Hwa Chong Institution

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Hwa Chong Institution
华侨中学
Institusi Hwa Chong
Information
Opened 1st January 2005
Address 661 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 269734
Principal Mr. Pang Choon How
Vice Principal Mr Tan Jek Suan
Mrs Yue-Chang Teck Hui
Mr Allan Gan
Abbreviation HCI
Vision 实践全方位教育,陶铸热爱生活、关爱别人,为社群谋福利的未来领袖
(Defining Holistic Education, and Empowering our Future Leaders to Live with Passion and Lead with Compassion)
Mission 培育为国为民之科研、商企与政界领袖
(Nurturing leaders in Research, Industry and Government to serve the nation.)
Motto 自强不息
(Live with Passion, Lead with Compassion)

Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) is an independent school in Singapore for students aged 12 to 18 covering both secondary and pre-university levels. A Ministry of Education-designated FutureSchool, it operates under the Special Assistance Plan (SAP) for bilingualism, and offers the Integrated Programme (IP) and also the School Based Gifted Education Programme (SBGEP), after the Secondary School Gifted Education Programme was phased out. The main campus, in Bukit Timah, covers 72 acres shared between Hwa Chong Institution, Hwa Chong International School, the institution's boarding school, and the Bukit Timah campus of SIM University. The campus is markedly larger than most schools in Singapore and the region.

History[edit]

Previously two separate but affiliated schools, The Chinese High School and Hwa Chong Junior College, HCI was the result of a merger on 1 January 2005. The change was in line with the Ministry of Education's introduction of the IP, whereby students undertake a six-year "through-train" education and bypass the traditional O-levels. In spite of the merger, the secondary school section remains boys-only, while the pre-university section is co-educational. Approximately 4000 students are enrolled in the school, which has a student-teacher ratio of 13:1. HCI has produced 53 President's Scholars, and it has been cited as a leading Oxford and Cambridge entry centre outside of the United Kingdom. The school has produced championship-winning sports teams, while some of its research and leadership development programmes have gained international accolades.

Beijing Campus[edit]

In line with the school's plan to set up a Global Academy, HCI established its Beijing Satellite Campus in 2007, the first of its kind for a Singapore school. An agreement was inked with a top school in China, Beijing's The Second High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, in which classrooms will be leased. A total of four batches of students make their way to the campus every year, staying for up to two months. Priority is given to scholars of HCI's Bicultural Studies Programme and Humanities Programme. Students in the campus take lessons together with students from China in partner schools, carry out community involvement activities, and take field trips to cities such as Xi'an, Tianjin and Shanghai.

HCI has been quoted as saying that it is looking to opening satellite campuses in India and the United States, with the aim of establishing the two in the near future. In July 2010, it was announced that HCI would be developing a school in the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City in Guangzhou, China, akin to that of its first satellite campus, following the inking of a memorandum of understanding (MOU). This would see HCI partnering a top local school for exchange and mutual learning programmes.

Principal[edit]

Principal Years Served
Ang Wee Hiong 2005 – 2009
Hon Chiew Weng 2010 – 2017
Pang Choon How 2017 – present

Discipline[edit]

Students earn demerit points for poor behaviour. Accumulated demerit points can affect final grades and eligibility for certain awards, scholarships and overseas trips. The student handbook states that, for serious offences, male students at Hwa Chong Institution may be punished with detention, suspension, caning or expulsion. Only the Principal or Discipline Master may administer corporal punishment, which consists of a maximum of five strokes of the cane. Students found smoking are immediately caned or suspended or both. Caning may also be given for integrity-related offences (e.g. cheating), uncivilized behaviour (e.g. defiance), and criminal offences (e.g. fighting).

The student to be caned assumes a bending-over position and the strokes are inflicted across the seat of the shorts or trousers. In many cases the punishment is carried out in front of the boy's classmates.

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