National Junior College (NJC) is the first Junior College to be established in Singapore. Founded in 1969, National Junior College offers a two-year course for pre-university students and a six-year Integrated Programme, both leading up to the GCE Advanced Level examinations.
In January 1985, National Junior College introduced the Art Elective Programme, and subsequently rolled out the Humanities Scheme in 1987 with experienced British teachers specially arranged to tutor students in various humanities subjects. In 1992, NJC became the first junior college to offer German as part of its Language Elective Programme.
The college introduced the four-year Integrated Programme in 2004, allowing students to take on secondary education in the college and bypass the GCE Ordinary Level examination. The programme was later expanded to a six-year Integrated Programme in 2009.
Principal
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Years Served
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| Lim Kim Woon
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1969 – 1976
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| TBC
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1976 – 2001
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| Virginia Cheng
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2001 – 2013
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| Ang Pow Chew
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2013 – present
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Notable Alumni
Government
- Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore's Minister for the Environment and Water Resources.
- Chen Show Mao, Member of Parliament under the auspices of the Worker's Party.
- Gan Kim Yong, Minister of Health.
- Assoc. Prof. Ho Peng Kee, Former Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs.
- S. Iswaran, Minister of State of Trade and Industry.
- Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore's current and 3rd Prime Minister; Former Minister of Finance
- Lim Swee Say, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office; People's Action Party (PAP) Whip; Former Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress
- Sylvia Lim, Member of Parliament for the Aljunied GRC ; Chairman of Workers' Party
- Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister of Manpower; Second Minister of Defence
- Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Information, Communication and the Arts
- Matthias Yao, Former Mayor of the South East District; Deputy Speaker of Parliament; Former Member of Parliament.
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Others
- Ho Ching, CEO and Executive Director of Temasek Holdings, Wife of Lee Hsien Loong; one of Forbes' "Most Powerful Women in Business" (3rd in 2007)
- Lee Hsien Yang, former President and CEO of SingTel, Brother of Lee Hsien Loong; current Non-Executive Director and Chairman-Designate of Fraser and Neave Limited.
Arts
- Jeanette Aw, Mediacorp Actress
- Eelyn Kok, Mediacorp Actress
- Elvin Ng, Mediacorp Actor
- Tung Soo Hua, Mediacorp newscaster
- Claire Wong, Actress & Director
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