Further to the earlier post about the Baharuddin Vocational Institute (and its many name changes), yg puts together an account of the institute’s history. I found it surprising to know that in the 1970s BVI was the first and only institute to offer arts courses, and Cultural Medallion award-winner Iskandar Jalil once taught at the institute.
yg writes:
baharuddin vocational institute actually started in borrowed premises before moving into its own building in 1970. it was to be called queenstown vocational institute but was eventually renamed baharuddin vocational institute in 1968.
it was the first and only vocational institute to offer manual and applied arts courses. when it operated from kim keat vocational institute (kkvi), it was offering courses like graphic design and dressmaking. in 1979, when it had its own buildings at stirling road, it offered 5 design courses at industrial trade certificate (itc) level.
iskandar jalil, the renowned sculptor, taught at bvi and later at temasek polytechnic’s school of design.
Iskandar Jalil is not the only notable name to be associated with the institute. Read yg’s post and find out which mediacorp royalty and food critic also studied at the Bahuruddin Vocational Institute.
You can read more about Iskandar Jalil in his entry at the Singapore infopedia.
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I was a former graghic design student at BVI in the mid 80s. I have no idea what happen to the institute after I graduated from there.All I had were memories of rushing to school (no MRT then) & datelines. I remember Mr Iskandar Jalil, he taught us PE, used to call us “ka cha”- cockcoaches. He was the only one I remember fondly from BVI all these years.
Posted on August 24th, 2009 at 1:38 am
he taught us PE, used to call us “ka cha”- cockcoaches. He was the only one I remember fondly from BVI all these years.
Posted on January 12th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
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