School Logo Raffles Institution (RI) , founded in 1823, is the oldest school and centre for pre-tertiary learning in Singapore. It is an independent school in Singapore providing secondary and pre-university education. RI consists of a boys-only Year 1-4 section and a coeducational Year 5-6 section. Its current campus is in Bishan .
Starting in 2007, the school offered the six-year Integrated Programme, which allows students to bypass the GCE O-Levels , and take the GCE A-Levels instead. Known as the Raffles Programme, it is jointly offered with its sister school, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary).
RI was among the first schools to receive the Ministry of Education's School Excellence Award, which recognises "excellence in both education processes and outcomes". It is a member of various academic partnerships and alliances, such as the G20 Schools and The Winchester Network. It also cofounded the Global Alliance of Leading-Edge Schools.
RI was awarded the Singapore Quality Award in 2011.
Principal
Raffles Institution
Principal
Years Served
J. H. Moor
1837 – 1843
J. C. Smith
1843 – 1852
Rev W. B. Wright
1852 – 1857
John Barrett Bayley
1857 – 1870
Richmond William Hullett
1870 – 1906
Charles McGowan Phillips
1906 – 1921
David A. Bishop
1921 – 1931
Gwilym Coleshill Davies
1931 – 1932
David W. McLeod
1932 – 1940
M. R. Holgate
1940 – 1945
E. L. Shaw
1945 – 1948
E. H. Wilson
1948 – 1951
P. T. Howitt
1951 – 1954
John Young
1954 – 1957
Velauthar Ambiavagar
1958 – 1959
Vacant
1959 – 1963
E. W. Jesudason
1963 – 1966
Philip Liau
1966 – 1977
A. K. Sigamoney
1978 – 1985
Eugene Wijeysingha
1986 – 1994
Tan Tiek Kwee
1995 – 1998
Wong Siew Hoong
1999 – 2004
Bob Koh
2005 – 2008
RI & RJC merges
Lim Lai Cheng
2009 – 2013
Chan Poh Meng
2013 – 2017
Frederick Yeo
2017 – present
Raffles Junior College
Principal
Years Served
Rudy Mosbergen
1982 – 1987
Lee Fong Seng
1988 – 2000
Winston James Hodge
2001 – 2007
Lim Lai Cheng
2008
Notable alumni
Government Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore.
Benjamin Henry Sheares, second President of Singapore.
Wee Kim Wee, fourth President of Singapore.
Lee Kuan Yew , first Prime Minister of Singapore and former Minister Mentor.Goh Chok Tong, second Prime Minister of Singapore and former Senior Minister.
David Marshall , first Chief Minister of Singapore.Lim Yew Hock, second Chief Minister of Singapore.
Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Trade & Industry and Member of Parliament.
Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Finance and Member of Parliament.
Lim Hng Kiang, Special Adviser to Ministry Of Trade and Industry and Member of Parliament.
K. Shanmugam, Minister for Law and Minister for Home Affairs and Member of Parliament.
Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education and Member of Parliament.
Howe Yoon Chong, former Minister for Health
S. Jayakumar, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Law.
Lee Yock Suan, former Minister in multiple portfolios
S. Rajaratnam, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Balaji Sadasivan, neurosurgeon and former Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Tan Cheng Bock , physician and former Member of Parliament.Othman Wok, former Minister for Social Affairs.
Prince Azim, second-born prince of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah.
Medical / Law / Defence Force Ong Teck Chin, educator and former principal of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent).
Walter Woon, law academic, writer and fifth Attorney-General of Singapore.
Albert Chua, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations
Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim, first Attorney-General of Singapore
Lim Bo Seng, World War II resistance fighter based in Malaya and Singapore.
Lim Chuan Poh, fourth Chief of Defence Force
Perry Lim, ninth Chief of Defence Force Sports Choo Seng Quee, famed national football coach in the 1970s
Quah Kim Song, former national footballer Arts Abdul Ghani Abdul Hamid, writer, poet and artist.
Alfian Sa'at, writer, poet and playwright.
Chandran Nair, writer, poet and artist.
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