The Malay word ‘sekolah’ is actually derives from the Portuguese word ‘escola’ and it can be said that Melaka is where among the first school in Malaysia started. Little bit about history of the education system in Melaka, it was first introduced by St. Francis Xavier when he was first arrived in 1545. Soon after that, two educators consisted of a priest, Father Fransisco Peres and a teacher, Brother Roque de Oliveira was sent to St Paul’s College, Melaka where the college only began with 120 pupils at that time.
Malacca High School (MHS)
was existed example of school that was established before independence which was officially established on 7th December 1826 by
the English Colony, making MHS as the oldest government English school established
in Malaysia.
Another example of scool that was established
before independence in Melaka was Methodist Girl’s School (MGS) which was
officially established on 1905 by the British where at MGS pupils are taught about Jesus and how to read and write Romanized
Malay and English.
Other than
conventional schools that taught the pupils on how to read and write, a High
Moral School also has been established in 1949, where this centre runs rehabilitation programs for male juvenile
criminals. Renamed as School of Henry Gurney at 15 May 1950, all the male juvenile
criminals that lived here are exposed to living skills such as sewing, cooking
and vocational skills such as mechanical repairing.
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