22°16′0″N 114°14′24″E / 22.26667°N 114.24000°E
| Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College | |
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22 Tsui Wan Street, Chai Wan Hong Kong | |
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| Motto | 博學愛群 (Prolific, Academic, Affectionate, and Co-operative) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Islam |
| Established | 1970 |
| Principal | Ho Sau Yin Zareenah[1] |
| Website | Official website  |
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| Traditional Chinese | 伊斯蘭脫維善紀念中學 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 伊斯兰脱维善纪念中学 | ||||||||||||
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| Islamic English College | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 伊斯蘭英文中學 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 伊斯兰英文中学 | ||||||||||||
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Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College (IKTMC) is a secondary school in Chai Wan, Hong Kong. It is named after Kasim Tuet, a Hui Muslim who played a major role in the development of Chinese Muslim education in the city. Formerly known as the Islamic College, it is the only Islamic secondary school aided by the Hong Kong Education Bureau (EDB).[2]
History edit
Founded in 1970 as Islamic College, the school was formally renamed Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College in 1997. It is founded and sponsored by the Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association.[3] The school motto is composed of four key Chinese characters: Prolific, Academic, Affectionate, and Cooperative, which represent the fraternal nature and peace-loving spirit of Islamic teachings.[4]
Academics edit
Source:[5]
The school has 6 grades, namely Secondary 1 to Secondary 6 (S1-S6). The S1-S3 curriculum includes the 8 key learning areas as introduced by EDB, namely:
- Chinese Language Education
- English Language Education
- Mathematics Education
- Personal, Social, Humanities Education
- Science Education
- Technology Education
- Arts Education
- Physical Education.
The school implements the New Secondary School Curriculum at Secondary 4. Apart from the 4 core subjects (i.e. Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics, and Liberal Studies), students may choose to study 3 or 2 more other subjects.
At present, students in S1-S6 are taught according to the HKDSE syllabuses and helped to prepare for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education.
Special arrangements are made and school-based curriculum is utilized for non-Chinese students, who will sit for the GCSE and GCE Chinese Language examination conducted in Hong Kong.
Campus edit
The College has a site area of 6,900 sq m. The 7-storey building is endowed with spacious playgrounds and open areas. There are 26 classrooms, over 20 special rooms (including library, counselling room, career and guidance room, etc.), a hall, 2 basketball courts, 1 cricket court, and 2 covered playgrounds.[6]
Student life edit
Source:[7]
IKTMC's student composition includes students from Malaysia, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, China, and Yemen.[8]
School bus service edit
The school provides school bus service from all parts of Kowloon and New Territories (Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai, Kam Tin, Tung Chung, Kwai Chung, Tsuen Wan, Lai King, Sha Tin, Tseung Kwan O, etc.) to the school and vice versa.
Oversea educational trips edit
The school has organized trips to Umrah, Brunei, Turkey, Germany, Switzerland, USA, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Hainan etc.), Singapore, Malaysia and Japan over the past few years.
Notable staff and alumni edit
Ifzal Zaffar edit
He graduated in the school year of 2013–2014 at the Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College. He is now a member of the Yau Tsim district patrol unit. Ifzal Zaffar made headlines around the world in 2017 after he climbed up the crane on a construction site near the Western Harbour Tunnel and persuaded the distressed man to come down by reassuring him in Urdu.[9]
Khan Uzma Nisa edit
She graduated from IKTMC in 2017 and achieved 34 points in the HKDSE. Due to her outstanding academic performance as an ethnic minority, she has been featured by several Hong Kong media.[10]
Bibi Tayyaba edit
She graduated from IKTMC in 2012. she was awarded the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship. She has been admitted to the MSc in Education (Higher Education) programme of the University of Oxford starting from the 2017/18 academic year with the aid of a scholarship. Due to her outstanding academic performance as an ethnic minority, she has been featured by several media.[11] She is now an English Language Lecturer at the Education University of Hong Kong.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Teaching Staff". Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College 伊斯蘭脫維善紀念中學. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Education Bureau School List by District - Eastern District". Education Bureau.
- ^ "伊斯蘭脫維善紀念中學 Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College". iktmc.edu.hk. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "伊斯蘭脫維善紀念中學 Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College". iktmc.edu.hk. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "伊斯蘭脫維善紀念中學 Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College". iktmc.edu.hk. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "伊斯蘭脫維善紀念中學 Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College". iktmc.edu.hk. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "伊斯蘭脫維善紀念中學 Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College". iktmc.edu.hk. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College School Report 2016-2017" (PDF). 伊斯蘭脫維善紀念中學 Islamic Kasim Tuet Memorial College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Meet the hero Hong Kong police officer who became a global sensation". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "巴籍女生考入港大 要有好成績不用放棄童年 - 香港經濟日報 - TOPick - 親子". topick.hket.com. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Pakistani graduate one step closer to teaching dream". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
