This articles concerns the educational institutions of Penang.

English Schools

Penang boasts of a good system of education stretching back to the early days of the British administration. Many of the public schools in Penang are among the oldest in the country and even in the region as a whole. Most notable of these are: State motto: Bersatu dan Setia (United and Loyal), formerly Let Penang Lead Location in Malaysia Government Capital George Town (5. ...

• Penang Free School, the oldest English school in the country ^{[citation needed]}. It is believed to be the oldest in the whole of Asia and the Mediterranean ^{[citation needed]}. This is the former school of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the nation’s founding Prime Minister, a Perlis Ruler, the present king, as well as numerous great personalities of the nation (founded in 1816 by Anglican missionaries);

• St Xavier's Institution (founded 1825);

• Methodist Boys’ School, Penang (founded 1891), the pre-University alma mater of Penang’s present Chief Minister as well as the Prime Minister;

• Convent Light Street, the first girls’ school in the region,

• St George’s Girls School

These pioneer schools formed the backbone of Malaysia’s early education system which has educated generations of rulers, prime ministers, chief ministers, lawmakers, politicians, professionals and people of social standing. Penang Free School is a secondary school located in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. ... The current building of St Xaviers Institution St. ... Methodist Boys School, Penang is a secondary school for boys in Penang. ... Alma mater is Latin for nourishing mother. It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. ...

Chinese schools

Penang has also long been the centre of a well-developed Chinese private schooling system. These schools were set up by local Chinese associations with donations from wealthy philanthropists, and have historically attracted students from Chinese communities in Thailand and Indonesia, where Chinese education was banned.

• Chung Hwa Confucian School (founded 1904) is one of the oldest formal Chinese Schools in Malaysia and is the first to use Mandarin as the medium of instruction instead of the Chinese dialects.

• Chung Ling High School, (founded 9 Feb 1917) the alma mater of Penang's present Chief Minister, Singapore's Minister of Health and one of the key education institutions that help built the nation and the region of South East Asia.

Other Chinese schools include Jit Sin High School and Penang Chinese Girls' High School. Chung Hwa Confucian School (Chinese : 孔圣庙中华学校) was founded in 1904 in Penang, Malaysia. ... Chung Ling High School (Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan Chung Ling in Malay, 钟灵中学 in Chinese) is a secondary school located in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. ... Alma mater is Latin for nourishing mother. It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Jit Sin High School is a high school in Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. ... Penang Chinese Girls High School (PCGHS), better known as Bing Hua among the local Chinese community in Penang, is one of the leading girls schools in Malaysia. ...

Penang also has two international schools to meet the needs of the expatriate community. These are Dalat International School and the International School of Penang (Uplands). The International School of Penang (ISP), commonly known as Uplands School, is a British International school in Malaysia. ...

Tertiary Education

Penang is home to the Universiti Sains Malaysia (popular acronym USM), established in 1969, the second oldest university in Malaysia after the University of Malaya. Its main campus is situated in Gelugor while its engineering campus is located in Seri Ampangan in Province Wellesley. The university’s medical faculty is in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan on the east coast. With 35 000 students in 2005, USM is the biggest university in terms of enrolment in Malaysia. In March 2006 USM is also earmarked as one of four research-intensive universities in Malaysia. Within the expansive and undulating university grounds can be found lakes, hillocks, and swathes of trees, making it a very ‘green’ university. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is a public university with a main campus in Penang, Malaysia. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... The University of Malaya (Universiti Malaya in Malay; commonly abbreviated as UM or MU) is the first university in Malaysia, and is situated on a 750 acre (3. ... State Motto: Berserah kepada Tuhan Kerajaan Kelantan (English : Submit to God, government of Kelantan Capital Kota Bharu Sultan Tuanku Ismail ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yahya Petra Chief minister Tuan Guru Dato Haji Nik Aziz Nik Mat Area 14,922 km² Population 1. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Events 1 March 2006 (Wednesday) Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ...

SEAMEO RECSAM, which is short for South East Asian Ministers of Education Organization- Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics, is located in Gelugor. It serves as a research and training facility for the enhancement of the education of science and mathematics in South East Asia. Sharing the campus grounds is the Malaysian Teachers' College. The other teachers' training college being the Tuanku Bainun Teachers' College in Bukit Mertajam.

Penang is known as a regional education hub which attracts students from foreign countries due to its quality education and affordable tuition fees.

Private Colleges

Although it has been an important centre of education, Penang is one of the states in Malaysia that suffers from brain drain. The Malaysian New Economic Plan has been criticised by many people to be one of the key contributors to this social effect. However, this is not the only factor. University graduates do not have much opportunity to experience cutting-edge technologies in many areas of industry, from hard sciences (e.g. nanotechnology, grid computing, algorithmic research etc.) to high finance (e.g. risk management etc.) to global corporate management. A brain drain or human capital flight is an emigration of trained and talented individuals (human capital) for other nations or jurisdictions, due to conflict or lack of opportunity or health hazards where they are living. ... The Malaysian New Economic Policy is a controversial economic policy first implemented by the Malaysian government lead by Tun Abdul Razak in 1971. ... Molecular gears from a NASA computer simulation. ... This article or section may contain external links added only to promote a website, product, or service – otherwise known as spam. ... Generally, Risk Management is the process of measuring, or assessing risk and then developing strategies to manage the risk. ...

See also

• Penang
• Malaysia