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Dunman Secondary School (DMN) is a co educational government autonomous secondary school in Tampines, Singapore. It was founded in 1963.

Dunman Secondary School was founded in 1963 as Dunman Integrated Secondary School, with Au Keng Chu as the first principal. The school was named after Thomas Dunman, the first police commissioner of Singapore who served from 1856 to 1871. The change was quickly reverted after an alumni protest in November 2008.

The original Dunman Secondary School crest was designed in 1963, consisting of a white lion with an open book bearing the school motto. Despite uproar from former students, the school crest was simplified after a review and rebranding exercise in 2007 to its current form.

The school song, composed by John de Souza, was first sung in 1968. It expresses the purpose and mission of the school.

Dunman Secondary School's early day alumni began the organisation of the Dunman Sec Alumni (DSA) and was originally registered as a society. This organisation was later deregistered from Singapore Registry of Societies to begin of a more inclusive restructure, that merges the newer Dunman Youth Alumni (DYA) under one banner, in order to provide stronger support to current and former Dunmanites. The new Dunman Youth Alumni also started an independent website to facilitate the organisation of alumni events such as the Alumni Reunion Dinner, in place of the former Dunman Sec Alumni defunct website.

The Tan Ean Kiam Hall, the main hall of Dunman Secondary School, is a multi purpose hall used for sports activities, assemblies as well as major examinations. All secondary four and graduating classes study in air conditioned classrooms while the rest of the students have fan equipped classrooms. All students are provided with locker style tables to house their textbooks and school materials. Students are allowed to study anywhere in the school, which has more than 20 benches in the campus. The library is open for students to print, photocopy and use the computers/ iPads. There are a total of fifteen computer, science and animation labs in the school.

As a government secondary school, Dunman Secondary School offers three academic streams, namely the four year Express course, as well as the Normal Course, comprising the five year Normal (Academic) course, and the four year Normal (Technical) course.

The Express Course is a nationwide four year programme that leads up to the Singapore Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examination.

The Normal Course is a nationwide 4 year programme leading to the Singapore Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination, which runs either the Normal (Academic) curriculum or Normal (Technical) curriculum, abbreviated as N(A) and N(T) respectively.

The Normal (Technical) course prepares students for a technical vocational education at the Institute of Technical Education. Students will offer 5–7 subjects in the Singapore Cambridge GCE Normal Level examination. The curriculum is tailored towards strengthening students’ proficiency in English and Mathematics. Students take English Language, Mathematics, Basic Mother Tongue and Computer Applications as compulsory subjects.