FORWARD LOOKING SINCE 1852
St . Joseph ’ s Institution ( SJI ) is a Catholic school founded in 1852 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools or the De La Salle Brothers . SJI was the first missionary establishment of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in the Far East . The school owes its establishment to Reverend Father Jean-Marie Beurel , a French priest who was working in Singapore in the 1840s .
On 22 July 1852 , SJI ( previously named St . John ’ s School ) started as a free school for boys along Bras Basah Road which depended on the support of the public . As the enrolment for the school had increased significantly , the cornerstone of the expansion was laid on 19 March 1855 ( Feast of St Joseph ). With the laying of the cornerstone , the name of the school was changed to St . Joseph ’ s Institution .
SJI offers its secondary school boys a dual track education comprising the Secondary Education Certificate ( SEC ) Programme and an Integrated Programme ( IP ). The SEC track is a 4-year programme that leads to the Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate ( SEC ) at the end of Year 4 . The IP track is a 6-year programme leading to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme ( IBDP ) in Years 5 & 6 . The 2-year pre-university IBDP admits boys and girls ( co-education ).
As an institution of learning , SJI aims to develop the whole person . An SJI education focuses on nurturing our students to learn how to learn and to learn how to live , so that they can be empowered to grow into Men of Integrity and Men for Others . Our education is based on the values of Faith as our foundation , Service as our way , and Community as our support .
Hence , our broad-based academic curriculum integrated with a comprehensive student development curriculum focuses on providing our secondary school boys with a balanced and holistic education which has a strong emphasis on character formation and leadership development . We develop each boy according to his talent and interest , so as to prepare him for the real world beyond school . We not only want our students to acquire the necessary knowledge , skills and dispositions that will prepare them well for post-secondary education and the future but also the disposition and capacity to be able to live a meaningful life driven by passion in the service for others .
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