Telok Kurau Secondary School was a co-educational neighbourhood secondary school

Secondary school

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 in Telok Kurau, Singapore

Singapore

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. The school was established in 1965, and was small by Singapore standards, with a student population of 800 and permanent teaching staff of around 45. The school closed at the end of 2010 and was merged into Broadrick Secondary School

Broadrick Secondary School

Broadrick Secondary School is a government secondary school located in Mountbatten, Singapore. The school is located beside Dakota MRT station and it takes about 5 minutes to walk from the school to the station. The school offers a wide variety of CCAs which aims to nurture the students by...

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Academic Programme

The school offered a four-year express programme leading to GCE 'O' Level, and an academic programme for the students who follow the Normal Academic and Normal Technical path. All express students in Telok Kurau were offered pure physics, chemistry, and biology besides additional maths.

Campus

The school campus stood on Chin Cheng Avenue along Still Road, not far away from Eunos MRT station.

Admission and Enrolment

Secondary One students were admitted based on their PSLE results. Secondary one students who had not taken PSLE or students who wished to be admitted into other levels needed to sit for a battery of placement tests.

There were roughly equal number of boys and girls in the school. Apart from the Chinese, Malay and Indian student population which reflected the demographics of Singapore, there was a significant number of students from China, Korea, Japan, and countries of South East Asia.

Ethos, discipline and uniform

Telok Kurau regarded itself as a "boutique" or "niche" school, and was unusual for a Singapore secondary school in two respects: there was no corporal punishment, and boys were allowed to wear long trousers even in secondary 1 and secondary 2. The school maintained that discipline was strict despite the "no-caning policy".

Head Prefects

2005 - Alexandra Tan

2006 - Muhd Farid Assalam

2007 - Shyam R. P.

2008 - Floris Chong

2009 - Daniel Chia

2010 - Chanel

Closure

At the end of 2010, Telok Kurau Secondary School was closed down and all students were transferred to Broadrick Secondary School.