The new badge (above, left) without the motto, 'Pengetahuan suloh hidup', on the old badge (above, right).

By Jane Ng

DUNMAN Secondary has reached a compromise with its alumni: It will go on using its redesigned school badge, but will retain the school's old Malay motto.

The old badge will also be displayed prominently in the school in Tampines, as requested by a group of alumni who met the school principal and Education Ministry officials on Wednesday.

More than 500 of these ex-students had signed an online petition in the past week to protest against the redesigned badge, which the school's students began using in May.

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