Tanjong Katong Secondary School 4.54

Tanjong Katong Secondary School, also known as TK, is an independent co-educational school located in Katong Mountbatten, Singapore. Before becoming independent, the school was named by the Ministry of Education (MOE) as the 'Best Non-Independent and Non-Autonomous Secondary School' in Singapore. TK was presented the 'Ministry of Education's School Excellence Award in 2007 and 2011, which recognises "excellence in both education processes and outcomes". The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee - '50 years of establishment' in 2006.HistoryHistory of Tanjong Katong Secondary SchoolThe school was founded in 1956 as Tanjong Katong Technical School, the boys-only counterpart to Tanjong Katong Girls' School, which was located next door. At first it occupied a plot of swampy marsh next to the river Tanjong Katong. The address of 369 Tanjong Katong Road was among a belt of upper-middle suburban housing and old Joo Chiat and Katong shophouses nearby. In the early years, it was Tanjong Katong Secondary Technical School, teaching technical subjects such as metal work, steel work, technical drawing, science, physics, English and vernacular studies . At that time, there was a common misconception about technical schools that only less-academically inclined boys attended. In 1969 TKT began to take in female students. By 1979 the number of students had risen to 5,000. Previously known as Tanjong Katong Secondary Technical School, the school was renamed Tanjong Katong Secondary School in In 1993.