Serangoon Junior College
| Serangoon Junior College 实龙岗初级学院 Maktab Rendah Serangoon |
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| 1033 Upper Serangoon Road Singapore 534768 Hougang Singapore |
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| Type | Government-aided |
| Motto | To Learn, To Serve |
| Established | 1988 |
| Session | Single- Session |
| School code | 0710 |
| Principal | Mr. Manogaran Suppiah |
| Enrolment | Approx. 1,700 |
| Colour(s) | Violet, Green, Blue, Yellow, Hot Pink |
| Website | srjc.moe.edu.sg |
Serangoon Junior College (SRJC) is a junior college in Singapore, offering a two-year course for pre-university students leading up to GCE 'A' Level examinations.
Established in March 1988 as the 14th Junior College in Singapore, Serangoon Junior College set up its temporary premises in Hougang. With a pioneering staff strength of 45 teachers. Lessons for the first batch of 673 students commenced in April of the same year. In December 1990, the College relocated to its present campus at 1033 Upper Serangoon Road. It was officially declared open on 29 May 1992 by Mr. Lee Yock Suan, the then Minister for Education and Member of Parliament for Cheng San GRC.
In recent years, the cut-off point for entry into SRJC has been constantly improving, from 17 points in 2009 to the current 11 points for the JAE Admission.
The vision, mission and values of SRJC was revised in 2016.
Vision – Leaders and Learners driven with values and imagination
Mission – Fire the Imagination, Hone the Character, Strengthen the Values through Holistic Development and Student-Centric Education
Values – (Be) Active, Selflessness, Perseverance, Integrity, Respect, Enterprise
For competitive intra-school events, the student body is divided into five houses. Each house is led by a House Captain nominated from the Student Council.
The five houses are:
The course offered in SRJC consists of H1 General Paper, H1 Mother Tongue, H1 Project Work, together with four content-based subjects (3H2+1H1 or four H2 subjects). Students with a flair in an area will be offered subjects at H3 level after the end of JC1 promotional exams, even though students taking those subjects need to travel to other places (usually universities) to take those subjects.
In line with the new 'A' Level syllabus stipulated by MOE, students are also required to take a contrasting subject that is outside their area of studies. The contrasting subject may be offered at either the H1 and H2 levels.
Subjects offered by SRJC is listed below:
Compulsory Subjects (H1):
Arts/ Humanities/ Languages (H1):
Sciences (H1):
Arts/Humanities/Languages (H2):
Sciences (H2):
SR Global Classroom Experience, or SRGCE, takes students’ learning beyond the shores of Singapore. With a service learning component designed into the programme, students are given opportunities to apply service learning within a larger community, while gaining cultural awareness and a global perspective. Destinations include Hong Kong, Java, Taiwan, Melbourne and Li Jiang and vary depending on availability and safety.
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