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Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore.Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both boys and girls in Year 5 and Year 6.
The Raffles Junior College (RJC) was a junior college in Singapore offering pre-university education. The college was founded in 1982, following a separation from the pre-university section of Raffles Institution (RI). Raffles Junior College was merged as the junior college section of Raffles Institution on 1 January 2009. [1]
Raffles Girls' School (RGS) is an independent girls' secondary school located in Braddell, Singapore. [5] Established in 1879, it is one of the oldest schools in Singapore. RGS, together with its affiliated school Raffles Institution, offers a six-year Raffles Programme, [6] which allows students to skip the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examinations and proceed to take the Singapore ...
From 1986 to 1994, Wijeysingha served as the principal of Raffles Institution, during which he played a pivotal role in leading the school to independence and coordinated the school's relocation to the Bishan campus in 1990. He retired from the position in 1994. [1] In 1992, he was awarded the Outstanding Singapore Sinhalese Award.
This is an incomplete list of former students of Raffles Institution. Pages in category "Raffles Institution alumni" The following 120 pages are in this category, out of 120 total.
In 1982, to commemorate the founding of Raffles Junior College, the graduating class gifted the school a replica of the polymarble bust. Both busts were relocated to the grand entrance and the Yusof Ishak Block [11] in the new Bishan Campus in 1990 and 2005 for RI and RJC, respectively. [9] One of the Raffles Institution bust
The Old National Library traces its roots to Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore, who in 1823 started a small private collection of books housed in the Raffles Institution. This was known as Raffles Library, and access to the collection was limited to the British and privileged class. [1] Dr.
Raffles Institution, a pre-tertiary educational institution in Singapore; Raffles Junior College, the formerly independent junior college affiliate of Raffles Institution; National University of Singapore, formerly known as Raffles College; Raffles University, Neemrana, Rajasthan, India; Raffles International Christian School, a school in Indonesia