09 November 2019
Raffles Girls’ School students, along with 180 staff members and 150 invited guests, participated in the recent opening of RGS’ new campus at 2 Braddell Rise.
Now, RGS is connected to Raffles Institution at Bishan via an overhead pedestrian bridge linking bus stops on both sides of Braddell Road.
The RGS project took a total of 7 years and cost $90 million. It was co-funded by the school and the Ministry of Education (MOE).
RGS principal and alumna Poh Mun See, 50, said she was glad to have been part of this chapter of the school’s journey. She has helmed RGS since the end of 2012 and will step down in December to return to MOE as a cluster superintendent.
While the new campus is about 2.5ha larger than the old one in Anderson Road, Mrs Poh said the intake of Sec 1 students next year would remain constant at about 400.
The school has plans to expand a mentorship programme that matches RGS students with pupils of schools in the area. The school is also considering offering the Raffles Scholarship, alongside RI. The scholarship requires one-to-one matching for funds from donors.