Junior College Timed Practices (TPs)

Q: 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: