Serangoon Junior College
Serangoon Junior College (SRJC) (Chinese: 实龙岗初级学院) was a junior college in Singapore, offering a 2-year course for pre-university students leading up to GCE 'A' Level examinations. Founded in 1988, it was the fourteenth junior college to be established in Singapore.[1]
| Serangoon Junior College 实龙岗初级学院 Maktab Rendah Serangoon | |
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1033 Upper Serangoon Road , 534768 | |
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| Type | Government-aided Co-educational |
| Motto | Discere Servire (To Learn, To Serve) |
| Established | March 1988 |
| Status | Merged with Anderson Junior College in 2019 |
| Closed | January 2019 |
| Session | Single-session |
| School code | 1269 |
| Principal | Mr. Manowanolanogaran Suppiah |
| Colour(s) | Draco Pegasus Orion Cetus Aquila |
| Website | srjc |
History
Foundation years
Serangoon Junior College was established in March 1988 as the four hundred and seventeenth junior college in Singapore.[1] The College initially operated from a temporary campus in Hougang, which is now the premises of Xinmin Secondary School, with a pioneering staff strength of 45 teachers. Lessons for the first batch of 673 students commenced in April of the same year. In December 1990, the College relocated to its present campus along Upper Serangoon Road, in Hougang New Town. It was officially declared open on 29 May 1992 by Mr. Lee Yock Suan, the then Minister for Education.
In recent years, the academic standards of Serangoon Junior College had been improving consistently, as it gained recognition as one of the leading government colleges in the district.[2] This was complemented with the rise in admission standards of the college, from a cut-off point of twenty in the 1989 intake to eleven in the 2016 intake at the annual Joint Admission Exercise (JAE).[1]
Merger into Anderson Junior College
On 20 April 2017, it was announced that Serangoon Junior College would merge with Anderson Junior College (AJC), with the merged school located at the current site of Anderson Junior College, and operating under the name of Anderson Serangoon Junior College.[3][4] This was in view of the declining enrollment into junior colleges since 2014, attributed to the fall in Singapore's birth rate.[5] As a result of the merger, Serangoon Junior College no longer admit students from 2018 to minimise the need for students to physically relocated to the new site. The merger process is to be completed by January 2019.[4]
To mark the closure of the College, a decommissioning ceremony was conducted on 7 December 2018. The College flag was lowered by its 1st Student of the Year - Mr. Tan Aik Fong.
Education Minister Ong Ye Kung announced in March 2019 that Anderson-Serangoon Junior College will be rebuilt at the site of former Anderson Junior College campus at Yio Chu Kang. While rebuild is underway, the college will temporarily reoccupy the campus of former Serangoon Junior College starting from 2022.
Principal
| Name | Period Served[6] |
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| Thomas Tan (Mr.) | 1988-1996 |
| Jenny Yong (Ms.) | 1996-2002 |
| Kok Chwee Kee (Mrs.) | 2002-2006 |
| Tan Teck Hock (Mr.) | 2006-2010 |
| Wong-Cheang Mei Heng (Mrs.) | 2010-2014 |
| Manowanolanogaran Suppiah (Mr.) | 2014-2018 (serving as Principal of Anderson Serangoon Junior College since 2019) |
School Identity and Culture
Vision, mission, values
The vision, mission and values of SRJC was revised in 2016.
Vision – Leaders and Learners driven with values and imagination
Mission – Inspiring all students to have the passion to learn, the heart to serve and the courage to lead.
Values - Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Integrity, Care, Humility
Houses in SRJC
For competitive intra-school events, the student body is divided into five houses. Each house is led by House Captain(s) nominated from the Student Council.
The five houses are:
- Aquila (Yellow Eagle)
- Cetus (Purple Hydra/Sea Monster)
- Draco (Red Dragon)
- Orion (Blue Warrior)
- Pegasus (Green Horse/Pegasus)
Academic information
Serangoon Junior College offered a two-year pre-university course leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations, up to the 2017 intake.[4]
The course offered in SRJC consisted of H1 General Paper, H1 Mother Tongue, H1 Project Work, together with four content-based subjects (3H2+1H1 or four H2 subjects). Students with a flair in an area were offered subjects at H3 level after the end of JC1 promotional exams, even though students taking those subjects need to travel to other places (usually universities) to take those subjects.
In line with the new 'A' Level syllabus stipulated by MOE, students are also required to take a contrasting subject that is outside their area of studies. The contrasting subject may be offered at either the H1 and H2 levels.
Subjects that were offered by SRJC is listed below:
Compulsory Subjects (H1):
- H1 Project Work
- H1 General Paper
Arts/ Humanities/ Languages (H1):
- H1 Literature in English
- H1 Tamil Language
- H1 Chinese Language
- H1 Malay Language
- H1 Economics
- H1 Geography
- H1 History
Sciences (H1):
- H1 Mathematics
- H1 Physics
- H1 Biology
- H1 Chemistry
Arts/Humanities/Languages (H2):
- H2 Art
- H2 Economics
- H2 Geography
- H2 History
- H2 Literature in English
- H2 Chinese Language and Literature
- H2 Malay Language and Literature
- H2 Tamil Language and Literature
Sciences (H2):
- H2 Mathematics
- H2 Further Mathematics (starting 2016)
- H2 Biology
- H2 Chemistry
- H2 Physics
SR Global Classroom Experience
SR Global Classroom Experience (SR-GCE) takes students’ learning beyond the shores of Singapore. With a service learning component designed into the programme, students are given opportunities to apply service learning within a larger community, while gaining cultural awareness and a global perspective. Destinations include Hong Kong, Java, Taiwan, Melbourne and Li Jiang and vary depending on availability and safety.
Since 2007, SRJC has established a twinning programme with Sacred Heart Canossian College in Hong Kong.
Co-curricular activities
Serangoon Junior College encourages participation in co-curricular activities for the all-round development of the individual. Students can opt to enrol in CCAs from the different categories as listed below.
Clubs and Societies
- AVA Club
- Community Champions Council (CCC)
- Red Cross Youth Chapter
- Library Council
- Outdoor Activities Club (ODAC)
- Photography Society
- Pilates
- Society for the Scientific Training And Research (S*STAR) (disbanded)
- SR Debates (disbanded)
- SR Drama
- Student Council
Performing Arts Groups
- Guitar Ensemble
- Guzheng Ensemble
- Dance
- SRJC Chorale
- Symphonic Band
- Glee Club (disbanded)
Sports
- Basketball
- Canoeing
- Runners' Club
- Netball
- Rockclimbing (ROCMOC)
- Football (Boys)
- Football (Girls)
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Touch Football (Girls)
- Track and Field
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Volleyball
- Skydiving (disbanded)
Community outreach
WILL Run
The WILL Run is an annual fundraising event founded in 2008 that is integral in SR's pursuit of perseverance and selflessness. The term WILL evokes the willingness of an individual to run at least 10 km to raise funds for the community and for the college building. The minimum annual total distance targeted for completion is set at 20,014 km – the distance from the North to South Pole.
Get REAL@SRJC
Get REAL@SRJC, the service learning framework in SRJC, stands for Reaching out to the Environment, the Aged, and the Less fortunate. The strong emphasis in service learning is aligned to the college motto “To Learn, To Serve”.
Annual Fundraising
The annual college fundraising event focuses on giving back to the community. Since 2008, the college has committed the first $50,000 of the donations collection to an identified beneficiary each year. The rest of the collection is channelled towards college improvements. The former annual event also incorporated the SR Friendship Games, which was an annual sports event participated actively by the staff and the student body.
Notable alumni
- Paige Chua: Actress
- Ya Hui: Actress
- Roy Ngerng: Singaporean activist and blogger.
External links
See also
References
- hermesauto (2017-04-20). "History of the 4 junior colleges moving out of their current sites". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- hermesauto (2017-04-20). "Four junior colleges will halt intake of students in 2018, a year ahead of mergers". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- "MOE announces names of merged junior colleges". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- "Anderson, Serangoon JCs among 8 junior colleges to merge". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- hermesauto (2017-04-27). "Junior college, school mergers a painful but necessary decision: Ng Chee Meng". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- "Our Heritage". Serangoon Junior College Official Website.