History & Achievements
HISTORY & ACHIEVEMENTS
'Established in 1977, the College took on the name ‘Temasek’, meaning ‘Sea Town’, the old name for Singapore. Our College was aptly named after the nation in the hope of preserving the spirit of old Singapore in a rapidly modernising age. In addition, the name was chosen to honour our nation’s forefathers whose resilience and fortitude had seen Singapore through its early days.
Led by our founding Principal Mr Wee Heng Tin, the pioneer batch of teachers crafted TJC’s motto –For College, For Nation – to be the clarion call for all TJCians to contribute to our college, our community and our nation. As the College continues to groom and nurture the thinkers, leaders and trailblazers of tomorrow, we take pride in celebrating its rich and illustrious past, as well as reinventing ourselves to continue providing quality learning experiences for our students through Temasek Excellence.
Under the dynamic leadership of our past and present principals, together with a capable and enthusiastic staff fraternity who pursue professional excellence, the College has grown from strength to strength. Today, TJC is a Centre of Excellence for Research and an established Centre for the MOE Humanities Scholarship Programme, the Music Elective Programme and the Chinese Language Elective Programme.
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Our College crest, designed by Mr Seah Lye Huat, a pioneering staff of the PE Department, depicts the letters TJC in bold form, set against a green background which represents a clean and green environment. The letter T in yellow reflects the iconic architecture of our College lecture theatres. The divisions in the cross-bar of the T stand for the five national ideals of justice, equality, happiness, prosperity and progress. The segments in the trunk of that letter symbolise the four major races working in unison towards these ideals.
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SCHOOL DISTINCTION AWARD
In 2015, TJC was awarded the School Distinction Award (SDA) which recognises high-achieving schools with exemplary school processes and practices. On top of the SDA, TJC also clinched Best Practices awards in Teaching and Learning, Student All-Round Development, Staff Well-Being and Development, Character and Citizenship Education and Partnership.
SCHOOL EXCELLENCE AWARD
In 2008, TJC received the prestigious School Excellence Award (SEA) from the Ministry of Education. The SEA recognizes schools for their excellence in both education processes and outcomes. It serves as a mark of distinction for schools that have achieved sustained achievements in a wide spectrum of student development processes.
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UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
NAME AWARDING AGENCY SCHOLARSHIP 2021 BETHANY CHONG YU LIN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PSC SCHOLARSHIP (ENGINEERING) TANG YU HAN, BRANDON PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PSC SCHOLARSHIP (ENGINEERING) MARIE ANNE-LISE TAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PSC SCHOLARSHIP (OPEN) MUHAMMAD ARSYAD BIN MOHAMED SHAHRIL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PSC SCHOLARSHIP (TEACHING) ANG SHI YUN MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY BCA LOCAL UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP DOMINIC SONG JUN JIE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BOARD HDB SPECIALIST SCHOLARSHIP TEO XU YUAN NICHOLAS MINISTRY OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT / NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY SINGAPORE SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARSHIP MUHAMMAD HAATIM BIN JA'AFAR SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE LOCAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP AWAIS ABDULLAH AKRAM SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE LOCAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP 2020 LAO JING HUI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PSC SCHOLARSHIP (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) LEONG ZI YU MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP (LOCAL) SIEW TUNG DAWN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP (LOCAL) TAN YAN CHONG MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP (LOCAL) THIN LAE YI ZAW MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP (LOCAL) CHAN JIA HUI, BERNICE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY BCA-iBUILDSG UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP ZHAO CAIHENG MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY BCA-iBUILDSG UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP NEESHA CHEONG MINISTRY OF LAW SINGAPORE LAND AUTHORITY UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS TAN GUAN YU MINISTRY OF LAW SINGAPORE LAND AUTHORITY UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOO TZE EN LINUS DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (DSTA) DSTA SCHOLARSHIP TAN LE YI DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (DSTA) DSTA SCHOLARSHIP PRE-UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
NAME SCHOLARSHIP/AWARD 2021 JOHNASIR SHWETA JOSALYN MOE PRE-UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PHOEBE TAN YAN ZHEN MOE PRE-UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP SEAN NATHANIEL TAN MOE PRE-UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP ANGELINE TOH MOE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP FAITH NEO KAH SWAN MOE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP JADYN CHIN RUI YI MOE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP KOH KIM XUAN MOE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP LOONG JIA YEE RACHEL MOE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP MUHAMMAD NOR ISAAC BIN RAFINYI MOE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP TEE ZHONG EN ERNST MOE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP TENG JIE YING FAITH MOE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP TEO YI ZHUAN MOE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP BRINA LAI MIN XUAN MOE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP GOH HAN SHENG CSIT SCHOLARSHIP GOH SIAU TAN DSTA (JC) SCHOLARSHIP ELIAS ALJOOFRI SAF YOUNG LEADERS AWARD SHEAK HOY YIP SAF YOUNG LEADERS AWARD TAN YUE WEN, EUNICE YDSP SCHOLARSHIP 2020 SHEAK HOY YIP MOE PRE-UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP TAN KAI TING MOE PRE-UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP TAN YING XUN, MEGAN MOE PRE-UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP KEVAN LIM MOE LANGUAGE ELECTIVE SCHOLARSHIP LI XINYAO MOE LANGUAGE ELECTIVE SCHOLARSHIP LIU ZHI QI MOE LANGUAGE ELECTIVE SCHOLARSHIP MICHELLE NG XUE YING MOE LANGUAGE ELECTIVE SCHOLARSHIP SIM QIN YI MOE LANGUAGE ELECTIVE SCHOLARSHIP TANG WEI MIN MOE LANGUAGE ELECTIVE SCHOLARSHIP PHANG POH HUI A*STAR SCIENCE AWARD (JC) SHEAK HOY YIP A*STAR SCIENCE AWARD (JC) ESS ALEXANDER JONES SHIJIE DSTA (JC) SCHOLARSHIP TOH EE SEN, IZEN DSTA (JC) SCHOLARSHIP -
INTEGRATED PROGRAMME – SINGAPORE YOUTH FESTIVAL ARTS PRESENTATION AWARDS
CCA 2021 2019 CHOIR# - DISTINCTION GUITAR ENSEMBLE DISTINCTION ACCOMPLISHMENT MODERN DANCE DISTINCTION DISTINCTION SYMPHONIC BAND DISTINCTION ACCOMPLISHMENT #The 2021 Choir Arts Presentation (AP) was reformatted into an audio recording submission. Benchmarking and awarding of SYF AP certification was removed in 2021 in view of the reformatted mode.
JUNIOR COLLEGE – SINGAPORE YOUTH FESTIVAL ARTS PRESENTATION AWARDS
CCA 2021 2019 CHINESE DRAMA* - ACCOMPLISHMENT CHINESE ORCHESTRA ACCOMPLISHMENT DISTINCTION CHOIR# - DISTINCTION ENGLISH DRAMA* - DISTINCTION & ACCOMPLISHMENT GUITAR ENSEMBLE DISTINCTION DISTINCTION MODERN DANCE ACCOMPLISHMENT DISTINCTION STRINGS ENSEMBLE DISTINCTION DISTINCTION SYMPHONIC BAND DISTINCTION DISTINCTION *Chinese Drama and English Drama's SYF Central Judging were held a year earlier (even years). The 2020 SYF Central Judging for Chinese and English Drama was not held in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
#The 2021 Choir Arts Presentation (AP) was reformatted into an audio recording submission. Benchmarking and awarding of SYF AP certification was removed in 2021 in view of the reformatted mode. -
INTEGRATED PROGRAMME – NATIONAL SCHOOL GAMES*
CCA 2019 2018 BASKETBALL ‘C’ DIV (BOYS):
2ND (East Zone)SWIMMING ‘B’ DIV (BOYS): 6th TAEKWONDO ‘C’ DIV (GIRLS): 3rd ‘C’ DIV (GIRLS): 3rd *The National School Games were not held in 2020 and 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
JUNIOR COLLEGE – NATIONAL SCHOOL GAMES*
CCA 2021 2019 2018 BOWLING BOYS: 5th
GIRLS: 3rdBOYS: 3rd
GIRLS: 4thSHOOTING BOYS – AIR RIFLE: 4th
GIRLS – AIR RIFLE: 5th
BOYS – AIR PISTOL: 6th
GIRLS – AIR PISTOL: 6thBOYS – AIR RIFLE: 3rd BOYS – AIR RIFLE: 2nd SWIMMING BOYS – FREESTYLE RELAY: 5th
GIRLS – FREESTYLE RELAY: 4thGIRLS: 4th TAEKWONDO BOYS - POMSAE: 2nd
GIRLS - POMSAE: 3rdBOYS: 2nd
GIRLS: 3rdBOYS: 2nd *The National School Games for most sports were not held in 2020 and 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.