History
Victoria Junior College was established in 1984 to replace the Pre-University classes in Victoria School. The pioneer batch of 776 students was received with 51 tutors. The outstanding results of the pioneer batch of students in the GCE 'A' Level examinations was to set the academic standard for succeeding generations of Victorians.
Over the years, VJC has widely been recognized as one of the top three junior colleges in Singapore, and was ranked first in the ranking of junior colleges in 1995 and 2001.
VJC has been at the forefront in implementing some of the new initiatives in the Singapore education system. It was the first and, until 2005, only junior college to offer the Theatre Studies and Drama programme, which was established in 1989. It also offered a university-level French curriculum as part of the Language Elective Programme (LEP) until it was discontinued in 2006.
The VJC Choir was the first school choir from Singapore to win an international choir competition in Wales in 1991, while the VJC symphonic band became Singapore’s first school band to be invited to perform at the prestigious Japan Band Clinic the following year.
With the opening of the East Zone Science and Technology Centre in 2002, VJC became the centre of research in Science and Technology for East Zone schools. The college was also the first Singapore school to participate in the International Science and Engineering Fair in 2004.
In 2009, VJC celebrated its 25th anniversary. The theme of the anniversary was "XXV: Viva La Victoria".
Since 2005, VJC has offered a four-year integrated programme, Victoria Integrated Programme (VIP), starting from secondary three level. The programme will be replaced by the new six-year Victoria-Cedar Alliance Integrated Programme (VCA IP) starting in 2012 with the first Secondary One batch and in 2013 with the first Secondary 3 batch. Students will spend the first four years of their secondary education at Victoria School or Cedar Girls' Secondary School before continuing year 5 and 6 in VJC. The college will see its final VIP batch with the 2012 secondary three students and will see its first VCA IP students in 2015.
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