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Meridian Secondary School

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announced that due to a lack of demand, Siglap Secondary School would not receive a new cohort of Secondary 1 students in 2016. This was followed by an announcement in March 2016 that Siglap Secondary School would be merged with Coral Secondary School from January 2017 onwards. The school was renamed
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Siglap Secondary School was Singapore's first co-educational government secondary school. It was also one of the first schools in Singapore to offer Malay-medium secondary classes. The school was founded in 1955 and shifted from its original location of Cheviot Hill in Siglap to its current location
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Coral Secondary School opened in January 1999 with six Secondary One classes: three Express classes, two Normal (Academic) classes, and one Normal (Technical) class. The initial staff comprised 17 teaching staff and eight support staff. The school began its lessons at Siglap Secondary School and
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examination is available to N(A) students who perform well in their Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination. Students can move from one course to another based on their performance and the assessment of the school principal and teachers.
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Being a government secondary school, Meridian Secondary School offers three academic streams, namely the four-year Express course, as well as the Normal Course, comprising Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) academic tracks.
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The motto of Meridian Secondary School is "Unite to Reach New Heights". This is a reflection of the spirit of the two predecessor schools, Siglap Secondary School (with the motto "
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In the Normal (Academic) course, students offer 5–8 subjects in the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination. Compulsory subjects include:
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examination, which runs either the Normal (Academic) curriculum or Normal (Technical) curriculum, abbreviated as N(A) and N(T) respectively.
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The school uniform consists of a white shirt and dark blue pants for boys and a white blouse with dark blue culottes for girls.
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All students in Singapore are required to undertake a Mother Tongue Language as an examinable subject, as indicated by ' ^ '.
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offered by the school for upper secondary level (via. streaming in secondary 2 level), as of 2017, are listed below.
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3-day Media Literacy Programme for Secondary 2 Students from Siglap Secondary School, Singapore.
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The Normal (Technical) course prepares students for a technical-vocational education at the
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moved to its new premises on 15 November 1999. It was officially opened on 19 May 2001 by
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Combined Humanities (Social Studies & another Humanities subject at elective level)*
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The Express Course is a nationwide four-year programme that leads up to the
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to Meridian Secondary School with the absorbing of Siglap Secondary School.
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Subjects indicated with ' ** ' are compulsory with certain classes.
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The Normal Course is a nationwide 4-year programme leading to the
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Subjects indicated with ' *** ' are compulsory, but elective.
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which meant Wisdom and Courage) and Coral Secondary School.
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Government/co-educational school in Pasir Ris, Singapore
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Subjects indicated with ' * ' are mandatory subjects.
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Index

Coral Secondary School
Meridian Secondary School logo
Pasir Ris
Coral Secondary School
meridiansec.moe.edu.sg
Pasir Ris
Singapore
Education Minister
Teo Chee Hean
The facade of the former Coral Secondary School.
Pasir Ris
Siglap
Pasir Ris
Ministry of Education
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level
School-based Science Practical Assessment
Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level
Institute of Technical Education
Justin Chua
Balaji Sadasivan
Singapore Parliament
Ang Mo Kio GRC
Neurosurgeon
Chee Swee Lee
Asian Games
Hady Mirza
Low Cheong Kee

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