wow... i couldn't believe it when i saw this on http://sgfairy.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-could-you-do-that-to-my-beloved-jc.html... NYJC to become CCJC? though i'm from cchs ah, but the sound of CCJC really CMI... the following petition was extracted from the above mentioned blog site...


Petition to retain the name of Nanyang Junior College

A school holds many special memories for every student who has set foot on its grounds. And Nanyang Junior College is definitely no exception. This institution has had a long history in Singapore and was just rebuilt to keep pace with the ever increasing standards of education. Many students have laboured to raise funds to rebuild the old school into a state-of-the-art building with projects like Nanyang Homecoming and the 1 Cent coin project. The process of rebuilding the school was a slow one and the students of 2000 – 2004 can attest to that, having to attend lessons while being surrounded by noisy construction works and taking examinations in containers modified to serve as classrooms. When the Nanyang Flag was finally hoisted in the new building in May 2004, those who were present all felt an overwhelming sense of pride in their hearts. I believe that NYJCians all over Singapore, both past and present, felt the same way as well.

However, a recent issue has surfaced which may forever alter the way that students think of Nanyang Junior College. This involves changing the name of Nanyang Junior College to Chung Cheng Junior College. This decision was made by the top echelons of Nanyang Junior College’s management. But one thing is certain. MOE’s current stand encourages schools to establish close links with their alumni so as to cultivate a sense of loyalty and patriotism amongst those who have already graduated. This in turn, will provide the school with a group of unique individuals who are able to raise funds, contribute manpower and organise activities for the school. By changing the name of a school, the affiliation felt by students who have attended that school will undoubtedly diminish. One of the chief reasons that a School Alumni is formed is to promote the school’s reputation and the best way to do so is by making its name known to others. By changing name now, Nanyang Junior College would have to start from a clean slate as many people would not recognize the new name. She would also stand to lose all acknowledgements that she would have achieved using the name of Nanyang. This situation runs parallel to the fact that many people recognize the names of Raffles, Victoria and National as the top junior colleges in Singapore. The development of the name Nanyang has been given a boost recently in the newspapers as an up and coming junior college with a new building and improved teaching curriculum. However, all this would come to naught once the name of Nanyang is changed to another.


Nanyang Junior College’s Alumnus is also a relatively new organisation with plenty of innovation and passion. To change the name of Nanyang would mean that we would potentially lose the competitive edge that we have just achieved after having gone through countless tribulations to form an Alumnus. On a more practical aspect, our school leaving certificates which bear the name of Nanyang Junior College may not even be recognized by potential employers in the future as the name would no longer exist.

We are a group of concerned ex-students who wish to preserve the name of Nanyang Junior College and would like to ask for your support.