Ong Teck Chin

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Ong Teck Chin (Chinese: 王德进) is the Chief Executive Officer and principal of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) in Singapore, the positions he held since 1994. He is also the head and resident warden of its boarding school. In 1997, he was awarded the silver Singapore Public Administration Service Medal.

During his tenure as principal, ACS(I) gained two Singapore Quality Awards, in recognition of its business and financial excellence as well as its transparency. The school also received several awards for academic excellence, such as the School Excellence Award, the School Distinction Award, the Best Practice Awards and many awards at the Odyssey of the Mind (OM) World Finals. Ong also serves as the Odyssey of the Mind Singapore Tournament Director. [1] [2]

Ong is a Rhodes Scholar Recipient from Raffles Institution and currently serves as the secretary for Rhodes Scholarships, Singapore. From 1979 to 1997, he was a lecturer in physiology under the Medical Faculty in the National University of Singapore. He also holds the Dr. Ruth Wong gold medal for his Diploma in Secondary School Administration, and was an adjunct Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.

Ong has also published papers in international journals on exercise physiology, sports ergonomics and fitness assessments as well as research papers on education. He is also the chairman of the Publications Appeal Advisory Committee [3], which is one of the committees that advise the Government of Singapore on censorship issues. Ong is a recognised Solemnizer of Marriages by the Registry of Marriages, Singapore. He is from Bethesda Church where he serves as a Church Council Elder.

Among his accomplishment is the introduction of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) which became the first Singaporean school to implement the programme. The effort constitutes a significant step in the reform of Singaporean education system, which has been cited by critics as being too rigid and too focused on examinations.