Tanjong Katong Secondary School
| Tanjong Katong Secondary School 丹绒加东中学 (Dānróng Jiādōng Zhōngxué) |
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| Tanjong Katong | |
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| Type | Autonomous, Co-educational |
| Motto | Diligentia, Ingenium, Dexteritas (Diligence, Ingenuity, Dexterity ) |
| Established | 1956 |
| Session | Single |
| School code | 3512 |
| Principal | Mrs Dolly Ong |
| Deputy Principals | Koh Tong Seah (Mr) Patsy Ong (Mrs) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Enrolment | Approximately 1000 |
| Houses | Einstein, Da Vinci, Tagore, Rutherford |
| Colour(s) | Green, White |
| Team name | Team TK |
| Website | Link |
Tanjong Katong Secondary School, affectionately known as TK, is an autonomous co-educational school located in Katong Mountbatten, Singapore. Before its autonomous status, the school was named by the Ministry of Education (MOE) as the 'Best Non-Independent and Non-Autonomous Secondary School' in Singapore. TK was presented the 'Ministry of Education's School Excellence Award in 2007 and 2011, which recognises "excellence in both education processes and outcomes"., and is regarded as one of the Top non-Integrated Programme (IP) secondary schools in Singapore. The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee - '50 years of establishment' in 2006, with Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong as the Guest-of-Honour.
The school was founded in 1956 as Tanjong Katong Technical School (TKT), the boys-only counterpart to Tanjong Katong Girls' School (TKGS), which was located next door. At first it occupied a plot of swampy marsh next to the river Tanjong Katong. The address of 369 Tanjong Katong Road was among a belt of upper-middle suburban housing and old Joo Chiat and Katong shophouses nearby. In the early years, it was Tanjong Katong Secondary Technical School, teaching technical subjects such as metal work, steel work, technical drawing, science, physics, English and vernacular studies (Tang, 2005; Tanjong Katong Secondary School, 2014). At that time, there was a common misconception about technical schools that only less-academically inclined boys attended. Nevertheless, the school was considered the top technical school then. In 1969 TKT began to take in female students.
The added competition of neighbouring secondary schools in the Katong area also meant that TKT had to fare better academically as most families had originally automatically sent their children to the nearest school. The option of having Pre-U classes helped, and the school population soared to an all-time high of 5000 in 1979.
For some years the school was called Tanjong Katong Secondary Technical School. In 1993 the school was renamed Tanjong Katong Secondary School because TKT was losing its technical focus and was focusing on offering mainstream curriculum like Humanities and Science.
In 1996, the school took over the premises of the neighbouring TKGS and began operating single-session.
In 1998 the school moved to its new premises at 130 Haig Road. The distance between 369 Tanjong Katong and 130 Haig Road is only 550 meters. Hence, the new school is still located in the same neighborhood as the old school. The current building of Tanjong Katong Secondary School is located between Tanjong Katong road and Haig road. The previous location of Tanjong Katong Secondary School at 369 Tanjong Katong road once became Katong Student Hostel (One Historical Map, 2016). This hostel was built in year 2003, five years after Tanjong Katong Secondary School moved to the new location. In 2011, it was the biggest student hostel in that area with 14 blocks and accommodated up to 600 students. It had several activities organized for the students, such as Friday movie screening at basketball court and yearly in-house student outing (Xiaoya, 2011). Currently, it is no longer a student hostel and becomes a state’s property (Security of the former Katong Student Hostel, 2017). Previously, 130 Haig road was where the former Dunman High School was located (One Historical Map, 2016). Dunman High School was built on 130 Haig Road in October 1956. In year 1994-1996, Dunman High School was relocated to 10 Tanjung Rhu road (One Historical Map, 2016).
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