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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.
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.
Penang Free School, the first English-medium school in Southeast Asia. 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 ...
Ralph Henry Pinhorn OBE (11 July 1871 – 1 May 1938) was a British educationalist and headmaster of the Penang Free School, the oldest English-medium school in Southeast Asia, from 1904 to 1925. Early life and education
The road also became the birthplace of some of the best English and missionary schools in Penang. The oldest of all, Penang Free School (now located at Green Lane), was established in 1819 in what is now the Penang State Museum. Between 1856 and 1858, two Catholic schools, St. Xavier's Institution and Convent Light Street, were relocated to ...
First English medium school in Southeast Asia - Penang Free School ( Malaysia, 1816) [3] [4] First Asian and Southeast Asian to be admitted to Harvard University - Fe del Mundo ( Philippines, 1936) [5] [6]
This is a list of schools in Penang, Malaysia. As of 2017, there are 589 schools in Penang. [1] ... School Name Postcode Area Coordinates PEA1091 SMK (P) Sri Mutiara
Pages in category "Cluster Schools of Excellence (Malaysia)" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .