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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]
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 ...
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Established in 1816, Penang Free School (PFS) is the oldest English school in Southeast Asia. British colonial rule had also encouraged the growth of mission schools in George Town such as St. Xavier's Institution, St. George's Girls' School and Methodist Boys' School. [25]
Penang Free School, Southeast Asia's oldest English school, is situated to the west of Taman Free School. Taman Free School mainly consists of low- and medium-cost flats and apartments, which were built in the 1970s. [1] [2] Each of the walk-up apartments is five-stories high and was not equipped with lifts at the time of construction. [2]
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]
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 traditionally English-language schools are considered quite prestigious.