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Ngee Ann Secondary School
義安中学 (Chinese)
*Sekolah Menengah Ngee Ann* (Malay)
Ngee Ann Secondary School; 義安中学 (Chinese); Sekolah Menengah Ngee Ann (Malay)
Address
	1 Tampines Street 32, Singapore 529283; Tampines; Singapore
Coordinates	1°21′15″N 103°57′24″E / 1.3543°N 103.9568°E
Information
Type	Government-aided; Autonomous; Co-educational
Motto	崇义尚礼; (Righteousness and courtesy)
Established	23 March 1994; 30 years ago
Session	Single
School code	7310
Principal	Poh Shi Hui
Enrolment	1150
Colour(s)	Blue Yellow
Website	ngeeannsec.moe.edu.sg

Ngee Ann Secondary School (NASS) is a co-educational government-aided autonomous secondary school in Tampines, Singapore. Founded in 1994 by the Ngee Ann Kongsi, a Teochew clan foundation, Ngee Ann Secondary School is a successor to the now defunct Tuan Mong High School.^[1] The school offers secondary education leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level or Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination.

History

Principals

Name of Principal	Years Served
Tan Thiam Hock	1994-1998
Bob Koh	1998-2003
Chua Chor Huat	2004-2008
Adrian Lim	2008-2013
Albert Lim	2014–2018
Teo Kok Hong	2019–2023
Poh Shi Hui	2024-present

Campus

Ngee Ann Secondary School is located in proximity to two establishments; Tampines Mart and Tampines 201 which students frequent for lunch and meetings. The school is adjacent to Tampines East MRT station on the Downtown line.

Academic information

Being a government secondary school, Ngee Ann 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.

O Level Express Course

The Express Course is a nationwide four-year programme that leads up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examination.^[2]

Academic subjects

The compulsory examinable academic subjects for Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level offered by the school for upper secondary level (via. streaming in secondary 2 level) as of 2019, are listed below: ^[3]

English Language
Mother Tongue Language
Elementary Mathematics
Combined Humanities (Social Studies & Elective Geog or History)
Sciences (Pure/Combined)

Normal Course

The Normal Course is a nationwide 4-year programme leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination, which runs either the Normal (Academic) curriculum or Normal (Technical) curriculum, abbreviated as N(A) and N(T) respectively.^[4]

Normal (Academic) Course

In the Normal (Academic) course, students offer 5-8 subjects in the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination. Compulsory subjects include:^[5]

English Language
Mother Tongue Language
Elementary Mathematics
Combined Humanities (Social Studies & Elective Geog or History)
Combined Science (Chemistry & Physics)

A 5th year leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level 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.^[4]

Normal (Technical) Course

The Normal (Technical) course prepares students for a technical-vocational education at the Institute of Technical Education.^[5] Students will offer 5-7 subjects in the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination.^[5] The curriculum is tailored towards strengthening students’ proficiency in English and Mathematics.^[5] Students take English Language, Mathematics, Basic Mother Tongue and Computer Applications as compulsory subjects.^[5]