Penang Chinese Girls' Private High School

Penang Chinese Girls' Private High School
槟华独立女子中学
Penang Chinese Girls' Private High School
Address
2 Jalan Gottlieb
Georgetown, Penang
Malaysia
Information
Type All-girls Private High School
Motto Decorum, Honesty, Diligence, Simplicity
庄诚勤朴
Established March 1919
Enrollment approx. 300
Affiliations Penang Chinese Girls' High School

Penang Chinese Girls' Private High School is a private high school for girls located in Penang, Malaysia. It is the only all-girls Chinese independent high school in Malaysia. It offers a 6-year course which allow students to take either an internationally recognised examination named UEC or the Malaysian government exam called PMR and SPM.

History

Hokkien immigrants from China first built Penang Fukian Girls' High School in 1919. In 1920, there were 52 students. After several change of location due to the increase of students, the school was forced to a temporal hiatus in 1941 because of the second world war. It resumed teaching in 1945. It was finally named Penang Chinese Girls' High School in 1951. In 1962, Penang Chinese Girls' High School accepted the change of systems. The Chinese-based kept under a different name, thus Penang Chinese Girls' High School.[1]

School Motto

Decorum, Honesty, Diligence, Simplicity

References

  1. http://www.binhua.edu.my/index.php


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