High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Raffles Institution Lane is a lane leading from Bishan Street 21 to the shared entrance of Raffles Institution (Secondary) and Raffles Institution (Junior College). The nearest Mass Rapid Transit station is Bishan. Raffles Institution is an independent school comprising an all-boys' Secondary section and a co-educational Junior College section. It is the oldest school in Singapore. Founded in 1823 as Singapore Institution by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, it is consistently ranked as one of the top secondary schools in Singapore in the now-defunct official school rankings released by the Ministry of Education. RI has received the top award of MOE's Masterplan of Awards, the School Excellence Award.