Yishun Junior College 4.07

Yishun Junior College is one of the 18 junior colleges in Singapore, offering two-year pre-university programmes for students who graduate from secondary schools after the General Certificate of Education 'Ordinary' Level Examination. The two-year programme prepares students for education in local or foreign universities. It will be merging with Innova Junior College in 2019, with operations being run in Yishun Junior College.Yishun Junior College was listed as one of the top-ten value added junior colleges in 2005 and 2006, and attained the gold academic value-added award for three consecutive years between 2007 and 2009.HistoryYishun Junior College is named after Mr Lim Nee Soon, who was the king of the rubber industry in Singapore in the 1920s. In Chinese, "Yi" means "high morals and principles" and "Shun" means "not hindered by obstacles". The college takes this name for these reasons and because of the pioneering spirit of Mr Lim.The land where the college stands was once a fruit orchard and fish pond. The architectural design of the college blends, in the words of the architect Meng Ta-Cheng, "today's technology and yesterday's traditions" within a rustic setting.The construction of Yishun Junior College was completed in December 1986 and the college was officially declared open by Mr. Tang Guan Seng, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education on 28 May 1988. The college began with 634 students led by 34 teachers.The college has undergone many enhancements and improvement works in 2016 including refurbishment of toilets, replacement of fans, and renovation of computer labs, much to the delight of staff and students. Some other renovation works include replacement of air-conditioners in the auditorium and lecture theatres, replacement of the sound system in the school hall, and replacement of all doors, lecture chairs and the running track. Repainting was completed in the first term of 2017 giving the college an elegant new look.