Chai Chee and Bedok Town Secondary Schools

It was announced recently that the two secondary schools will merge at the start of academic year 2011.

Subsequently it was reported that an online "war of words" broke out.. of course with students (past and present) from the respective schools coming forth with their pros and cons...

If that online war is true,then the management of both schools should be commended for having done their job of building their respective identity well among their students over the "short" years of existence.

If there were no passion, there will be just plain acceptance of the merger. It is so sad that that sense of belonging to an alma mater would disappear with the merger.

Perhaps the Authority should place a wee bit more importance before deciding to wipe a school out of existence or merge two schools in a new entity. Perhaps the Authority has no choice but to merge... Why no choice?

Consequence of not enough babies!!!