Hit by falling student enrolments, 11 schools have merged with others in the last two years and eight of those former school compounds now stand empty. Three others are being used as temporary premises for schools that are undergoing renovation.
Three former schools are being used by others: The former Chestnut Drive Secondary building is now Fajar Secondary until the end of this year; the former First Toa Payoh Secondary building is Pei Chun Public School till the end of next year and the former Clementi Woods Secondary building will be Nan Hua Primary for two years from next year. All three schools were merged with others last year. If MOE has no plans for a site, it will be returned to the state and put to other uses.
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11 vacated, 4 to go
- VACATED IN 2016
• Bedok Town Secondary
• Clementi Woods Secondary (Holding site for Nan Hua Primary School, 2018 till end 2019)
• First Toa Payoh Secondary (Holding site for Pei Chun Public School, till end 2018)
• Chestnut Drive Secondary (Holding site for Fajar Secondary, till end 2017)VACATED IN 2017
• Balestier Hill Secondary
• Henderson Secondary
• Siglap Secondary
• MacPherson Secondary
• North View Secondary
• Pioneer Secondary
• Si Ling SecondaryTO BE VACATED IN 2018
• Bedok North Secondary
• Bishan Park Secondary
• Chong Boon Secondary
• Greenview Secondary
Some sites of former schools have been used for other purposes. For example, the Academy of Singapore Teachers, launched in 2010, is housed in the former St Andrew’s Junior College building in Malan Road. The former CHIJ (Opera Estate) Primary School site in Jalan Khairuddin has been occupied by the Singapore Red Cross since 1991.
There are at least nine other former school sites managed by the Singapore Land Authority that are vacant state properties. They can be rented on a short-term basis for up to 90 days
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