Josephians Participate in NUS Geography Challenge

The NUS Geography Challenge is an annual competition organised by NUS in partnership with MOE to engage, empower and educate secondary school students on world issues and highlight the omnipresence of Geography in our everyday lives. With the theme of Eco-Utopia: Blueprints for our Green Futures, the SJI team participated in the Creative component where they created a video to evaluate and suggest improvements for an existing urban solution adopted by Singapore. In the Preliminary Round, participants were tested individually and as a team, on their geographical knowledge and skills and their application to the real world. The SJI team reached the top 25; beating 125 schools to reach the semi-finals of the competition. The team also participated in the Geo-Trail although they did not qualify for the Top 5 positions in the Grand-Finals of the competition.
The SJI team comprised of:

1. Tamilvanan Sabesan (MN403) - Team Leader

2. Aidan Chia Zhi Le (ML402) - achieved the Silver award for the Individual Component of the NUSGC.

3. Shen Zhiming (FN401) - achieved the Bronze award for the Individual Component of NUSGC.

4. Ansley Koh Zer Ray (MN403)

(L-R: Sabesan, Ansley, Zhiming, Aidan)

Aidan Chia Zhi Le (ML402) was also invited to be part of the prestigious MOE Geography Talent Development Programme, where he will be part of the National Geography Team. Through this programme, he also may be selected to represent Singapore at the annual Geography Olympiad in 2023.