The Hwa Chong Junior College was a junior college in Singapore offering pre-university education. The school merged with The Chinese High School on 1 January 2005 to form the integrated Hwa Chong Institution.
A view of the old building of Hwa Chong Junior College, circa 1978.
Facade of the old building of Hwa Chong Junior College, circa 1983.
Tutorial Block of the old building of Hwa Chong Junior College, circa 1983.
Lecture theatre of the old Hwa Chong Junior College building.
Junior college (Singapore)
Junior colleges (JC) are pre-university institutions in Singapore that offer two-year pre-university courses that leads to either the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level or the International Baccalaureate Diploma. Admission to Junior college is based on the aggregate raw score of 20 points or less in O-Level "L1R5" in the examination. Lower aggregate is considered better, i e. 7 aggregate score is better than aggregate score 10. Bonus points are also deducted from this proscore to come up with the final score for the admission.
The Provisional Admission Exercise was a transitional period of three months in junior colleges that allowed students to have an experience of JC life.
