Malay College Kuala Kangsar
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The Malay College Kuala Kangsar Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar كوليج ملايو كوالا كڠسر | |
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International Baccalaureate Organisation[3] | |
Yearbook | The Malay College Magazine |
Affiliations | Sekolah Berasrama Penuh GALES Trust School[4] SBP School of Global Excellence[5] |
Alumni | The Malay College Old Boys Association |
Website | www |
The Malay College Kuala Kangsar (abbreviated MCKK;
The Malay College Kuala Kangsar was awarded the
The school is one of the only two boarding schools in Malaysia (the other is
The school specialises in rugby, basketball, hockey, debate, robotics and most prominently, leadership.[10]
History
The Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) is the first fully residential school in Malaysia.[11] Established on 2 January 1905, it was originally known as the Malay Residential School of Kuala Kangsar, also then formerly known as Maktab Melayu Kuala Kangsar in Malay.[1]
The school was the brainchild of R J Wilkinson, inspector of schools for the Federated Malay States. In a letter to the resident-general dated 24 February 1904 he wrote about "establishing at a suitable locality in the F.M.S., a special residential school for the education of Malays of good family and for the training of Malay boys for admission to certain branches of Government service".
William Hargreaves, headmaster of Penang Free School, was appointed as the first headmaster to lead the establishment of the school with 40 pioneering students. Since 1965, the Malay College has been led by Malay headmasters.
As it was founded to educate the Malay elite, being royal children and the sons of Malay nobility, few of its early students were from commoner families. However, during
Some of the well known teachers include Pendeta Za'Ba and Anthony Burgess.[13]
The Straits Echo on 15 April 1905 reported that a few boys were placed in cozy dormitories in Hargreaves’ rented house, while the others were stabled in small houses formerly occupied by the Malayan Railway clerks. The second half of the school, conducted by Mr. Vanrenen was held in a fowl house. There were 40 boys in the first intake.
The sanction for the building of a permanent school became official on 23 December 1905; by 1 May 1909, the Big School was first brought into use. On Saturday, 11 December 1909, the Big School was officially opened by the Sultan of Perak, and the auspicious date also marked the change in the name of the school from the Malay Residential School of Kuala Kangsar to the Malay College Kuala Kangsar.[14]
The change seems to have seen greater emphasis on the original aim of MCKK. A report from 1910 said: "From this school the Government have great hopes that the sons of Malays of the Raja and higher class will be educated and trained on the lines of an English Public School and be fitted to take a share in the Government of their Country."
Since its inception, more than 5,000 boys (and 2 girls)[15] have entered the gates of MCKK. The first The Malay College Magazine was published in 1939. The compulsory white uniforms were introduced in 1949, before that, the students wore Malay dress. The MCKK samping designed and woven in Terengganu consisting of black, yellow and red (with resultant overlapping colours) was introduced in 1939 to be worn with white Baju Melayu and black songkok was made the optional Malay uniform. It was only made compulsory in 1959 by the last British Headmaster, NJ Ryan.
The Headmaster changed the names of the 3 Houses (Rookies, Heads and Wheelies) to the four names of FMS Rulers in 1905. He was the same Headmaster who personally raised the
In October 1989, the Queen, Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited the school.[16]
In 2004, the college was placed under purview of the rulers with then Crown Prince of Perak,
The college celebrated its centenary on 26 March 2005, attended by dignitaries, old boys, and townspeople. The
On 10 June 2006, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan visited the school. The monarchs had promised to visit the school in the 1990s.[19]
Since 30 May 2007, the Malaysian Ministry of Education has recognised MCKK as a cluster school.
In 2010, the school have been selected to be among the first High Performance Schools while in 2013, the Prep School celebrated its centenary.[20]
MCKK has also hosted two international events, which are The Malay College Youth Development Summit
Buildings
The most recognisable feature of the school is the Big School (built in 1909), a building with pseudo
Sports
The school is currently the best rugby school team in the nation.
The school basketball team is called "MCKK Cagers" and won Piala Hamdan Tahir, the boarding-schools basketball championship, 19 times since 1977, the most in Malaysian history.[25][26] MCKK debate teams have won Piala Perdana Menteri, the boarding-schools national debate, five times for Malay category and twice for English category.
Rivalries
MCKK has over the years established academic and sports rivalries with several premier schools, for example,
Tuesday Activities
Unlike other schools in Malaysia, co-curricular activities at the College are usually conducted every Tuesday. There are two types of co-curricular activities which are Club & Societies and Uniformed Bodies. The students wear their uniformed body attire on this day. The uniformed bodies that are present in the school are The Malay College Marching Band, Army Cadet Corps, Red Crescent Society, Scout Troops, Fire Brigade Cadet and Malaysia Youth Cadet Corps. Club & Societies at the college come and go depending on the interests of the teachers and boys at the college at the time, but some have been around for a long period. Some of the Clubs & Societies that are currently in existence include: Debate, History, French Language, English Language, Malay Language, Innovation, Robotics, and more.
Notable alumni and MCOBA
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1st Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
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10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
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29th Sultan of Brunei
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Malaysian Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability
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Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia
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Sarly Adre Sarkum, Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Architects
The alumni association of MCKK is known as the Malay College Old Boys' Association (MCOBA) and it was established in 1929. In 2009, the association enrolled its first non-Malay member, Liew Yong Choon.[27] The alumni association is based in a dilapidated building called "Penthouse" of the MCOBA building on Jalan Syed Putra, Kuala Lumpur.
To this date, seven
The novelist and composer
See also
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b Maktab Melayu Kuala Kangsar, arkib.gov.my
- ^ "About MCKK".
- International Baccalaureate Organisation.
- ^ "List of Trust Schools".
- ^ "Foreword by Chairman of the Parent-Teachers Association of MCKK".
- ^ Kecemerlangan sekolah satu gender, Utusan Online
- ^ "MyNewsHub | RPK: What Happened In Those 100 Years?". Mynewshub.my. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ Baharom, Raslan (27 March 2005). "Archives; The Star Online". Thestar.com.my. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "MCKK declared a national heritage by King in elaborate ceremony - Nation | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Improving Student Outcome" (PDF). Pemandu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Boarding Schools / Residential Schools in Malaysia - Malaysia Students Web". web.malaysia-students.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ Paridah(2009), p. 3
- ^ "Kosmo! Online - Rencana Utama". Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ Oleh Mohd. Azli Adlan. "Kosmo! Online - Rencana Utama". Kosmo.com.my. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "Malay College Kuala Kangsar's first female student dies". New Straits Times. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ISBN 9789676116550. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Nation". NST Online. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "MCKK Brought Change To Malay Education System". melayuonline.com. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Malaysian National News Agency". Bernama. 10 June 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "Streets". NST Online. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "MCKK to host Youth Development Summit 2012 June 17-25". BorneoPost Online - Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Regaining MCKK's lost glories not an easy task - Other - New Straits Times". Nst.com.my. 23 February 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "I was a student at MCKK Prep School - General - New Straits Times". Nst.com.my. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "Regaining MCKK's lost glories not an easy task". Sports. New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2015.[page needed]
- ^ "MCKK Johan Pertandingan Bola Keranjang HKSBP 2012". Mckk.edu.my. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "The all-Malay basketball team was a crowd favourite". Saifuddinabdullah.com.my. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ [1] Archived 20 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Maktab Melayu Kuala Kangsar - Arkib Negara Malaysia". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ [2] Archived 12 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Unveiled: Work by Anthony Burgess suppressed for years; The exclusive Malaysian school where the author taught finally allows his ode to be performed," by Sholto Byrnes, Independent (London), 5 December 2010
Bibliography
- ISBN 967-937-356-8
- Johan, Khasnor. Leadership But What's Next? ISBN 983-3318-52-5
- Paridah Abd. Samad (2009). Datuk Seri Najib: A Long Political Journey. From The Golden Boy of Malaysian Politics to Malaysia's Sixth Prime Minister. Partisan Publication & Distribution. ISBN 978-983-99417-4-6
Further reading
- Neil J Ryan. The Last Expatriate: Reminiscences of an educationalist in Malaysia. Utusan Publications & Distributors Sdn. Bhd. ISBN 967-61-1730-7
- Nik Ismail Nik Daud. Arbain Kadri. Prosiding Simposium MCOBA 1. 3 December 1989.