Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar

Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar
Motto Loyalty, Learning, Leadership
Established 1991
Type International Boarding school
Headteacher Dr Simon Watson
Founder Y.A.M. Tunku Naquiyuddin, Tunku Laxamana Negeri Sembilan, Y.A.M. Tunku Tan Sri Imran and Y.A.M. Tunku Dara Tunku Tan Sri Naquiah
Location Mantin
Negeri Sembilan
71700
Malaysia
Staff Academic - 83
Students 628
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–20
Houses      Irinah
     Jawahir
     Alia
     Imran
     Nadzaruddin
     Naquiyuddin
     Nadzimuddin
     Naquiah
Colours Maroon and grey
Website www.ktj.edu.my

Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar (KTJ), is a co-educational international school in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, founded in 1991. Its Primary School is a day school for pupils between the ages of 4 and 11 while its Secondary School offers boarding for students from the age of 11 to 19. Day schooling is also possible in the Secondary School. It is a British curriculum school.

School affiliations

The school is a member of the Federation of British International Schools in South East Asia (FOBISSEA), Association of International Malaysian Schools and the Council of International Schools.

Boarding Houses

In the Secondary School, there are eight houses. Each house is named after the late Tuanku Ja'afar's children and grandchildren. The Junior House is divided into separate sections for girls and boys. There are three Senior Girls Houses and four for the Senior Boys. The boarding houses offer shared rooms with the possibility of single rooms for a few students in certain houses in the Sixth Form.

Sports

The school has two rugby and football fields, a hockey field, a cricket field, four basketball courts (2 indoors and 2 outdoors), a netball court, six badminton courts, two volleyball courts, two swimming pools (mid-size and beginner pools), three squash courts and two gyms. A climbing wall is also available.

Students at KTJ participate in the following sports and games:

The students are encouraged to play in the daily evening games, which are organised by the Physical Education Department from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 pm.

The Physical Education Department has over the years organised the following tournaments:

Extra Curricular Activities

Kolej Tuanku Ja'afar offers a wide range of activities that students may participate in after school hours. Each student must take up at least 2 clubs and a sport whilst in secondary school, or 1 club and 1 sport whilst in the sixth form. The clubs and societies in KTJ are run at an extremely high level and often spur members on to excellence outside of school.

Among the many outstanding achievements of KTJ's students in extracurricular activities are regular attendance to international Model United Nations conferences such as THIMUN and NISPMUN. KTJ also has a proud legacy of excellence at the Southeast Asian Forensics competition, which is organised annually by ISKL. KTJ is also the current Malaysian national schools debating champion.

Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar extracurricular activities include:
• MUN (Model United Nations) • Red Crescent Society • PTPI (People To People International) • Innovators Club • Global Debates • Debating Union • Dance Club • Chess Club • Guitar Ensemble • Variety Dance Club (Indian Malay and Chinese) • ICT Club • Film Club • Photography Club • Journalism Society • Interact Club • Scrabble Club • Hip Hop/ Break Dance Club • Malay Language and Cultural Club • IYA (International Youth Awards) • Concert Band • Senior Choir • Buddhist Society • Christian Fellowship • Islamic Society • Maths Club • Science Invention Society • Strings • Junior Choir • Social Media Club • Forensics Society • Drama Club

Library

Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar has a library with over 17000 books (a ratio of 27 books to each student).

References

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