School Boycott
Monday, 27th November 1961
A boycott by several hundred students today delayed the Secondary Four examination by an hour. Student pickets waited at gates and approach roads to all 18 examination centres. The boycott was in protest against changes in the Chinese secondary education system. Attendance was lowest in Seh Chuan High School (Bukit Timah Road) where only 11 out of 123 entrants turned up. During the boycott, 30 per cent of the students missed the examination. However, a large number of pupils across the island sat for it.