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Nanyang Junior College
南洋初级学院
Maktab Rendah Nanyang
File:Nyjc logo.png
Address
Map
128 Serangoon Avenue 3, Singapore 556111

Serangoon

Singapore
Coordinates1°21′03″N 103°52′01″E / 1.3507°N 103.866913°E / 1.3507; 103.866913
Information
TypeGovernment-Aided
MottoTogether We Build
(共同建设)
Established1977 (as Lorong Chuan Junior College)
SessionSingle-session
School code0805
PrincipalMr. Kwek Hiok Chuang
GenderMixed
Enrolment1800+
LanguageChinese, Malay, Tamil
Colour(s)    Blue, Yellow and Red
Song"Together We Build"
AffiliationChung Cheng High School (Main)
Chung Cheng High School (Yishun)
MissionUphold Values, Impart Lifeskills, Maximise Potential.
VisionA value-added college that nurtures leaders with a global outlook.
Websitewww.nanyangjc.moe.edu.sg

Nanyang Junior College (NYJC) (formerly known as Lorong Chuan Junior College "LCJC”) is a junior college which is part of the education system in Singapore, offering a two-year course for pre-university students leading up to the GCE 'A' Level examinations. It is affiliated with Chung Cheng High School (Main) & Chung Cheng High School (Yishun). Despite the name, it is not affiliated with Nanyang Girls' High School[1]

History

Nanyang Junior College was founded in 1977 as Lorong Chuan Junior College, and was among the first junior colleges to be established in Singapore, settling at Serangoon Avenue 3. The first Principal was Mr Chia Khoon Hock, who served the college for 19 years until his retirement in 1995. The first cohort of Arts and Science students, about 600 altogether, was enrolled in January 1978. They were housed temporarily in the then Westlake Secondary School. With the completion of the construction of the major buildings and facilities in November 1978, the staff and students were able to move to the new premises in December 1978.

The college was renamed to Nanyang Junior College in 1978. The name "Nanyang" is hanyu pinyin for the Chinese characters representing "South Sea". This was what the mainland Chinese people referred to the region encompassed by Singapore, Malaysia and the Southeast Asian region. The name is a reflection of the origins of Singapore having been built by immigrants predominantly from China, India, Malaysia, as well as, other parts of the world. The badge of the Junior College has a picture of a white lion on a red background above a sea, and its motto is "Together We Build".

As NYJC's campus was built on a small hill, fog often covered part of the college in the 1980s and 1990s and NYJC was known affectionately as “白云岗” (in Mandarin, literally meaning "White Cloud Hill", for the fog that covered it). This is also the inspiration for the brand-name of the college's Chinese Cultural Society's annual drama production. The NYJC Alumni was formed in 1988 to enable students to maintain ties with the college and to foster a sense of belonging to their alma mater.

In 1997, NYJC was selected to be the second college in Singapore to offer the Art Elective Programme (Singapore) (AEP). In 1999, NYJC opened up the Chinese Language Elective Programme in 1999, and till date has produced many scholarship holders in the Chinese Language field.[2]

Principals

English name Chinese name Years assumed post
Mr Chia Khoon Hock 谢坤福先生 1977 – 1995
Mdm So Bie Leng 苏碧玲女士 1996 – 2000
Mdm Ho Woon Ho 冯焕好女士 2001 - 2005
Mr Kwek Hiok Chuang 郭毓川先生 2006 – Present

Enrollment

As of June 2010, the enrolment of the college is 1765 (969 Year 1, 806 Year 2). There are 143 teaching staff and 20 Executive and Admin Support (EAS) Staff.

Uniform

Boys wear a plain beige-coloured shirt with beige pants. This is similar to that of girls, with that of beige-coloured skirts and shorts. The former uniform, which was of a deeper brown, was completely phased out in 2008.

The college insignia, its collar pin, which bears the school emblem, is worn on the left collar of shirt. The school tie, which was formerly worn on Wednesdays, is now worn primarily during formal school events and assemblies. Blazers are also only worn on special occasions. Attire for PE is a T-shirt with blue and white shoulder stripes and black shorts that bear the school initials, NYJC. In 1998, the T-shirt was changed from red and blue to brown.

In 2012, two dress-down days were introduced (Wednesdays and Fridays). This was accompanied by the implementation of the Nanyang Junior College polo T-shirts. Apart from the class, CCA T-shirts, students could wear the college polo T-shirts and school event T-shirts as part of the official college uniform.

In 2013, the number of dress-down days was increased to 4 (Tuesdays to Fridays).

Academics

NYJC offers Arts and Science courses of study. However, it is one of the few colleges in Singapore not allocating an 'S' to Science classes and 'A' to Arts classes since the new system was introduced in 2006.

It is also one of the few colleges that does not hold morning assemblies at the conventional 7.30 am or 7.40 am. For the JC1s, assembly starts at 8.30 am on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. For JC2s, it is on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Students will report to school by 8.25 am on these days. On the remaining days, there are no assembly and students may go to school at 8.50 am.

Student Organisation and Leadership

Student Council

The Student Council is formed by a group of 30 to 40 councillors elected by the student population. Headed by an executive committee, there are three committees in the Student Council – Welfare, Communications and College Image and Bonding.

NYJC is one of the first Student Councils in Singapore to have a Twitter account to update the student population on college events and plans of the Student Council.

Class Leaders' Committee & Class Leaders' Executive Committee

NYJC has a Class Leaders' Committee (CLC) (previously known as 'Civics Tutorial Congress'), made up of all Class Leaders, mainly the Class Chairpersons, Class Vice-Chairpersons, Service-Learning Advocate (SL Advocate.), National Education Advocate (NE Advocate) and the Green Advocate(Green Advocate).

The entire Class Leaders' Committee is governed by a body called the Class Leaders' Executive Committee (CLEXCO), which helps in disseminating all information to the Class Leaders, organising trainings and camps for Class Leaders, planning and executing events in school, sometimes in collaboration with the Student Council.

Notable alumni

Politics

Law

  • Assoc Prof Phua Lye Huat, Stephen: Director, LLM (International Business Law) Programme, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Defence

  • The façade and track of the college.
    The façade and track of the college.
  • High Elements Ropes Course in the college campus.
    High Elements Ropes Course in the college campus.
  • View of the college Quadrangle.
    View of the college Quadrangle.

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Information of Nanyang Junior College, as published in MOE's JAE Booklet 2016
  2. ^ "Our History". Nanyang Junior College. Nanyang Junior College. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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