Historical trajectories and lost heritage of early Chinese schools in Singapore – case study of Yeung Ching School in ‘Chinatown’

• Main Authors: Qu, Jingyi, Wong, Chee Meng
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::History; Chinese Vernacular Schools; Dialect Groups
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143313
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The history of modern Chinese schools in Singapore may be traced back to the early 20th century, when efforts to provide vernacular education in the British colony were made by community leaders across Chinese dialect groups, with support of the Qing Empire. Only a handful of these were selected as...