Hwa Chong Junior College Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Hwa Chong Junior College (华中初级学院) is a junior college in Singapore. It was founded in 1974.
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In 1970, then Singapore Minister for Education Ong Pang Boon approached a group of Chinese community leaders from the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) to discuss the possibility of establishing 10 junior colleges to replace the pre-university classes in the senior high sections of Singapore's secondary schools.
Ong informed the Chinese community leaders that the construction cost of one junior colleges was estimated to be S$2.2 million, and the government hoped that the SCCCI would be able to raise half of the total costs i.e. S$11 million with the government matching the contributions. Ong subsequently appointed Chen Kong Choon, a prominent business leader and Managing Director on the Board of The Chinese High School to drive the issue.
After the SCCCI leaders had met and discussed among themselves, the Chinese community leaders informed Ong that with the current financial abilities, they found it rather difficult to raise such a huge amount of funds for the construction of 10 JCs although the establishment of one to two junior colleges were more likely to be realised.
Subsequently, the management board of The Chinese High School decided to stop the School's pre-university classes in preparation for the establishment of a new junior college. In 1974, Hwa Chong Junior College was established at the Bukit Timah Road campus of The Chinese High School, under the same management board with the latter school as its affiliated secondary school. The name Hwa Chong was an abbreviation of the Chinese name Hua Qiao Zhong Xue (华侨中学) of The Chinese High School, to signify its roots and the close relationship between the two schools. Hwa Chong Junior College is the first government-aided junior college, and the second of its kind in Singapore, after National Junior College.
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The Chinese High School will merge with Hwa Chong Junior College on 1st January 2005 after 31 years of separation to become Hwa Chong Institution to offer a 6-year "Integrated Programme" from Secondary 1 to JC 2. The program will allow students to skip the GCE 'O' Levels and directly take the GCE 'A' Levels examination at the end of their six years in the school, thus allowing them much more time to embark on various educational endeavours that will greatly benefit them.Links
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