Junior College Timed Practices (TPs)
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Join our Telegram study groupQ: What does Junior College Timed Practices (TPs) cover?
A: What "Timed Practices" (TPs) are, why every Singapore JC now relies on them after mid-year exams were scrapped, and how IP Maths & Physics students can exploit.
TL;DR
Junior Colleges replaced mid-year exams with 45-90 min Timed Practices (TPs) that hit as early as Week 6 of JC 1.
Each TP mimics a slice of A-Level conditions-no pause, no hints, calculator rules enforced-so students discover pacing gaps months before Promotional or Prelim blocks.
Maths & Physics marks in an IP pathway rise fastest when students map tuition drills to the TP timetable, run home-grown 30 min mini-TPs, and debrief with an error-journal inside 24 h.
1 | What exactly is a "Timed Practice"?
- JC teachers coin Timed Practice for any in-class, unseen paper sat under strict A-Level rules but carrying WA weight (usually 10-20 %).
- Formats vary-30 MCQs for H2 Math, a 45 min Section A for H2 Physics, or a full Paper 1/2 mash-up for General Paper-but clock pressure is the common spine.
- Schools publish the label in internal papers:
- "JC 2 Physics TP 5" - \[Eunoia JC internal pdf]
- "JC 1 H2 Math Timed Practice" - \[RI revision pack]
- "Timed-Practice Weeks 5-8" - \[Sophia Education study guide]
Because TPs count as Weighted Assessments, they appear on report books and drive promotion decisions even though no TP mark is reported to SEAB.
2 | Why TPs matter more after mid-years vanished
Mid-year exams were phased out, with JC/MI removal progressively from 2024 per MOE's assessment reforms.
Schools filled the diagnostic gap with 2-4 TP windows:
| Term | Common TP slots | Typical load | Hidden crunch |
| T1 Wk 6-8 |




