Victoria School
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Ong Yong Jia (4G, Class of 2010) is conferred the President’s Scout Award 2013.
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i am staying in Toa Payoh and really like this school. but the problem is, it is a bit far from my place… does anyone happen to know if there will be a mrt station built near the school in the near future? i know the nearest is Bedok but still need to take buses from there…
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octopusmum:
There will be one station at Siglap for Eastern Region Line. However, the completion is scheduled for 2020.i am staying in Toa Payoh and really like this school. but the problem is, it is a bit far from my place... does anyone happen to know if there will be a mrt station built near the school in the near future? i know the nearest is Bedok but still need to take buses from there...
thks
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thks for the infor… but 2020 is too long… my son would have completed sec school education by then… -
Hi , can anyone let me know what are textbooks followed for the all the subjects in sec 1 (IP ) by Victoria school?
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Hi,
My son has been offered a direct admission to VS via Art Elective Programme. May I know if there is any parent with son currently in the programme to share their experience? I know that it is a 4 yr programme, but I would like to know what is expected of my son and how intensive is the programme. I wouldn’t want him to spend so much time in the programme that will affect his other subjects. Thanks in advance. -
Sunday Times article. The only 2 NUS undergrads who have played in the SLeague - Fabian Tan and Sudhershen Hariram. Both are former VS students.
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Better options, so players quit for greener pastures
Published on Nov 17, 2013
GOING against the grain, degree-holders Aloysius Yap, Sudhersen Hariram and Fabian Tan chased their dreams of becoming professional footballers in the S-League.
However, the trio have since left the game in search of more viable careers elsewhere.
While all three have fond memories of their footballing lives, all hung up their boots when good job offers came along.
Until last August, Yap juggled between studying at the Singapore Institute of Management and playing for Woodlands Wellington, his third club after Balestier Khalsa and Gombak United.
Good enough to play for the elite National Football Academy, he stopped when he graduated with a degree in banking and finance, and found a job with OCBC.
"As a student, I felt very rich when I was paid $2,000 a month to play football," the 26-year-old personal banker said. "But, in the long term, reality sets in. Bank executives stand to earn more than $100,000 a year."
Sudhersen, on the other hand, already had an economics degree from the National University of Singapore when he joined Tanjong Pagar United in 2011.
Over two seasons, the right winger made about 20 S-League appearances, earning $1,500 monthly, but also took up law studies.
Now into his final year, the 27-year-old said: "If the money had been better, I might have stayed for a few more seasons.
"It was tough balancing studies and training and it is not a viable career. "
Nonetheless, both Yap and Sudhersen insisted that they loved their time under the stadium floodlights.
Yap said: "I pursued my passion and my family, especially my father, were supportive. If I had any regrets, it would be that I never made it as a national player."
Tan became the first NUS undergraduate to play S-League football with the Young Lions in 2006.
Now 28, the defender stopped playing in 2010 after spells with Geylang United and Gombak to join an international trainee programme with Maersk.
The shipping giant posted him to Copenhagen last year, and he has been based there as a shipbroker since then, negotiating for European shipping companies to build ships at Asian shipyards.
"It was my childhood dream to be a professional footballer and don national colours. It had to be something special for me to leave the game," he said.
While he wished he could have made the breakthrough into the national team, Tan insisted: "I would not trade those years for anything else."
He has also qualified for the Asian Football Confederation "C" coaching licence last year, and hopes to encourage more Chinese youths to turn pro.
He said: "I hope I can provide some inspiration to young players through my journey. Other university students may go for internships or exchange programmes but I pursued my dream. I have no medals but I have no regrets." -
Can anyone share what is Victoria School academic result? Not able to find it on the school web page.
% of students in O level track going to JC?
% passes for 5 O level subject? -
Does VS provide school bus service? thks
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smum:
This year IP track - 160 students - will go directly to VJC.Can anyone share what is Victoria School academic result? Not able to find it on the school web page.
% of students in O level track going to JC?
% passes for 5 O level subject?
Before IP was started in VS, more than 1/3 of VS students go to VJC where the cut-off point is as low as 3. (VS students get 2 points cut-off because of the affiliation between VS and VJC). There are other students who qualified to go VJC but chose to go to other JCs. Those who qualified to go JCs should be more than 95%.
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9 January 2012
Another Outstanding Performance from Victorians
Outstanding Achievements for Class of 2011
An overview
A total of 363 students at Victoria School (VS) sat for the 2011 GCE 'O' Level Examinations. The Class of 2011 posted another outstanding performance in the GCE 'O' Level Examinations, with 362 (99%) students with 5 'O' Level passes or more and 351 (97%) students qualified for Junior College/Centralised Institute, compared with 99% and 96% respectively in 2010.
101(28%) students obtained 5 A1s or more. The following is the breakdown of the number of students who achieved 5 or more A1s:
• 10 A1s or more : 1 students
• 9 A1s or more : 8 students
• 8 A1s or more : 17 students
• 7 A1s or more : 41 students
• 6 A1s or more : 74 students
• 5 A1s or more : 101 students
The class of 2011 also delivered exceptional performances across the various subjects. The subjects with 100% passes include Chinese, Combined Humanities, Design & Technology, Geography, Higher Art, Literature in Chinese, Physical Education, Tamil, Higher Tamil, Literature in English, Malay (Special Programme), Japanese, German, French, Arabic, Gujerati, Bengali and Hindi. The subjects with 70% distinctions include Additional Mathematics, Chemistry, Design & Technology, Geography, Literature in Chinese, Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics, Japanese, German, French and Arabic.
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