SYAS, Singapore, with a glorious history beginning in 1907, is a product of a merger between San Yu High School and the Seventh-day Adventist School.
1907 |
Malaya Mission of Seventh-day Adventists started Eastern Training School in a Mount Pleasant house off Thomson Road. After several relocations, the school eventually settled at 273A Upper Serangoon Road. |
1929 |
The name of the school was changed to Malayan Seminary of Seventh-day Adventists |
1938 |
The name of the school was changed to Union Training School |
1942 – 1945 |
The Japanese occupied Singapore and classes were halted |
1945 |
Studies resumed in October |
1948 |
Union Training School began to offer Primary One to Senior Cambridge courses |
1949 |
Union Training School began to offer College level courses
The name of the school was changed to Malayan Union Seminary |
1958 |
Union Training School began to offer College level courses
The name of the school was again changed to Southeast Asia Union College (SAUC) |
San Yu High School (SYHS) was set up by the West Malaysia-Singapore Mission, offering Primary and Secondary courses |
1961 |
By regulation of Ministry of Education, the Primary and Secondary sections of SAUC adopted the name Seventh-day Adventist School (SDAS), thus precipitating a separation from the SAUC college section. As a result, each section had its own governing board. |
1962 |
The administration of SYHS was handed over to the Seventh-day Adventist Chinese Church |
1970 |
SYHS started its Pre-University Arts Stream |
1980 |
SYHS started its Pre-University Commerce Stream |
1982 |
SYHS was appointed an examination centre for GCE ‘O’ and ‘A’ Levels examinations |
1995 |
Pre-university classes in SYHS were discontinued in 1995 |
1996 |
In view of the Upper Serangoon Road land acquisition by the Government for the construction of the North-East MRT line, SDAS and SYHS boards voted unanimously for a merger. This new entity was named San Yu Adventist School (SYAS). |
2000 – Present |
SYAS moved to 299 Thomson Road |
Today, SYAS is a commercially self-sustained institution owned and operated by the Singapore Seventh-day Adventist Conference. It is part of the Seventh-day Adventist worldwide educational system that includes more than 7000 schools and 1.7 million students in 115 countries.
As Singapore’s only private educational institution offering both Primary and Secondary level classes, SYAS is able to administer the Singapore curriculum via a pedagogy that is not only uniquely holistic, but Christian. The school has been awarded a 4-year EduTrust Certification by the Committee for Private Education (CPE).