Fajar Secondary School
Fajar Secondary School (FJS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Bukit Panjang, Singapore. Founded in 1994, it merged with Chestnut Drive Secondary School in 2015 and will be merging with Greenridge Secondary School in 2023.
| Fajar Secondary School Sekolah Menengah Fajar 励进中学 | |
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| Address | |
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31 Gangsa Road, Singapore 678972 | |
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| Type | Government, Co-educational, Single-Session |
| Opened | January 1994 |
| Principal | Doris Ho Sook Fun |
| Website | fajarsec |
History
In January 1994, with an enrolment of 307 students and a teaching strength of 17 teachers, Fajar Secondary School started functioning at the premises of Greenridge Secondary School with Law Ngee Seng as its first principal. It shifted to its current premises at 31 Gangsa Road in 1996. The campus was officially opened on 11 July 1998 with Saminathan Gopal as the school's second principal. Goh Mee Mee became the third principal and served from 2001 to 2007. Ng Shok Yan was the fourth principal, serving from 2008 to 2013, while Sng Siew Hong served as the fifth principal from January 2014 to December 2015 before Chestnut Drive Secondary School was merged into Fajar Secondary School.
Chestnut Drive Secondary School (CDSS) 1968-2015
Chestnut Drive Secondary School (CDSS) received its first cohort of students on 4 January 1968. It started as a Chinese integrated school with an enrolment figure of 787. The school was officially opened by P. Selvadurai, Member of Parliament for Bukit Panjang, on 12 June 1969. The School Advisory Committee and Pupil Welfare Fund were set up in the 1970s during the tenure of the first principal, Lo Pui Yu. The school song was composed in 1976 by the third principal, Lee Thiam Lock.
The school is situated in a private residential district in Upper Bukit Timah. It was built to serve a vast area, with students coming from places such as Woodlands, Jurong, Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang and Yishun. The school conducted classes for both the English and Chinese streams in the early years until 1988 when the Chinese stream was phased out due to the implementation of the national curriculum.
Under the stewardship of the seventh principal, Chan Mee Leen, the school underwent a phased reconstruction which was completed in 2005. On 9 July 2005, the new campus was declared officially opened by Teo Ho Pin, Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC. In 2011, the school celebrated its 45th anniversary with an original musical.
On 15 December 2012, Tan Miao Ling was appointed the ninth principal of CDSS, taking the mantle from Teoh Teik Hoe. In late 2014, the school started preparations for a merger with Fajar Secondary School from 1 January 2016. On 21 November 2015, the school finally closed its doors with a fitting function "Celebrations 2015" where CDSS ex School Leaders, Pioneer Teachers, Senior Educators, ex-staff and ex-students attended. The function was attended by Sim Ann, Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.
