Temasek Junior College
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Temasek Junior College is a prestigious junior college located in the Eastern region of Singapore
and is considered as one of the top five colleges (for Year 11 and Year 12 students) in Singapore.
In 2005, TJC started its Temasek Academy
four-year Integrated Programme with 100 Secondary 3, and foreign students. It bypasses the GCE 'O' Level examination and culminates in the GCE 'A' Level examination.
From 2013, TJC will start admitting students who just completed primary school (Year 6) and will provide a full 6 year secondary education leading up towards the GCE A level examinations.
The college has been under the leadership of seven Principals:
The crest depicts the letters TJC in bold form, with the letter T taking a symbolic shape and reflecting a characteristic architectural feature of the College.
The College PDPs are grouped into three areas. They are: Cultural and Performing Arts, Service and Enrichment, and Sports and Games.
Culture & Performing Arts
• Artivity
• Chamber Ensemble
• Chinese Calligraphy
• Chinese Cultural Club
• Chinese Orchestra
• Choir
• Creative Writing and Journalism Club
• Drama Club
• Debate
• Guitar Club
• Indian Cultural Club
• Malay Cultural Society
• Modern Dance Club
• Symphonic Band
• Wushu
Service & Enrichment
• Entrepreneur Club
• First Aid Unit
• House Committees
• Infocomm Club
• LEO Club
• Science Council
• Students' Council
Sports & Games
• Air Rifle
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Climbing Club
• Floorball
• Netball
• Outdoor Activities Club
• Touch Rugby
• Soccer Boys and Girls
• Squash
• Swimming
• Table-Tennis
• Tae-Kwon-Do
• Touch Rugby
• Tennis
• Track & Field
• Volleyball
• Water Polo (Girls)
TJC officially received the Singapore Quality Class Award from Spring Singapore in 2003.
The College is a recipient of the Best Practice Award (BPA) in Teaching and Learning, as well as the School Distinction Award (2004–2008) from the Singapore Ministry of Education. The School Distinction Award is awarded to schools with a system to bring about a holistic development in students, not just academically.
In 2008, the school won the School Excellence Award, the pinnacle award under the Singapore Ministry of Education Masterplan of Awards, as well as BPAs in Staff Wellbeing, Student All-round Development and Teaching and Learning. The school had also been awarded SAA for Aesthetics and Physical Fitness in both JC and Secondary section, bringing the total number of awards in 2008 to 7.
Each house is run by a House Committee (led by the House Captain), which is part of the second highest student body in the school. The members of the House Committee are elected by students of their own houses.
The houses compete in events organised by the school and the House Committee usually takes charge of these events. Some events include the intra-house captain's ball/hand ball events or house functions organised throughout the year.
However, in the year 2009, students in the same Orientation Group do not necessary go into the same CG. Each CG consists of students of various Orientation Groups.
Each Civics Group is under the charge of a Civics Tutor who meets the group during the weekly Civics period on Wednesday. Thus, a civics group corresponds to a class in a normal school. Unlike the school system, however, students do not stay in an assigned room for all their lessons but instead move to different rooms for different lessons.
The MaTrix aims to enhance the learning experience of students in the College. It is used in conjunction with the lecture-tutorial system in the College. Topics may be covered solely online as an e-lecture, aided by streaming video, animations, discussion forums and online assessment outside of curriculum time or more commonly through a mixed mode teaching where readings, content materials and other e-resources are made available for students to access and prepare for tutorials during curriculum time. The chemistry department also uses MaTrix to host online quiz during holiday periods.
To support the e-learning portal, the College has an IT block housing four Computer Labs and two IT Resource Rooms. Students can only access computers in The Hub and College Library. Wifi is accessible in 90% of the college premises for any student with a wireless-enabled laptop or mobile device can use the wireless internet service for free. Their movements are tracked by a moderator and undesirable websites are blocked.
, London School of Economics
, the University of Warwick
and a few other universities were invited. Students are invited to attend such talks to widen their further education options.
Although SAT lessons are no longer offered in TJC, tutors are assigned to handle the university application process for students applying to US and UK universities. These tutors ensure that the student does not overlook any part of the application process and also function as the students' referees. TJC students have been admitted to universities including MIT, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale
, Cambridge
, Oxford
, Duke
, LSE
, McGill
, UCLA
, Berkeley
, Caltech, Stanford and Amherst
. Students of the junior college have been awarded scholarships during and after their education at Temasek, with a few instances being the Public Service Commission
Scholarship, PSC China Scholarship, Humanities scholarship, Music Elective Programme scholarship, A*STAR National Science Scholarship, FIREFly–EDB
Scholarship, LTA
Undergraduate Scholarship, Singapore Press Holdings
scholarship, MOE
Teaching Scholarship, ABRSM International Scholarship, Bank Negara Malaysia
Scholarship, CAAS
Overseas Undergraduate Scholarship, DSTA Undergraduate Scholarship, GIC
Global Scholarship, Keppel Group Scholarship, Mindef Undergraduate Scholarship, SPF
Book Prize, and the Singapore Power
Undergraduate Scholarship.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and is considered as one of the top five colleges (for Year 11 and Year 12 students) in Singapore.
In 2005, TJC started its Temasek Academy
Temasek Academy
Temasek Academy is a four-year Integrated Programme initiated by Temasek Junior College in Singapore. Singapore students are admitted at the age of 15, after experiencing two years of secondary school life in their secondary schools...
four-year Integrated Programme with 100 Secondary 3, and foreign students. It bypasses the GCE 'O' Level examination and culminates in the GCE 'A' Level examination.
From 2013, TJC will start admitting students who just completed primary school (Year 6) and will provide a full 6 year secondary education leading up towards the GCE A level examinations.
College history
Temasek Junior College was established in 1977 as the second government junior college in Singapore.The college has been under the leadership of seven Principals:
- Mr Wee Heng Tin (1977–1979)
- Mr Eugene Wijeysingha (1980–1985)
- Mrs Goh Chi Lan (1986–1988)
- Mr Robert Tan Hui Sen (1989–1999)
- Mrs Cheong Poh Gek (2000–2001)
- Mrs Lim Lai Cheng (2002–2005)
- Mrs Loke-Yeo Teck Yong (2005 to present)
College crest
- The green background acknowledges the school's alignment with the national objective of projecting a clean and green country.
- The divisions in the cross of the T stand for the five national ideals of justice, equality, happiness, prosperity and progress.
- The segments in the trunk of the T symbolise the four major areas working in unison within the College towards the national ideals.
- The name of the College encircles the crest, flanked by laurels which represent the recognition which the College has achieved and are a constant reminder of its commitment to its motto.
College Personal Development Programme
Every student is involved in at least one co-curricular activity or personal development programme (PDP) as it is known in TJC. Students choose a selection of programmes based on their interests.The College PDPs are grouped into three areas. They are: Cultural and Performing Arts, Service and Enrichment, and Sports and Games.
Culture & Performing Arts
• Artivity
• Chamber Ensemble
• Chinese Calligraphy
• Chinese Cultural Club
• Chinese Orchestra
• Choir
• Creative Writing and Journalism Club
• Drama Club
• Debate
• Guitar Club
• Indian Cultural Club
• Malay Cultural Society
• Modern Dance Club
• Symphonic Band
• Wushu
Service & Enrichment
• Entrepreneur Club
• First Aid Unit
• House Committees
• Infocomm Club
• LEO Club
• Science Council
• Students' Council
Sports & Games
• Air Rifle
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Climbing Club
• Floorball
• Netball
• Outdoor Activities Club
• Touch Rugby
• Soccer Boys and Girls
• Squash
• Swimming
• Table-Tennis
• Tae-Kwon-Do
• Touch Rugby
• Tennis
• Track & Field
• Volleyball
• Water Polo (Girls)
College awards and achievements
The Sustained Achievement Award (SAA) was inaugurated by MOE in 1999. The College has won the SAAs for Academic Value-Added for three consecutive years; for Physical Fitness for five consecutive years; and the SAA for Arts for two consecutive years. The College was the top Value-Added College from 1996 to 2000 and in 2003.TJC officially received the Singapore Quality Class Award from Spring Singapore in 2003.
The College is a recipient of the Best Practice Award (BPA) in Teaching and Learning, as well as the School Distinction Award (2004–2008) from the Singapore Ministry of Education. The School Distinction Award is awarded to schools with a system to bring about a holistic development in students, not just academically.
In 2008, the school won the School Excellence Award, the pinnacle award under the Singapore Ministry of Education Masterplan of Awards, as well as BPAs in Staff Wellbeing, Student All-round Development and Teaching and Learning. The school had also been awarded SAA for Aesthetics and Physical Fitness in both JC and Secondary section, bringing the total number of awards in 2008 to 7.
House system
The college has four houses:- Alpha - blue
- Beta - white
- Gamma - yellow
- Delta - green
Each house is run by a House Committee (led by the House Captain), which is part of the second highest student body in the school. The members of the House Committee are elected by students of their own houses.
The houses compete in events organised by the school and the House Committee usually takes charge of these events. Some events include the intra-house captain's ball/hand ball events or house functions organised throughout the year.
Civics groups
On admission to the College, students will go through Orientation and participate in programmes organised by the Student Council. They will be divided into Civics Groups (which are also Orientation Groups) automatically by the College computer system. Every CG has nearly the same ratio of boys and girls and an optimum diversity of students from different cultural and educational backgrounds. In order to encourage bonding within the group, students of the same CG will join the same Orientation Group. An Orientation Group usually consists of two CGs.However, in the year 2009, students in the same Orientation Group do not necessary go into the same CG. Each CG consists of students of various Orientation Groups.
Each Civics Group is under the charge of a Civics Tutor who meets the group during the weekly Civics period on Wednesday. Thus, a civics group corresponds to a class in a normal school. Unlike the school system, however, students do not stay in an assigned room for all their lessons but instead move to different rooms for different lessons.
College e-Learning Portal 'maTrix'
In 2008, Matrix2, the College E-learning Portal was launched. The subscription fee is deductible from the students' Edusave fund.The MaTrix aims to enhance the learning experience of students in the College. It is used in conjunction with the lecture-tutorial system in the College. Topics may be covered solely online as an e-lecture, aided by streaming video, animations, discussion forums and online assessment outside of curriculum time or more commonly through a mixed mode teaching where readings, content materials and other e-resources are made available for students to access and prepare for tutorials during curriculum time. The chemistry department also uses MaTrix to host online quiz during holiday periods.
To support the e-learning portal, the College has an IT block housing four Computer Labs and two IT Resource Rooms. Students can only access computers in The Hub and College Library. Wifi is accessible in 90% of the college premises for any student with a wireless-enabled laptop or mobile device can use the wireless internet service for free. Their movements are tracked by a moderator and undesirable websites are blocked.
Higher Education
The Higher Education department in TJC invites guest speakers from foreign and local universities to give admission talks. In 2006, speakers from Oxford University, Imperial College LondonImperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
, London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
and a few other universities were invited. Students are invited to attend such talks to widen their further education options.
Although SAT lessons are no longer offered in TJC, tutors are assigned to handle the university application process for students applying to US and UK universities. These tutors ensure that the student does not overlook any part of the application process and also function as the students' referees. TJC students have been admitted to universities including MIT, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale
YALE
RapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications...
, Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, Duke
Duke
A duke or duchess is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy...
, LSE
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, McGill
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, Caltech, Stanford and Amherst
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
. Students of the junior college have been awarded scholarships during and after their education at Temasek, with a few instances being the Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission (Singapore)
The Public Service Commission , Singapore , is constituted under Part IX of the Constitution of Singapore and its constitutional role is to appoint, confirm, promote, transfer, dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over public officers in Singapore.The PSC also retains two key...
Scholarship, PSC China Scholarship, Humanities scholarship, Music Elective Programme scholarship, A*STAR National Science Scholarship, FIREFly–EDB
Economic Development Board
-Overview:The Economic Development Board is a statutory board of the Government of Singapore that plans and executes strategies to sustain Singapore as a leading global hub for business and investment....
Scholarship, LTA
Land Transport Authority
The Land Transport Authority is a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of the Singapore Government.-History:...
Undergraduate Scholarship, Singapore Press Holdings
Singapore Press Holdings
Singapore Press Holdings Limited is a media organisation in Singapore with businesses in print, Internet and new media, television and radio, outdoor media, and property. SPH has over 4,000 employees, including a team of approximately 1,000 journalists, including correspondents operating around...
scholarship, MOE
Ministry of Education (Singapore)
The Ministry Of Education is a ministry of the Government of Singapore that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to education in Singapore.-Statutory boards:...
Teaching Scholarship, ABRSM International Scholarship, Bank Negara Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia is the Malaysian central bank. Established on January 26, 1959 as the Bank Negara Malaya, its main purpose was to issue currency, act as banker and adviser to the Government of Malaysia and regulate the country's credit situation...
Scholarship, CAAS
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore is Singapore's Civil Aviation Authority and a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of the Singapore Government...
Overseas Undergraduate Scholarship, DSTA Undergraduate Scholarship, GIC
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited is a sovereign wealth fund established by the Government of Singapore in 1981 to manage Singapore's foreign reserves...
Global Scholarship, Keppel Group Scholarship, Mindef Undergraduate Scholarship, SPF
Singapore Police Force
The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force...
Book Prize, and the Singapore Power
Singapore Power
Singapore Power is a company which provides electricity and gas transmission, distribution services, and market support services to more than a million customers in Singapore. It is the only electricity company in Singapore, and is also one of the largest corporations in Singapore...
Undergraduate Scholarship.
Notable alumni
- Inderjit SinghInderjit Singh (politician)Inderjit Singh is an entrepreneur and politician in Singapore's parliament representing the Ang Mo Kio GRC.- Early life :Born in India, Singh attended Kaki Bukit Primary School in Singapore and then progressed to Broadrick Secondary School and Temasek Junior College...
- Member of Parliament, Ang Mo Kio GRC - Lim Biow ChuanLim Biow ChuanLim Biow Chuan is a Singaporean Member of Parliament who represents Mountbatten SMC.Lim first became an MP after the 2006 general elections, where his party, the PAP, was awarded a walkover as Marine Parade GRC was uncontested. Lim is an old boy of Victoria School and had his junior college...
- Member of Parliament, Marine Parade GRC - Fatimah Lateef - Member of Parliament, Marine Parade GRC
- Low Yen Ling - Member of Parliament, Chua Chu Kang GRC
- Ivan HengIvan HengIvan Heng is a Peranakan- -Hokkien-Chinese-Singaporean stage actor and director. He is the founding artistic director of W!LD RICE, a theatre company in Singapore....
- Singaporean stage actor and director - Cyril WongCyril WongCyril Wong is the author of nine volumes of poetry and one collection of prose.- Biography:Born in 1977, Cyril Wong attended Saint Patrick's School, Singapore and Temasek Junior College, before pursuing a doctoral degree in English literature from the National University of Singapore...
- Singaporean poet - Michelle SaramMichelle SaramMichelle Alicia Saram is a singer and actress from Singapore. She is notable for being one of the very few celebrities of Chindian descent, her father being Indian and mother being Chinese. She is also one of the few actresses who have played leading roles in Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong...
- Singaporean actress - Evelyn Tan - Singaporean actress
- Roy Loi Fey Huei - Singer and music producer
- Kang Puay Seng and Loh Jwee Poh - Founders of Mr Bean
- Haresh SharmaHaresh SharmaHaresh Sharma is a Singaporean playwright. To date, he has written more than fifty plays that have been staged all over the world, including Singapore, Melbourne, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cairo and London. Sharma has a BA from the National University of Singapore as well as an MA in Playwriting from...
- Playwright for The Necessary StageThe Necessary StageThe Necessary Stage is a non-profit theatre company with charity status in Singapore. Formed in 1987 by current Artistic Director Alvin Tan, The Necessary Stage has been identified as one of the Major Arts Companies by the National Arts Council. The company is also the organiser and curator of the... - Yee Jenn JongYee Jenn JongYee Jenn Jong is a Singaporean politician from the Workers' Party of Singapore who is currently a Non-constituency Member of Parliament of the 12th Parliament of Singapore.-Political career:...
- Non-Constituency Member of Parliament