Dunman Secondary: School Logo and Motto Change

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To:  The Dunman Secondary Alumni

Dunman Secondary School
http://www.dunmansec.moe.edu.sg/

With the change in the school’s badge and motto, there is no longer identification for the alumni with the institution that stands at 21, Tampines Street 45.

Mottos for schools tend to be laden with attributes the teachers wished the pupils really possessed. “Pengetahuan suloh hidup/Knowledge the torch of life” inspired for forty-five years, generations of pupils that walked through the school’s doors. While individuals and institutions around the world jealously protect the use of their coat of arms, Dunman has certainly been quick in shedding the identity its alumni knows it by for more than four decades. Even a stylisation of the school’s original badge has been taken too far (Note: NUS, founded more than a century ago, though stylised its coat of arms in recent years, never ventured beyond abandoning its original identity).

The alumni feels its disconnect with the school. One can only hope that the school song has not been changed too.

We urge the school management to reconsider its intention to change the school’s badge and motto.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Dunman Secondary: School Logo and Motto Change Petition to The Dunman Secondary Alumni was created by and written by Shao-Yi Tan (tansy@technet.sg).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.