SJI Qualifies for Semi-Finals at National STEM Championship

After a one-year hiatus, NSC is back! Four Year 3 students – Ciaran Liam Condron (LE301), Lee Jayden Seojin (LE301), Aaron Wong Yi Cheng (LE301) and Nguyen Hoang Long (LE302) – represented SJI to participate in the highly competitive televised National STEM Championship (NSC) 2022. Previously known as the National Science Challenge, the National STEM Championship adopts similar objectives and improves its relevance to better align with research, innovation and enterprise in the landscape of Singapore and the incorporation of the elements of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Started since 2002, the NSC provides Secondary 3 students with an opportunity to put their skills and knowledge to the test at on-site challenges hosted by A*STAR research institutes and other research organisations.

Our boys went through many sessions of gruelling challenges, including a preliminary selection where 26 schools were selected to proceed to the quarter-finals. Out of the 26 quarter-finalists, SJI was one of the 12 schools that did well to proceed to the semi-finals. Although the boys have done very well throughout the competition, the team fell short of entering the finals as only one team in the group can make it to the Grand Finals of the NSC 2022. Do keep a lookout for the televised broadcast to watch our Josephians on their NSC journey on Mediacorp!