20 Singapore Schools Merging in 2019

First Published:

Saturday 30 December, 2017

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has announced the names of twenty primary and secondary schools that will merge in 2019.

There are seven pairs of primary schools and three pairs of secondary schools to be merged. In a statement, MOE said:

“In naming (the) merged schools, a range of factors were considered, including the schools’ history and heritage, enrolments, as well as stakeholders’ interests and the sentiments of all schools involved.”

It added that each new school will “encompass the identities, strengths and cherished distinctiveness of both merging schools”.

The name of the merged schools will be the name of the school where it will be located.

Here are the names of the primary schools to be merged with their new names and locations:

	PRIMARY
	MERGED SCHOOLS NAME	MERGED SCHOOL LOCATION
Balestier Hill Primary & Bendemeer Primary	Bendemeer Primary School	Site of Bendemeer Primary School
Casuarina Primary & Loyang Primary	Casuarina Primary School	Site of Casuarina Primary School
Cedar Primary & MacPherson Primary	Cedar Primary School	Site of Cedar Primary School
Coral Primary & White Sands Primary	White Sands Primary School	Site of White Sands Primary School
Damai Primary & East Coast Primary	Damai Primary School	Site of Damai Primary School
Da Qiao Primary & Jing Shan Primary	Jing Shan Primary School	Site of Jing Shan Primary
East View Primary & Junyuan Primary	Junyuan Primary School	Site of Junyuan Primary School

Here are the names of the secondary schools to be merged with their new names and locations:

SECONDARY
SCHOOLS TO BE MERGED	MERGED SCHOOLS NAME	MERGED SCHOOL LOCATION
East View Secondary & East Spring Secondary	East Spring Secondary School	Site of East Spring Secondary
Hong Kah Secondary & Jurongville Secondary	Jurongville Secondary School	Site of Jurongville Secondary
Shuqun Secondary & Yuhua Secondary	Yuhua Secondary School	Site of Yuhua Secondary School