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These are the '''former centralised institutions''' in [[Singapore]]. Except for the [[Millennia Institute]], all the other institutes are permanently closed down. |
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'''Centralised institutes''' in [[Singapore]] are pre-university centres in Singapore what offers three-year pre-university courses under three streams, the traditional Science and Arts streams concurrently offered at [[Junior college (Singapore)|junior colleges]], as well as the Commerce streams. These three-year university courses leads to the Singapore leads to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations, and formerly in complement with the [[London Chamber of Commerce & Industry|London Chamber of Commerce and Industry]] (LCCI) examinations. |
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Currently, [[Millennia Institute]] is the only centralised institute in Singapore, incorporated in 2004 through the merger of Outrum Institute and Jurong Institute. Other former centralised institutes included Seletar Institute and Townsville Institute. |
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The centralised institutes education pathway was first introduced in Singapore in the late 1980s with an education reform involving the pre-university education system. |
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'''Jurong Institute''' ([[Abbreviation]]: '''JI'''; [[Simplified Chinese|Chinese]]: 裕廊高级中学) was one of 4 original [[Centralised Institute]]s (CI) in Singapore, and one of the two CIs to have been merged to establish the nation's current only CI, [[Millennia Institute]]. |
'''Jurong Institute''' ([[Abbreviation]]: '''JI'''; [[Simplified Chinese|Chinese]]: 裕廊高级中学) was one of 4 original [[Centralised Institute]]s (CI) in Singapore, and one of the two CIs to have been merged to establish the nation's current only CI, [[Millennia Institute]]. |
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Jurong Institute was formed in 1989 as Singapore's second centralised institute. |
Jurong Institute was formed in 1989 as Singapore's second centralised institute. |
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==Outram Institute== |
==Outram Institute== |
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'''Outram Institute''' ([[Abbreviation]]: '''OI'''; [[Simplified Chinese|Chinese]]: 欧南高级中学) was one of 4 original [[Education in Singapore#Pre-university|Centralised Institute]]s (CI) in [[Singapore]], and one of the two CIs to have been merged to establish the nation's current only CI, [[Millennia Institute]]. Outram Institute is the first Centralised pre-[[university]] Centre in Singapore |
'''Outram Institute''' ([[Abbreviation]]: '''OI'''; [[Simplified Chinese|Chinese]]: 欧南高级中学) was one of 4 original [[Education in Singapore#Pre-university|Centralised Institute]]s (CI) in [[Singapore]], and one of the two CIs to have been merged to establish the nation's current only CI, [[Millennia Institute]]. Outram Institute is the first Centralised pre-[[university]] Centre in Singapore specializing in commercial studies. <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870414-1.2.35.10?ST=1&AT=search&k=outram%20institute&QT=outram,institute&oref=article|title=Outram needs name with stature|last=Law|first=Bernard|date=1987-04-14|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2017-11-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|page=18}}</ref> Students in Outram Institute take the A Levels in three years, unlike any other Pre-university course students in a [[Junior College]] (JC). |
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In the 1980s, 3-year pre-university courses were conducted in several secondary schools. In 1987 the Ministry of Education set up the first Institute, Outram Institute (OI) to offer 3-year pre-university courses on a centralised basis. Outram Institute prepare students for the GCE `A' Level Examinations. Initially, it concentrated on commerce subjects and had only the Commerce stream. The Arts stream was later being introduced to the school. Outram Institute functions on a full-day basis and teaching modes has included lectures and classroom instruction. Admission to the Institute is based on the aggregate point of First Language and four relevant subjects (L1R4). Mrs Lim Han Soon, Principal of Outram Secondary School, was being appointed as the first principal to head Outram Institute. |
In the 1980s, 3-year pre-university courses were conducted in several secondary schools. In 1987 the Ministry of Education set up the first Institute, Outram Institute (OI) to offer 3-year pre-university courses on a centralised basis. Outram Institute prepare students for the GCE `A' Level Examinations. Initially, it concentrated on commerce subjects and had only the Commerce stream. The Arts stream was later being introduced to the school. Outram Institute functions on a full-day basis and teaching modes has included lectures and classroom instruction. Admission to the Institute is based on the aggregate point of First Language and four relevant subjects (L1R4). Mrs Lim Han Soon, Principal of Outram Secondary School, was being appointed as the first principal to head Outram Institute. |
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The Institute was being temporarily accommodated in premises at Bartley Road which was vacated by Chung Hwa High School when the school moved to new premises in December 1987. The Bartley Road premises was then renovated to provide the necessary facilities and a conducive environment for students. |
The Institute was being temporarily accommodated in premises at Bartley Road which was vacated by Chung Hwa High School when the school moved to new premises in December 1987. The Bartley Road premises was then renovated to provide the necessary facilities and a conducive environment for students. |
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In 1989, Outrum Institute was the first pre-university centre in Singapore to offer the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) examination, on top of the [[Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level]] examination. The first batch of its students achieved a commendable 80 percent pass rate in the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) examination, as reflected on an local article on 18 October 1989. <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19891018.2.30.5|title=Outram Institute's extra exams for students pay off|last=Chua|first=Chong Jin|date=1989-10-18|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2017-11-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|page=18}}</ref> |
In 1989, Outrum Institute was the first pre-university centre in Singapore to offer the [[London Chamber of Commerce & Industry|London Chamber of Commerce and Industry]] (LCCI) examination, on top of the [[Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level]] examination. The first batch of its students achieved a commendable 80 percent pass rate in the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) examination, as reflected on an local article on 18 October 1989. <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19891018.2.30.5|title=Outram Institute's extra exams for students pay off|last=Chua|first=Chong Jin|date=1989-10-18|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2017-11-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|page=18}}</ref> |
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Outram Institute remained in the Bartley Road site until it was merged with Jurong Institute, another centralised institute in the year 2004, forming the new Millennia Institute, the only 3 year pre-university centre in Singapore today. |
Outram Institute remained in the Bartley Road site until it was merged with Jurong Institute, another centralised institute in the year 2004, forming the new Millennia Institute, the only 3 year pre-university centre in Singapore today. <ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=New home for institutes|last=|first=|date=2003-12-03|work=The Newpaper|access-date=2017-11-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|page=22}}</ref> |
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==Seletar Institute== |
==Seletar Institute== |
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'''Seletar Institute |
'''Seletar Institute (SI)''' ({{Lang-zh|c=立德高级中学|s=|t=}}) was one a former centralised institute in [[Thomson, Singapore|Thomson]], Singapore. It offered a three-year [[curriculum]] leading to the [[Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level]] examination. |
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===History=== |
===History=== |
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[[File:Crest-1-.png|thumb|Flag of former Seletar Institute]] |
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Seletar Institute was established in January 1988 as Singapore's third centralised institute. It began operations with 17 staff and 186 students in January 1989, at the former campus of Upper Thomson Secondary School at 14.5 km off Upper Thomson Road. <!-- Original research without citation, not in line with Wikipedia's style of writing: |
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| ⚫ | During the first 3 months of the pioneer batch in 1989, students spent their ECA (Extra Curricular Activities) to cut the tall wild grasses and paint the buildings. The first lecture theatre had an improvised white cloth as the projector screen - hung using strings from the four corners. There were no airconditioning and whenever the forthnightly fumigation from the Ministry of Environment came along, the students had to cover their mouth/nose with one hand and take lecture notes with the other. This was truly a "Kampung school" but one that very much retained the "Kampung spirit" which lacks in most other modern institutions of learning. --> |
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In 1990, the campus was expanded, with a new two storey block at the back of the original facility, consisting of 10 class rooms at Level 1 and 2 Lecture Theatres at Level 2. The pioneer batch students (10 classes or what was known as "Civics Tutorial Group") moved to the new block whilst the two junior batches remained at the old block. Its library, third LT and four additional classrooms was built in 1991, its fourth LT, [[gym]]nasium, weights room, fitness stations, [[art]] studio and students’ locker room in 1992 and its conference room, printing room, counselling room, resource rooms and staff lounges in 1993. [[Air-conditioner]]s were installed extensively throughout campus. It underwent repainting, renovations and upgrades in 1994, with a new volleyball court and walkway to Block B from the canteen and [[Internet]] introduced in 1995. In 1996, a student’s computer corner was created to facilitate students without internet access or computer. The institute received extensive funding from the [[Ministry of Education (Singapore)|Ministry of Education]] (MOE), which allowed the annual increment of facilities and refurbishing of most of the buildings, until 16 August 1995, when MOE announced that Seletar Institute will not be expecting any intake of prospective ‘A’ level students in the coming year of 1996. |
In 1990, the campus was expanded, with a new two storey block at the back of the original facility, consisting of 10 class rooms at Level 1 and 2 Lecture Theatres at Level 2. The pioneer batch students (10 classes or what was known as "Civics Tutorial Group") moved to the new block whilst the two junior batches remained at the old block. Its library, third LT and four additional classrooms was built in 1991, its fourth LT, [[gym]]nasium, weights room, fitness stations, [[art]] studio and students’ locker room in 1992 and its conference room, printing room, counselling room, resource rooms and staff lounges in 1993. [[Air-conditioner]]s were installed extensively throughout campus. It underwent repainting, renovations and upgrades in 1994, with a new volleyball court and walkway to Block B from the canteen and [[Internet]] introduced in 1995. In 1996, a student’s computer corner was created to facilitate students without internet access or computer. The institute received extensive funding from the [[Ministry of Education (Singapore)|Ministry of Education]] (MOE), which allowed the annual increment of facilities and refurbishing of most of the buildings, until 16 August 1995, when MOE announced that Seletar Institute will not be expecting any intake of prospective ‘A’ level students in the coming year of 1996. |
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With a fall in demand in three-year pre-university courses over two-year junior colleges, Seletar Institute witnessed a rapidly falling enrollment, to as low as 130 students in 1995. In November 1995, The Ministry of Education announced the closure of Seletar Institute and Townsville Institute owing to the rapidly falling enrollment into centralised instiutes, from 3560 students in 1993 to 2328 students in 1995. Both institutes creased the intake of first-year students in 1996, and creased operation in 1998 with the graduation of its final batch of students. <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://newslink.asiaone.com/user/OrderArticleRequest.action?order=&month=11&year=1995&date=22&docLanguage=en&documentId=nica_ST_1995_1260921|title=Falling demand, so 2 Pre-U centres to close in 2 years|last=BRAEMA MATHI|first=|date=1995-11-22|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2017-11-30|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|page=25}}</ref> |
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Seletar Institute was a relatively advanced and sufficiently modernised pre-university centre compared to other JCs and CIs. However, all these went to waste as the institute was closed down and the campus abandoned, since 1998. |
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==Townsville Institute== |
==Townsville Institute== |
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Centralised institutes in Singapore are pre-university centres in Singapore what offers three-year pre-university courses under three streams, the traditional Science and Arts streams concurrently offered at junior colleges, as well as the Commerce streams. These three-year university courses leads to the Singapore leads to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations, and formerly in complement with the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) examinations.
Currently, Millennia Institute is the only centralised institute in Singapore, incorporated in 2004 through the merger of Outrum Institute and Jurong Institute. Other former centralised institutes included Seletar Institute and Townsville Institute.
History
The centralised institutes education pathway was first introduced in Singapore in the late 1980s with an education reform involving the pre-university education system.
Jurong Institute (Abbreviation: JI; Chinese: 裕廊高级中学) was one of 4 original Centralised Institutes (CI) in Singapore, and one of the two CIs to have been merged to establish the nation's current only CI, Millennia Institute.
Establishment of Jurong Institute
Jurong Institute was formed in 1989 as Singapore's second centralised institute.
It originally functioned at Jurong West Street 91, till 18 November 1994, when it held a ceremony named 'The Big Move' and relocated to 2 Toh Tuck Terrace. On that day of relocation, the school flag was lowered for the last time at Jurong West and the student councillors set off on a symbolic relay run, carrying a torch to signify that the JI spirit would continue to burn at the new premises. Lion dancers, awaiting staff and students, welcomed the school to its new site and ushered them into their new campus at Toh Tuck.
The original Jurong West facility was later retrofitted by the ministry and used by Juying Secondary School since 12 June 1995, before being demolished as part of the Secondary School's PRIME upgrading in 2011.
In 2004, Jurong Institute merged with Outram Institute and was renamed 'Millennia Institute'. Both former institutes continued to function at their own sites, in Toh Tuck and Bartley respectively, before relocating to a single new site at Jurong East in 2007.
Outram Institute
Outram Institute (Abbreviation: OI; Chinese: 欧南高级中学) was one of 4 original Centralised Institutes (CI) in Singapore, and one of the two CIs to have been merged to establish the nation's current only CI, Millennia Institute. Outram Institute is the first Centralised pre-university Centre in Singapore specializing in commercial studies. [1] Students in Outram Institute take the A Levels in three years, unlike any other Pre-university course students in a Junior College (JC).
In the 1980s, 3-year pre-university courses were conducted in several secondary schools. In 1987 the Ministry of Education set up the first Institute, Outram Institute (OI) to offer 3-year pre-university courses on a centralised basis. Outram Institute prepare students for the GCE `A' Level Examinations. Initially, it concentrated on commerce subjects and had only the Commerce stream. The Arts stream was later being introduced to the school. Outram Institute functions on a full-day basis and teaching modes has included lectures and classroom instruction. Admission to the Institute is based on the aggregate point of First Language and four relevant subjects (L1R4). Mrs Lim Han Soon, Principal of Outram Secondary School, was being appointed as the first principal to head Outram Institute.
The Institute was being temporarily accommodated in premises at Bartley Road which was vacated by Chung Hwa High School when the school moved to new premises in December 1987. The Bartley Road premises was then renovated to provide the necessary facilities and a conducive environment for students.
In 1989, Outrum Institute was the first pre-university centre in Singapore to offer the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) examination, on top of the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. The first batch of its students achieved a commendable 80 percent pass rate in the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) examination, as reflected on an local article on 18 October 1989. [2]
Outram Institute remained in the Bartley Road site until it was merged with Jurong Institute, another centralised institute in the year 2004, forming the new Millennia Institute, the only 3 year pre-university centre in Singapore today. [3]
Seletar Institute
Seletar Institute (SI) (Chinese: 立德高级中学) was one a former centralised institute in Thomson, Singapore. It offered a three-year curriculum leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination.
History
Seletar Institute was established in January 1988 as Singapore's third centralised institute. It began operations with 17 staff and 186 students in January 1989, at the former campus of Upper Thomson Secondary School at 14.5 km off Upper Thomson Road.
In 1990, the campus was expanded, with a new two storey block at the back of the original facility, consisting of 10 class rooms at Level 1 and 2 Lecture Theatres at Level 2. The pioneer batch students (10 classes or what was known as "Civics Tutorial Group") moved to the new block whilst the two junior batches remained at the old block. Its library, third LT and four additional classrooms was built in 1991, its fourth LT, gymnasium, weights room, fitness stations, art studio and students’ locker room in 1992 and its conference room, printing room, counselling room, resource rooms and staff lounges in 1993. Air-conditioners were installed extensively throughout campus. It underwent repainting, renovations and upgrades in 1994, with a new volleyball court and walkway to Block B from the canteen and Internet introduced in 1995. In 1996, a student’s computer corner was created to facilitate students without internet access or computer. The institute received extensive funding from the Ministry of Education (MOE), which allowed the annual increment of facilities and refurbishing of most of the buildings, until 16 August 1995, when MOE announced that Seletar Institute will not be expecting any intake of prospective ‘A’ level students in the coming year of 1996.
With a fall in demand in three-year pre-university courses over two-year junior colleges, Seletar Institute witnessed a rapidly falling enrollment, to as low as 130 students in 1995. In November 1995, The Ministry of Education announced the closure of Seletar Institute and Townsville Institute owing to the rapidly falling enrollment into centralised instiutes, from 3560 students in 1993 to 2328 students in 1995. Both institutes creased the intake of first-year students in 1996, and creased operation in 1998 with the graduation of its final batch of students. [4]
Townsville Institute
Townsville Institute (Abbreviation: TI; Chinese: 城景高级中学) was one of the four original centralised institutes (CI) in Singapore and one of the pre-university centres in Singapore that offers a three-year curriculum leading to the Singapore Cambridge (UCLES) General Certificate of Education Advanced Level examination.
The centralised institute was located at Margaret Drive in Queenstown. Due to declining number of students, the institute was forced to close. The building now houses the NIE Townsville campus.
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