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, San Yu Adventist School is a part of the Seventh Day Adventist network of more than 8000 schools, colleges and universities found in over 100 countries. It is accredited by the Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA), USA.
SYAS offers both primary and secondary education, leading to the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) and the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE O-Level) Examinations. Most of our courses are largely based on the Singapore Ministry of Education’s syllabus (MOE); Our Secondary classes follow the Express-stream syllabus.