 The school was officially opened on 28 July 2007 by then Minister for Education Tharman Shammugaratnam, along with members of the Pei Hwa Foundation and the School Advisory Committee.As a government secondary school, Pei Hwa Secondary School offers three academic streams, namely the four-year Express course, as well as the Normal Course, comprising Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) academic tracks.The Express Course is a nationwide four-year programme that leads up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examination.