Zhonghua Secondary School
| Zhonghua Secondary School Sekolah Menengah Zhonghua 中华中学 Zhōnghuá Zhōngxué |
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13 Serangoon Avenue 3 Singapore 556123 Serangoon Singapore |
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| Type | Autonomous Co-educational |
| Motto | 禮義廉恥 ((Courteous, Righteous, Edified, Dignified)) |
| Established | 15 September 1911 |
| Session | Single-Session |
| School code | 3240 |
| Principal | Mr Loh Leong Beng |
| Enrolment | approx. 1500 |
| Colour(s) |
Green, white |
| Website | www |
Zhonghua Secondary School (ZHSS) is an autonomous secondary school in Serangoon, Singapore. Founded in 1911 as Chung Hwa Girls' High School, the school retained its Chinese heritage despite transformed into an English-medium government school in 1980.
Zhonghua Secondary School was established on 15 September 1911 as a Chinese-medium girls' school in response to Dr Sun Yat Sen's suggestion for schools to be established for girls. It was the first Chinese-medium girls' school in Singapore, founded by Mr Tay Peng Teng, Mr Puan Yeow Pong and the Chinese community. The school initially operated at the site at Mohamad Sultan Road.
In 1925, it moved to Niven Road and was formally named Chung Hwa Girls’ School, providing both elementary and high school education. Lessons were disrupted with the invasion of Singapore by the Japanese in 1941. In the initial years of resuming education, lessons for high school section were conducted at Nan Chiau Girls' High School in River Valley for between 1947 to early 1951 as a deliberate measure to ease overpopulation. In 1951, the high school section was separated from the elementary school section to cope with increased enrollment, and was renamed as Chung Hwa Girls' High School. A new campus along Bartley Road was officially launched in the same year. The school became government-aided in 1957.
In 1978, Chung Hwa Girls' High was initially included in the list of 12 newly accorded Special Assistance Plan schools. However, Chung Hwa Girls' High School was dropped from the list with the amendments made by the Ministry of Education over the surplus of school places, which left the scheme to proceed with only nine schools.
Chung Hwa Girls' High School faced a massive decline in enrollment towards the end of the 1970s, as English-medium integrated schools gained prevalence. A deliberate decision was made to allow enrollment of male students from January 1984 and to incorporate into a government school, which transferred the supervision of all aspects of the institution to the state. Following the changes, the school was renamed as "Chung Hwa High School".
In 1987, the school moved to Serangoon New Town along Serangoon Avenue 4 and was formally renamed as Zhonghua Secondary School to reflect its status as a government school. Zhonghua Secondary School was accorded autonomous status in 1996. In December 1999, the school commenced operation at a new school complex along Serangoon Avenue 3 costing an estimated $23 million. In August 2005, the Centre for Excellence (COE) for Visual Arts is opened in the school. A multi-purpose sports complex was added to the campus in 2008.
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