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.
Ministry of Education (Singapore)
The Ministry of Education is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the education in Singapore.
Ministry of Education headquarters at Buona Vista
Image: Chew Swee Kee
Image: Yong Nyuk Lin (1965)
Image: Mr. Lee Kuan Yew Mayoral reception 1965 (cropped)