Aik Keow Chinese Primary School

Aik Keow Chinese Primary school^[1] is also known as SRJK (C) Aik Keow, (Chinese :日落斗哇益侨华文小学) is located in Penang state, Malaysia.

The Motto of The School

爱吾益侨 I love Aik Keow

History of The School

• 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

• 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 heactar)

Map of Penang Island and Butterworth

Committee of the School

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

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

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

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

What is on Aik Keow

2009

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

2011

• The Astro Television Chinese section ^[4] visited the school for introducing the Recycle programme to the pupils^[5]
• The school participated in the Recycle programme for making soap.^[6]
• The school participated in the speech contest ^[7]

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.^[8]
• The local council helped to collect old books for the poor schools in the region,including Aik Keow primary school ^[9]
• The school is suffering from the termite problem ^[10]

Contact

Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Aik Keow,

Teluk Air Tawar

13050 Butterworth

Pulau Pinang

Malaysia

Telefono: 604-3513455

Fax: 604-3513455

References

1. ↑ Ministry of Education Malaysia official webpage
2. ↑ The official Facebook page
3. ↑ Report about SARS closure of school
4. ↑ Astro reported Aik Keow recycle programme
5. ↑ Watch the TV programme here
6. ↑ Read the report
7. ↑ Speech Contest
8. ↑ The report of Nanyang about the housing developer
9. ↑ Old books for good used
10. ↑ Termite please go away

External links

Coordinates: 5°28′50″N 100°23′03″E / 5.480619°N 100.384052°E / 5.480619; 100.384052