Victoria Junior College

Image Gallery

Official opening of VJC, July 1985 (Mr Dhanabalan & VJC first principal Mrs Lee Phui Mun on stage) (1985).

Theatre Studies and Drama started as an A-Level subject in VJC (1989).

Orientation for pioneer batch of Victorians (Mass dance) (1984).

VJC’s 30th Anniversary celebrations. Alumni from different cohorts were represented here: a show of college spirit and support from the past batches (2014).

School History

In the 1970s, a group of prominent alumni from Victoria School proposed to the Ministry of Education to establish a junior college named after Victoria. Their vision became a reality when Victoria Junior College (VJC) was established in 1984 with its pioneering cohort of staff and students.

The school’s architecture was based on an award-winning design. Known as the ‘College by the Sea’, VJC is located along a beautiful stretch of the East Coast Parkway at 20 Marine Vista. It was officially opened in 1985.

With a firm belief in the motto, ‘Nil Sine Labore’ – Latin for ‘Nothing Without Labour’ – VJC’s staff and students worked hard and played hard, quickly establishing the college as one of the nation’s top junior colleges. In 1987, VJC became one of five colleges to offer the Humanities Programme. Two years later, it became the first college to offer Theatre Studies and Drama as a General Certificate of Education A-Level subject. VJC was also the first to offer the French Elective Programme from 1991 to 2006, when the teaching of foreign languages was moved to the Ministry of Education Language Centre. In 1990, VJC established its own Science and Mathematics Enrichment Centre, which in 2002 became the Centre of Research in Science and Technology for East Zone schools. The college also became the first to offer sailing as a co-curricular activity (CCA) with its own sailboats in 1990.

VJC is well known for its strong academic programmes as well as its diverse and successful CCAs. Its choir and the symphonic band have won several local and overseas competitions since the 1980s. In sports, VJC was dominant in squash and hockey in the 1980s; since then, other sports like soccer, volleyball, floorball and wushu have come to the fore. Today, dance is a popular and equally successful CCA in the college.

In 2005, VJC started the Victoria Integrated Programme in which selected students could skip the O-Level and spend four years in the college leading up to the A-Level. This was later replaced by the Victoria-Cedar Alliance Integrated Programme (VCA-IP), launched in 2011. VJC received its first cohort of VCA-IP students in 2015. In 2019, Siow Mein Yeak, Yue became the fifth Victorian, and the first from the VCA-IP, to be awarded the President’s Scholarship.

Principals:
- Mrs Lee Phui Mun (1984–2001)
- Mrs Chan Khah Gek (2001–2006)
- Mr Chan Poh Meng (2007–2012)
- Ms Ek Soo Ben (2013–2021)
- Mr Jeffrey Low Swee Heng (2022 - present)

Key Milestones

School Motto

Nil Sine Labore (Nothing Without Labour)

School Crest

Yellow is the colour of royalty in Asian cultures. In today’s context, it takes on meanings that were once associated with royalty, including dignity, leadership and a concern for the welfare of others. The colour red symbolises universal brotherhood and equality of humanity. The open book signifies the knowledge and wisdom acquired through lifelong learning. The torch represents truth and the passing on of a tradition. It also illuminates the way for students who venture forth to excel beyond Singapore.

School Song

Victoria in Singapore
There are other schools we know
Victoria is something more
The school that watch'd us grow

For here we've learnt and striven too
And played the sportsman's game
Victoria, we give to you
The honour that you claim

Victoria thy sons are we
And we will not forget
Victoria thy triumphs see
And victories we share yet

For others came before and went
And carried to the world
Victoria's fame and our intent
To keep her flag unfurled