Outram Secondary School (OSS) will be relocated to a new campus in Anchorvale Crescent in Sengkang in 2026, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced on Jan 16.
The ministry said that although OSS is an established school, its current location in York Hill is in an area where demand for secondary school places is falling. The school’s relocation to Sengkang will cater to the higher demand for secondary school places in the north-east area.
OSS, which was formerly an all-boys primary school known as Outram Road School, was founded in 1906 and is one of the oldest schools in Singapore. In January 1954, it ceased being a primary school and was converted to a secondary school. In 1958, OSS admitted girls for the first time.
Madam Tan Soo Geok, 77, was one of the first batches of female students in OSS when she enrolled in 1960. Her schoolmates included former deputy prime minister Wong Kan Seng.
The retired mother of two said that her time in OSS resulted in long-lasting friendships, and she hoped the same for future students at the new campus.
“I had a stroke in 2018 and many of my ex-Outram classmates came to visit me. We are still very close and have kept in touch all these years,” she said.
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