 Pei Hwa Public School along Yio Chu Kang Road was founded in 1934 as Hwa Keow School by Ang Gong Pin, who felt a need for a school in proximity to their villages because most schools were located in the cities and not everyone had the means to send their children to and from the city.Pei Hwa Public School started as a small village school with 17 classrooms and a dormitory for the principal and teachers.In 1935, the elders in the village with the support of shop owners started to raise funds for the construction of a school campus.