Temasek Junior College

Coordinates: 1°19′10″N 103°56′08″E / 1.319467°N 103.935438°E / 1.319467; 103.935438

Temasek Junior College (TJC) is a junior college located in Bedok. which is part of the Eastern region of Singapore. Currently, the College admits students for the six-year Integrated Programme and the two-year pre-university course, both culminating in the GCE 'A' Level examination.

History

Temasek Junior College was established in 1977 as the second government junior college in Singapore. In 2005, TJC started its four-year Integrated Programme (from Sec 3 to JC 2), Temasek Academy. Since 2013, TJC admitted primary school graduands into the six-year Temasek Junior College Integrated Programme. Students from the four-year Integrated Programme and the six-year Integrated Programme bypass the GCE 'O' Level examination and will sit for GCE 'A' Level examination at the end of their sixth year in the College. TJC continues to accept students who sat for GCE 'O' Level examination through the Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE).

Principal

Culture & Indentity

Crest

The crest of the college 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 square in the middle of the crest is the original school badge, taking the shape of the quadrangle surrounded by the administrative building.

• 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.

House system

The college has four houses:

• Alpha Warriors - Blue
• Beta Knights - White
• Gamma Gods - Yellow
• Delta Dragons - 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/handball events or house functions organised throughout the year. They also compete in track and field and cheerleading events.

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 (CG) 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, since the year 2009, students in the same Orientation Group do not necessary go into the same CG. Each CG now consists of students from 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.

Academic Information

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 London, 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, University of Toronto, McGill, UCLA, Berkeley, Caltech, Stanford, Peking University 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.

Integrated Programme

Since 2013, Temasek Junior College offers a six-year integrated programme to all students participating in the Secondary School Joint Admission Exercise. Previously the Temasek Academy programme initiated in 2005, the integrated programme leads to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level Examination, skipping the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level Examination.^[1]

Co-Curricular Activities

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, namely Cultural and Performing Arts, Service and Enrichment, and Sports and Games.

Culture & Performing Arts

• Chamber Ensemble
• Chinese Cultural Club
• Chinese Orchestra
• Choir
• Drama Club
• Debate
• Guitar Club
• Malay Cultural Society
• Modern Dance Club
• Symphonic Band

Service & Enrichment

• First Aid Unit
• House Committees
• Infocomm Club
• LEO Club
• Science Council
• Students' Council

Sports & Games

• Air Rifle
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Cross Country
• Floorball
• Netball
• Outdoor Activities Club
• Soccer Boys and Girls
• Squash
• Swimming
• Table-Tennis
• Tae-Kwon-Do
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Water Polo (Girls)

Notable alumni

Government and Politics

• Lim Biow Chuan - Deputy Speaker, 2015-; Member of Parliament, Marine Parade GRC^[2]
• Fatimah Lateef - Member of Parliament, Marine Parade GRC^[3]
• Low Yen Ling - Member of Parliament, Chua Chu Kang GRC^[4]
• Patrick Tay Teck Guan - Member of Parliament, Nee Soon GRC^[5]
• Zainal Bin Sapari - Member of Parliament, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC^[6]
• Inderjit Singh - Former Member of Parliament, Ang Mo Kio GRC^[7]
• Yee Jenn Jong - Former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament^[8]
• Hoong Wee Teck - Commissioner of Police, Singapore Police Force^[9]
• Lau Peet Meng - Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Singapore Police Force

Legal

• Lok Vi Ming - Senior Counsel, President of the Law Society of Singapore for 2013^[10][11]
• Joel Lee Tye Beng - Vice Dean, Student Affairs, Law Faculty, National University of Singapore^[12][13]

Science and Technology

• Melvyn Sim (PhD MIT)- Chair Professor at NUS Business School. Expert in Robust optimization. ^[14]

Education and The Arts

• Goh Eng Yeow - Finance journalist, The Straits Times
• Nelson Kwei - Prominent music conductor
• Ivan Heng - Singaporean stage actor and director^[15]
• Li Feihui - Prominent Mandopop musician
• Michelle Saram - Entrepreneur; Singaporean actress^[16]
• Haresh Sharma - Playwright, The Necessary Stage^[17]
• Soh Wai Wah: Principal, Singapore Polytechnic, 2016-
• Cyril Wong - Singaporean poet
• Youyi - Television host and actress
• Stephanie Lim - Singer, member of Singaporean band HubbaBubbas

Corporate

• Kang Puay Seng - Founder, Mr Bean (company)^[18]
• David Wong Wei Li - Owner, K Box Entertainment Group^[19][20]
• Khoo Peng Beng - Architect of The Pinnacle@Duxton^[21][22]

See also

• Education in Singapore

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Temasek Junior College.

• Official website

References