Bukit Batok Secondary School

Bukit Batok Secondary School
武吉巴督中学
Sekolah Menengah Bukit Batok
புக்கிட் பாதோக் உயர்நிலைப்பள்ளி
Address
50 Bukit Batok West Ave 8
Singapore 658962

Bukit Batok
Information
Type Government, Autonomous
Motto Be Our Best
Founded 1986
Session Single
School code 3044
Principal Mr Phua Huat Chuan

Bukit Batok Secondary School is a government secondary school in Bukit Batok in the western part of Singapore.

History

Bukit Batok Secondary School was first opened in 1986,[1] housed in a S$8.2 million campus at the junction of Bukit Batok West Avenues 3 and 8.[2] In 1988, air-conditioners were installed in the school's library, language lab and computer room and on 9 April that year, the school was officially opened by the then-MP for Bukit Batok Chai Chong Yii.[3] The school was made a part of the W2 Cluster in 1998.

From 2006 to 2008, the school was rebuilt for $25.48 million under the PRIME scheme. School Advisory Committee members and parents raised another $661,220 in 2 years for non-standard items such as an air-conditioned multi-purpose hall and a viewing gallery for the Indoor Sports Hall.

Principals

Principal Years served
Belinda Charles 1986 - 1990
Lim Lai Chuan 1990 - 1997
Suparaman Adam 1998 - 2002
Tan Soon Yong 2003 - 2004
Lysia Kee 2005 - 2013
Ian Poh 2014 - 2016
Phua Huat Chuan 2017 -

School structure

Bukit Batok Secondary has a unique organisation structure comprising Deans, Programme Directors (PDs) and Curriculum Consultants (CCs) or otherwise known as the Head of Department (HOD). This structure, introduced in 2003, ensures that a variety of well-customised programmes are offered to BBSSians to help achieve the Desired Outcomes of Education. The Deans take charge of levels or faculties and look into the holistic development of each student; CCs oversee the instructional programmes and the PDs together with the Deans take care of the co-curricular programmes.

Discipline

Punishments for offences include caning, detention and in-house suspension.[4]

References

  1. "Nine schools fewer in Singapore this year". The Straits Times. 14 January 1986. Retrieved 17 November 2017 via NewspaperSG.
  2. "$8 m Bukit Batok school ready". The Straits Times. 16 December 1985. Retrieved 17 November 2017 via NewspaperSG.
  3. "Bukit Batok School". The Straits Times. 12 April 1988. Retrieved 17 November 2017 via NewspaperSG.
  4. School Rules and Regulations
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