 Penang Schools
Schools in Penang
Schools in Penang have existed from the time the British landed in 1786. In the beginning, there were no formal classes, and in all likelihood, only the children of noblemen and government officers have any opportunity to attend. The Chinese community form their own schools to provide education and inculcate values. The first formal English school to open is the Penang Free School, in 1816, free in the sense that it was the first school open to all. In the following decades other schools open their doors to the masses, including convent schools established by Catholic nuns and the St Xavier's Institution by French and Belgian the missionaries of Jean Baptiste de la Salle.
Today, all these Penang schools have been brought into the national school system with a uniform curriculum. On the primary level, people's own language is used as a teaching medium in the national-type schools while in the secondary level, the Malay language is the primary medium for teaching all subjects except English, Science and Mathematics. The teaching of science and mathematics in English was reintroduced in Malaysia a few years ago, in an attempt to halt the slide in the command of English among students, and to prepare them for tertiary education.
On this page, we view some of the most established schools in Penang. Also included are the colleges and universities.
 | Aik Hua Primary School
Muntri Street
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 | SJK (C) Chong Cheng Primary School
Sungai Ara
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 | Chung Ling High School
Ayer Itam Road
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 | Convent Light Street
Farquhar Street
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 | Dalat International School
Tanjung Bungah
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 | Francis Light School
Perak Road
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 | KDU College Penang
Anson Road
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 | Kolej PTPL
Burmah Road
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 | Kwang Hwa Primary School
Sungai Nibong
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 | Methodist Boys School
Ayer Itam Road
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 | Methodist Girls School
Anson Road
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 | Penang Chinese Girls' High School
Gottlieb Road
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 | Penang Free School
Jalan Masjid Negeri
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 | Penang Medical College
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 | Phor Tay Buddhist School
Jalan Bagan Jermal
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 | Ramakrishna Ashrama
Scotland Road
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 | Sacred Heart
Balik Pulau
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 | Shih Chung Branch School
Sungai Nibong
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 | SMK Sungai Nibong
Sungai Nibong
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 | St George's Balik Pulau
Balik Pulau
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 | St George's Girls' School
Macalister Road
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 | St Xavier's Institution
Farquhar Street
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 | Union High School
York Road
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 | Union Primary School
Burmah Road
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 | Universiti Sains Malaysia
Minden, Gelugor
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 | Wawasan Open University
Northam Road
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 | Wisma Yatim Laki-Laki Islam
Ayer Itam Road
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 | Wisma Yatim Perempuan Islam
Scotland Road
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Index of Schools in Penang
- Chinese Taipei School
- Dalat International School
- Fairview International School
- Jit Sin High School
- Maahad Al-Mashoor Al-Islami
- Penang Chinese Girls High School
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Aek Keow
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Aik Hua
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Beng Teik
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Berapit
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Boon Beng
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chiao Nan
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chong Cheng
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chong Kuang
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chong Teik
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chung Hwa 2
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chung Hwa 3
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chung Hwa Cawangan
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chung Hwa Confucian
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chung Hwa Pusat
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chung Shan
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Convent Dato Keramat
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Eng Chuan
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Eok Hwa
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Han Chiang
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Hu Yew Siah
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Hui Bin
- Sekolah Kebangsaan Batu Ferringhi
- Sekolah Kejuruteraan
- Sekolah Pendidikan Khas Pulau Pinang
- Shih Chung School
- Uplands International School
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