Tanjong Katong Girls' School

Tanjong Katong Girls' School

Tanjong Katong Girls' School is an autonomous girls' secondary school in Singapore. It is one of the few schools in Singapore that offer the Music Elective Programme (MEP) to students who wish to pursue Music as a subject in the Cambridge 'O' Level examinations.
The school also has a history of excelling in academics, sports, and the performing arts, and is a top-tier school in Singapore. It is also sometimes referred to as the "Premier School of the East". TKGS was established on 12 January 1953 with seven classes, totalling 250 pupils, and ten teaching staff. The school was the first post-war government English girls' school built in colonial Singapore.
The school is well known for the performing arts. It offers the Music Elective Programme and the Drama Elective Programme. Every pupil is required to participate in at least one core Co-Curricular Activity. Girls who desire to serve the school may participate in the optional non-core CCAs.