The Imagineering Programme

As suggested by its name, the Imagineering Programme directs the creative problem solving skills of students to provide innovative solutions to address authentic, real world problems.

It seeks to nurture VIP students into social innovators – passionate individuals with the desire, knowledge and ability to act on real world social problems using creative and innovative strategies. In the process, our students become caring individuals who understand the needs of the community and who are inspired by a strong sense of social responsibility to make changes to benefit the community at large.

All IP students are trained in the innovation protocol, which equips them with effective creative problem strategies to handle real world community needs. These problems increase in complexity and scale as they progress through the 4 IP years, starting with an authentic school-based problem in IP1, to meeting the needs of charity organizations under their service learning programme in IP2. In IP3 and IP4, it takes the form of vSparks projects,. which are self-initiated community projects conceptualised and led by the senior IP students themselves.

Critical Inquiry

Critical Inquiry allows students to take their learning passion to a whole new level through carrying
out authentic research in a field of their choice, be it in science or the humanities. This may be in the
form of external and internal research projects or research-based competitions. VJC is constantly on
the look out for strategic partnerships to provide external research attachment opportunities for our
students. Our esteemed partners include the A*STAR, DSTA, DSO, IMRE, NUS, NTU, and NIE.