and moved to Emerald Hill. The premise on Emerald Hill cost $60,000. It was a two-storey block with 12 classrooms, an assembly hall, a staff room, and principal’s office. In 1997, the premise on Emerald Hill was declared a significant historical site by the National Heritage Board, three years after SCGS had moved to a bigger campus on Dunearn Road.
From 1905 to 1936, the school admitted a handful of male students, but afterwards reverted to being an all-girls school. In 1946, after the Japanese Invasion in the Second World War, girls of all races were accepted into the school. By 1950, the school had 700 girls. By 1952, the number had risen to close to 900.
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