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Penang Free School ( PFS ), located at Green Lane in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is the oldest English-medium school in Southeast Asia. [1] [3] Founded in 1816, its academic achievements lead to its inclusion in the Malaysian Ministry of Education 's Cluster School and High Performance School systems. [citation needed]
St. Xavier's Institution, at Farquhar Street in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is the oldest Lasallian school in Southeast Asia and one of the Catholic Lasallian schools in Malaysia. [ 2] While it has a history dating back to 1787, the present-day institution, named after St. Francis Xavier, was only established in 1852. [ 3][ 4][ 5][ 6]
Victoria Institution. The Victoria Institution is the oldest secondary school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a memorial school, so-called because it was partly funded by public subscription intended for the erection of a permanent memorial to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The establishment of the school was further ...
Robert Sparke Hutchings (11 April 1781 – 20 April 1827) was an English clergyman who initiated the founding in 1816 of Penang Free School, one of the oldest English-medium schools in Southeast Asia, [ 2][ a] in Penang in present-day Malaysia. He was also involved with the founding of the Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, in ...
Penang boasts of a good system of education stretching back to the early days of the British administration. Many of the public schools in Penang are among the oldest in the country and even in the region as a whole. Most notable of these are: Penang Free School, the oldest English school in the country. This is the former school of Tunku Abdul ...
Maxwell School ( Malay: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Maxwell) is an all-boys secondary school, located north of Kuala Lumpur. Established in 1916, [ 1] the school is believed to be the oldest school in north of Kuala Lumpur as well as one of the oldest in Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia. Both current students and alumnus are known as a Maxwellian.
St. John's Institution. St. John's Institution ( Malay: formerly known as SMK St. John; abbreviated SJI[ 1]) is a public all-boys school (sixth form is co-ed) and is one of the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The school is widely known by its initials, SJI and the students of St. John's Institution bear the name Johannians .
Many of the earliest schools in Malaysia were founded in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca, and Singapore. The oldest English-language school in Malaya is the Penang Free School, founded in 1816, followed by Malacca High School, St. Xavier's Institution, King Edward VII School (Taiping) and Anglo Chinese School, Klang. Many ...