Type Government Session Single Session Enrolment Approx. 1800 Phone +65 6442 8066 Number of students 1,800 School code 0702 | Established 1977 Principal Mrs Low Ay Nar Colour(s) Green Motto For College, For Nation Founded 1977 Color Green | |
Address 22 Bedok S Rd, Singapore 469278 | ||
Temasek Junior College (TJC) (simplified Chinese: 淡马锡初级学院; traditional Chinese: 淡馬錫初級學院; pinyin: Dànmǎxī chūjí xuéyuàn) is a junior college located in Bedok. which is part of the Eastern region of Singapore. The college admits students for the six-year Integrated Programme and the two-year pre-university course, both culminating in the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level national examination.
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- History
- Crest
- House system
- Civics Groups
- Integrated Programme
- Matrix College E Learning Portal
- Language Elective Programme LEP
- College Personal Development Programme
- Culture Performing Arts
- Service Enrichment
- Sports Games
- Government and Politics
- Legal
- Science and Technology
- Education and The Arts
- Corporate
- References
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History
Temasek Junior College was established in 1977 as the second government junior college in Singapore. In 2005, TJC launched its four-year Integrated Programme, Temasek Academy, which caters to secondary three students. Since 2013, TJC offers the six-year Temasek Junior College Integrated Programme.
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.
House system
The college has four houses:
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.
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, bypassing the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level Examination. TJC continues to accept students who sat for GCE 'O' Level examination through the Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE).
Matrix (College E-Learning Portal)
The Matrix E-learning Portal was launched in Temasek Junior College 2008, which 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. The subscription fee is deductible from the students' Edusave fund.
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.
Language Elective Programme (LEP)
Temasek Junior College is one of the five pre-university centres to offer the Chinese Language Elective Programme (or 语特), since the launch of the programme in 1990. Students are required to undertake H2 Chinese Language and Literature and a Chinese Language related subject to be eligible for the programme.
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.