“Millennia Institute”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

In 1989, Outrum Institute was the first pre-university centre in Singapore to offer the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) examination, on top of the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. The first batch of its students achieved a commendable 80 percent pass rate in the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) examination, as reflected on a local article on 18 October 1989.^[4]

Jurong Institute (1989 - 2004)

Jurong Institute (JI) was the third centralised institute when it was established in 1989 and was initially located at Jurong West Street 91. The Institute moved to 2 Toh Tuck Terrace on 18 November 1994.

Jurong Institute was known for its stringent examination standards, which hit the news in 1990. The uproar involved the institute's policy that all advancing students of the promotional examination are required to re-take all subjects in the supplementary exam, including the ones cleared by the students in the promotional examination.^[5]

Merger as Millennia Institute

On 26 July 2003, decision was made public by the Ministry of Education on the merger of Outram Institute and Jurong Institute to conglomerate the sparsely organised three-year pre-university institutions into a single entity.^[2] This move was to allow consolidation of expertise and teaching resources of the two institutes, and provide students with more customised programmes and facilities, thereby enhancing the delivery of the three-year pre-university education programme. As a result, Millennia Institute was established on 3 January 2004.^[6] A new campus was announced on 2 December 2003 to be ready in 2007.^[7]

Continuing educational excellence

From 2004 to 2006, the Millennia Institute operated at two provisional campuses at Toh Tuck Terrace and Bartley Road, the former site of Jurong Institute and Outram Institute respectively. Science subjects were not offered at the Bartley Road campus during the provisional period due to the lack of facilities and teaching staff. {{Citation needed|date=December 2017}} On 12 December 2006, the institution relocated to its permanent campus at 60 Bukit Batok West Avenue 8. The permanent campus was officially declared open in May 2009 by former Minister for Education Dr. Ng Eng Hen as the guest of honour.^[8]

In May 2012, MI chaired the annual Pre-University Seminar at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Held in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, the event was the first to include a theme song since the inception of the seminar.^[9]

Principals

Identity and Culture

Uniform & attire

The uniform of Millennia Institute are light blue shirt and pants for male students, and light blue blouse and skirt for female students. White undershirts are optional for both male and female students, and under-shorts are allowed in the College for additional modesty. A collar pin bearing the college insignia would be worn on left collar of the shirt or blouse.^[11]

Naming conventions

Civics groups in Millennia Institute are identified by the enrollment year, curriculum stream, followed by order of number. Civics groups in the Arts, Science and Commerce streams are denoted with "A","S" and "C" respectively. {{Citation needed|date=December 2016}} For instance, the first Arts stream civics group of the 2006 cohort would be identified as 06A1. {{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

House system

A house is one of the student unions that a student will be attached to during their course of study in MI. The four Houses that currently exist are Zircon, Onyx, Garnet and Sapphire, which are named after precious stones. Students compete under the flag of their respective Houses during the annual MI Track & Field Meet, scheduled on the last day of term 2. Students are prohibited from switching houses, and are not allowed to appeal for changes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

Admission

Millennia institute accepts its students based on academic merit through the annual Joint Admission Exercise (JAE), which allows non-integrated programme students to apply to post-secondary institutions via their Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examination results. The net aggregate L1R4 result, which encompasses the results of a first language and four relevant content-based subjects (of which mathematics and a humanities subject is mandatory), is considered for the admission to Millennia Institute.^[12]

Campus

Millennia Institute's campus along Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 covers an area of approximately 16 hectares. Constructed at a cost of around S$24 million, the purpose-built campus catering to pre-university education is completed with Junior College equivalent facilities, including two air-conditioned lecture theatres designed to accommodate the entire cohort.^[13]

Tutorial rooms are built into a single block, streamlined to connect the tutorial rooms conveniently to the lecture rooms, canteen and the laboratories.Other facilities include an auditorium, a fully air conditioned multi-purpose hall and a sports complex with running track, AstroTurf hockey pitch, as well as 2 tennis, 2 basketball, badminton and volleyball courts.^[14]

The library, stylised as "MIndSpace", is located at the heart of the campus. The MIndSpace feature five discussion rooms located at the upper level for small-group study, discussions or project work, as well as two instructional rooms that can accommodate 36 students each for teaching and learning.^[14]

Academic Information

The three-years course offered at Millennia Institute leads to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. As opposed to two year courses offered at junior colleges, students at MI had an additional years to prepare for the national examinations, with Project Work and H1 level Mother Tongue Languages examined in the second year.^[15] MI emphasises on classroom-based curriculum delivery, and enrich the learning experience of its students through programmes for Cultural & Performing Arts, work attachment and Overseas serving learning expeditions.^[16]

Millennia Institute is the only public pre-university centre in Singapore to offer Commerce for the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination, with Management of Business and Principles of Accounts offered the two Commerce stream academic subjects.^[15] MI also offers the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Level 2 Book-keeping and Accounts examinations to its students in June and December annually.^[16]

Academic Subjects

Co-curricular activities

Millennia Institute offers a rich variety of Co-curricular activities (CCAs) with outstanding performances.^[18] MI had clinched the prestigious Think Award, from the world-acclaimed FIRST Vex Challenge World Championship held at Georgia, United States of America. {{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

CCA available within the Sports category are: Rugby, Football, Bowling, Netball, Hockey, Floorball, Track & Field, Badminton, Basketball, Tennis and Sepak Takraw; Culture and Arts category are: Cultural Dances (Chinese, Malay, Indian), Modern Dance, Angklung Kulintang Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Cultural Societies (Chinese, Malay, Indian); Clubs and Societies category are: Service Learning Club, New Media Club, Interact Club, Entrepreneur Club, Young Innovator's Club, Speech & Drama Society and Library Club. All students must at least take up one CCA in the course of their study.

Gallery

See also

External links

References

1. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.singaporememory.sg/data/res50/school_crests_examination_justin_zhuang.pdf|title=Singapore School Crests - The Stories Behind the Symbols|last=Zhuang|first=Justin|publisher=National Library Board, Singapore|year=2013|isbn=978-981-07-6524-8|location=Singapore|pages=45}}
2. ^¹{{Cite web|url=http://millenniainstitute.moe.edu.sg/about-mi|title=About MI|last=|first=|date=|website=millenniainstitute.moe.edu.sg|access-date=2017-11-30}}
3. ^{{Cite book|title=The Outram Institute yearbook|last=|first=|publisher=Outram Institute|year=1989|location=Singapore|pages=4}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19891018.2.30.5|title=Outram Institute's extra exams for students pay off|last=Chua|first=Chong Jin|date=1989-10-18|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2017-11-30|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|page=18}}
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6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2003/pr20030726_print.htm|title=INDEPENDENT JUNIOR COLLEGES, MERGER OF CENTRALISED INSTITUTES AND ENHANCEMENTS TO EDUSAVE SCHOLARSHIPS FRAMEWORK - MOE Press Releases (26 July 2003)|website=www.moe.gov.sg|access-date=2016-12-25}}
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11. ^http://millenniainstitute.moe.edu.sg/mi-experience/year-head-system/school-rules
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13. ^About MI - About MI {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010085905/http://www.millenniainstitute.edu.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2 |date=2011-10-10 }}
14. ^¹{{Cite web|url=http://millenniainstitute.moe.edu.sg/qql/slot/u145/Millennia%20Prospectus_content.pdf|title=Millennia Prospectus|last=|first=|date=2016-12-12|website=Millennia Institute - millenniainstitute.moe.edu.sg|publisher=Millennia Institute|page=9|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-01}}
15. ^¹{{Cite web|url=https://www.moe.gov.sg/docs/default-source/document/education/admissions/jae/files/2018-jae-information-booklet|title=2018 JAE Information Booklet - Information for candidates seeking admission to: Junior Colleges, Millennia Institute, Polytechnics, Institute of Technical Education|last=|first=|date=2017-09-12|website=moe.gov.sg|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-12-01}}
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17. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20111010082734/http://www.millenniainstitute.edu.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=26 Admissions - Subjects Offered]
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.millenniainstitute.edu.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36&Itemid=30 |title=Millennia Institute - CCA |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010083403/http://www.millenniainstitute.edu.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36&Itemid=30 |archivedate=2011-10-10 |df= }}

History

Outram Institute (1987 - 2004)