History
Mr Goh Tong Pak led the school to become in the top 20 Value-Added Schools in Singapore from 1992 to 1997. Under the leadership of Mr Lee Hak Boon, the school attained autonomous status from the Ministry of Education with effect from 2001.
In the same year, the school was accorded the Singapore Quality Class accreditation.
From being a neighbourhood school attracting students with Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) aggregate scores of around 191 in 1994, the school is the recipient of the School Excellence Award, the most prestigious award a school can ever receive from the Singapore Ministry of Education. Today, it attracts students with PSLE aggregate scores of approximately 245 (as of 2007) to its Express stream.
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Xinmin Secondary School
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