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increased to 2360 students. However, after that, Ai Tong suffered the same problem and its enrolment soon fell below 800 students. The problem became worse when, in 1979, only two students registered to join the school in 1980, though one later dropped out. More students were later transferred into the school because the neighbouring
English-medium schools were at their full capacity.
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In the 1960s and 1970s, due to the bilingual policy by the
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The school logo resembles a flying wheel and the chinese character "同”. The sign gives the school its name, Ai Tong School. The pair of wings symbolises the school soaring into greater heights, seeking higher aspirations and excellence. The circles symbolise the cohesive spirit of the teachers and
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to address the problem of declining enrolment. The construction work for a new school building began at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 in 1978. Classes at the new Ai Tong School campus started in 1980, and the school was officially declared open in 1981. The move from its old campus, in addition to the hard
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work of the principal and staff of the school, helped the school to increase its enrolment from less than 100 before 1981 to 2357 in 1987. Following guidelines from the
Ministry of Education, English language was taught as the first language and Chinese as the second language from 1984 onwards.
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was started. During this time, there were a huge backlog of students who wanted an education, since many students in
Singapore dropped out of school during the occupation. As a result, the enrolment of the school increased to more than 1,600 students. This campus soon proved to be inadequate.
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In 1950, Ai Tong School took in female students from the defunct Ai Hwa school and became a co-ed school; it had existed as a boys' school ever since its founding. In 1955, the main school moved to the new
Hokkien Huay Kuan Building together with Chong Hock Girls School (the now
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On 31 December 2013, Ai Tong School moved to 4300 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569869 while renovation works at the previous campus started. The new campus was completed in 2015, and Ai Tong School has since moved back to its original location from 2016 onwards.
381:(of which Sin Ming is a part). An extension block to the school was later added in 1998 to increase the number of special rooms that the school had. The school undergone further refurbishment between November 2002 and 2004 under the
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when it took over the running of a school by missionaries. Although it had an initial intake of 30 pupils, this soon increased to 120 pupils in 1960. In 1917, the school was moved into its own campus, located at 209,
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Chinese businessman and philanthropist
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