National Junior College
| National Junior College 国家初级学院 Maktab Rendah Kebangsaan |
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37 Hillcrest Road, Singapore 288913 Singapore |
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| Coordinates | 1°19′49″N 103°48′15″E / 1.330278°N 103.804167°ECoordinates: 1°19′49″N 103°48′15″E / 1.330278°N 103.804167°E |
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| Type | Government Co-educational |
| Motto | Service with Honour |
| Established | 1969 |
| Session | Single session |
| Principal | Mr Ang Pow Chew |
| Enrollment | Approx. 1500 |
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Red, white, grey |
| Mission | College of the Nation: Home of scholars and leaders who Serve with Honour. |
| Values | Loyalty with Integrity Scholarship with Creativity Leadership with Sensitivity Service with Honour |
| Website | nationaljc.moe.edu.sg |
National Junior College (Simplified Chinese: 国家初级学院) (NJC) is the first Junior College to be established in Singapore. First established in 1969, National Junior College offers a two-year course for pre-university students leading up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level. The college subsequently introduced the four-year Integrated Programme in 2004, which was later expanded to a six-year Integrated Programme in 2009. Its campus in Bukit Timah houses both the junior high and senior high sections of the school, as well as a boarding school.
Then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew announced in May 1965 that "super secondary boarding school" would be built to cater to the top students in Singapore. This was subsequently followed by an announcement in December 1965 by then Minister for Education Ong Pang Boon that the "junior college" system would be established in order to optimise the use of teachers and laboratory facilities and to create more school places for pre-university students.
In keeping with its name and philosophy, the College claims no affiliation with any secondary school but instead draws its students from a wide spectrum. In addition, Singapore students learn alongside students from India, China, Hong Kong, Korea as well as ASEAN countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. NJC also plays host to German, PRC, Taiwanese, Vietnamese and Japanese students in exchange programmes.
The uniform for male students is a shirt with shoulder epaulettes, secured by square silver buttons embossed with the school crest. The uniform for female students is similar, except that there are no pockets on the blouse and they have a pleated A-line skirt. The main colour of the school uniform is grey – a colour chosen for its similarity to the color white, which is one of the official colors of the school. Consequently, the colour grey, rather than white, was chosen for the uniform to remind students of the college of their duty to serve the Nation with honour, and the need to be humble and respectful of others irrespective of their educational background. For both male and female, the shirt must be tucked in.
On Wednesdays, which are known as 'Inquiry Days', NJCians can wear the college's white polo T-shirt instead of their greys.
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