| Gan Eng Seng School 颜永成学校 Sekolah Gan Eng Seng கான் எங் செங் பள்ளி | |
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1 Henderson Road 156561 | |
| Coordinates | 1°17′21.8″N 103°49′25.8″E / 1.289389°N 103.823833°E |
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| Type | Government Co-educational |
| Motto | Onward |
| Established | 1885 |
| Session | Single session |
| School code | 3006[2] |
| Principal | Tan Hwee Pin[1] |
| Enrolment | 2405 |
| Colour(s) | Red Green |
| Website | ganengsengsch.moe.edu.sg |
Gan Eng Seng School (GESS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Bukit Merah, Singapore. Founded in 1885 by philanthropist Gan Eng Seng, the school is the first school established by the overseas Chinese community in Singapore and is one of the oldest schools in the country.
GESS was a boys' school for 102 years before it became co-educational in 1987.[3] The school was also the first in Singapore to form a parent-teachers' association in 1950.[4] Currently, GESS is recognised among the top 50 schools in Singapore by the Ministry of Education.[5][6] The school's founding site at Telok Ayer Street was designated as a national historical site by the National Heritage Board in 1997.
- ^ "School Management Team". Gan Eng Seng School. Archived from the original on 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "School Information Service". Singapore Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ^ "One of the oldest boys' schools go co-ed and to move". The Straits Times. 1 September 1985.
- ^ Dabbs, Donald Matheson, 1948- (1994). History of Gan Eng Seng School. Singapore: D. M. Dabbs. p. 8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Marching into its 95th year today...We're not at the very top, but we're always there". The Straits Times. 20 August 1980.
- ^ "Top 50 Schools in the 1995 GCE O-level Examination". Singapore Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-07-23.