Aik Keow Chinese Primary school[1][full citation needed] is also known as SRJK (C) Aik Keow, (Chinese :日落斗哇益侨华文小学) is located in Kampung Telok Ayer Tawar, North Seberang Perai District in Penang state of Malaysia.

SJKC Aik Keow in Telok Ayer Tawar.

The Motto of The School edit

爱吾益侨 I love Aik Keow

History of The School edit

  • 1930—the school commenced.
  • 1941—world war 2 destroyed the school building and all the teaching and learning halted.
  • 1945—the school recommenced the teaching and learning.

Geographical Location of The School edit

  • It is located in Teluk Air Tawar, Butterworth.
  • Butterworth is the mainland peninsula of Malaysia.
  • The school[2] has a 1.3 acres of land (0.5263 hectare)
 
Map of Penang Island and Butterworth

Committee of the School edit

Director: Mr HOO Lay Hock
Chairperson of Parent-Teacher Association: Mr YEU Guan Chuan
President of the Ex-pupils' Association: Mr SIM Eing Liong

School Administration edit

2013 session

  1. Head of the School: Ms CHUAH Gek Kim
  2. 1st school head assistant : Mr Thor Kean Khey
  3. 2nd school head assistant : Ms HOO Yen See
  4. Head of Ex-curriculum department: Ms TEOH Choe Yoong

School Enrollment and Staff edit

2013 session

  • Pupils: 167 boys and girls
  • staff (teaching and non teaching): 16 persons

2013 session

  • Pupils: 175 boys and girls
  • Staff remains unchanged

School Facilities edit

  • A mini school library
  • A small school canteen
  • A multipurpose hall
  • 12 classrooms

What is on Aik Keow edit

2009

  • The SARS forced the school to close for a week [3]

2011

  • The Astro Television Chinese section visited the school for introducing the Recycle programme to the pupils[4]
  • The school participated in the Recycle programme for making soap.[5]
  • The school participated in the speech contest [6]

2012

  • The housing developer next to the school did not take necessary precaution to avoid the noise and the digging of the man-made lake was posing danger of collapsing to the school building.[7]
  • The local council helped to collect old books for the poor schools in the region, including Aik Keow primary school [8]
  • The school is suffering from the termite problem [9]

Contact edit

Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Aik Keow,
Teluk Air Tawar
13050 Butterworth
Pulau Pinang
Malaysia
Telefono: 604-3513455
Fax: 604-3513455

References edit

  1. ^ [1] Ministry of Education Malaysia official webpage
  2. ^ [2] The official Facebook page
  3. ^ [3] Report about SARS closure of school
  4. ^ [4] Watch the TV programme here
  5. ^ [5] Read the report
  6. ^ [6] Speech Contest
  7. ^ "2012年08月18日 - 益侨学校挖沙工程引冲突 发展商道歉息风波 - 北马 - 地方新闻 - 南洋网". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-06-25. The report of Nanyang about the housing developer
  8. ^ [7] Old books for good used
  9. ^ [8][permanent dead link] Termite please go away

External links edit

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