Raffles Institution (Junior College)
| Raffles Institution 莱佛士书院 Institusi Raffles ராப்பிள்ஸ் கல்வி நிலையம் |
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One Raffles Institution Lane Singapore 575954 Singapore |
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| Type | Independent |
| Motto |
Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Latin) (Hope Of A Better Age) |
| Founded | 5 June 1823 |
| Founder | Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles |
| School district | South Zone |
| Session | Sing session |
| School code | 3009 |
| Chairman | Cham Tao Soon (Prof) |
| Principal | Chan Poh Meng (Mr) |
| Deputy Principals | S Magendiran (Mr) (Senior Deputy Principal/Student Development & Alumni Relations) Theresa Lai (Mrs) (Educational Development) Tan Nam Seng (Mr) (Senior Deputy Principal/Planning & Resources) Leong Yew Wah (Mr) (Special Projects) Tan Siok Mui (Mrs) (On Secondment to MOE) |
| Teaching staff | 500 |
| Gender | Boys (Year 1-4) Mixed (Year 5-6) |
| Enrolment | 4600 |
| Houses | Year 1-4: Bayley, Buckley, Hullett, Moor, Morrison Year 5-6: Bayley-Waddle, Buckle-Buckley, Hadley-Hullett, Morrison-Richardson, Moor-Tarbet |
| Colour(s) | Green, white, black |
| Mascot | Griffles |
| Team name | Team Raffles, Gryphons |
| National ranking | 1st (2003) |
| Publication | Eagle Eye |
| Newspaper | Rafflesian Times |
| Yearbook | The Rafflesian |
| Affiliations | Raffles Girls' School |
| Website | www |
The Year 5-6 section of Raffles Institution (RI) offers the Raffles Programme at pre-university level. RI, the oldest centre of learning in Singapore, is an independent public school founded in 1823 by Sir Stamford Raffles. Its current campus is in Bishan.
Formerly Raffles Junior College (RJC), it merged with Raffles Institution on 1 January 2009, with whom it had shared a common Board of Governors since June 2008. The first Principal of the merged institution was Mrs Lim Lai Cheng, who took over in 2007 from Mr Winston James Hodge, who had left the school to assume a position at the Ministry of Education. The current Principal of Raffles Institution is Mr Chan Poh Meng, who took over in 2014 from Mrs Lim Lai Cheng.
To date, Raffles Institution has produced 94 President's Scholars and the bulk of Public Service Commission scholars. It remains the only Singaporean member of the G20 Group of Schools. RI has been recognised as "the top feeder school for the Ivy League universities plus Stanford and MIT, as well as the top feeder school for Oxford University." In the article "Gateway to the Ivy League," the Wall Street Journal named then RJC the "Ivy League Machine." However, more students matriculate into top UK universities such as Cambridge University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Oxford University, University College London, King's College London, and Imperial College London (among others).
In 1982, Raffles Institution’s pre-university section was transferred to a temporary campus at Paterson Road. There, Raffles Junior College was established to offer the GCE A Level curriculum. It was the first junior college to be established with both JC1 and JC2 students, with the JC2 students having just completed their first in pre-university year in RI.
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