North View Secondary School
government school/mixed school in Yishun, Singapore
North View Secondary School (NVSS) was a government secondary school located in Yishun, Singapore.
History
On 2 January 1988, the school was formed with an enrolment of 483 pupils. Kwek Hiok Chuang was appointed Principal of the school. The school had 35 teaching staff and 12 non-teaching staff. Classes were held at two locations - the Secondary One pupils were housed in Yishun Secondary School while the Secondary Two to Five pupils were in the former Upper Thomson Secondary School building.
The new school building situated at Yishun Ring Road was officially handed over to MOE by PWD on 15 June 1988. The principal, Kwek received the school keys from the PWD representative, Tan Lip Pheow, the Architect-in-charge of the school, on behalf of the Ministry of Education. The school building which costs $7.2m is the S101 model.
On 27 June 1988, the school began functioning at the new premises. The Heads of Department scheme was implemented in the school.
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