Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus examination certificate

Title
Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus examination certificate
Year/Period
11 October 1931
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: L26 x W23cm
Accession No.
1994-05440

This certificate demonstrates that Sylvia Taye, one of the girls in the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ), had passed Standard VII at the Annual School Examinations. Opened in 1854 by Father Beurel, the CHIJ was initially only a school for girls. However, by the 1900s, an orphanage was added to it and it also became a refuge for distressed women regardless of race.