Kota Kinabalu High School

Kota Kinabalu High School, KKHS(Malay: Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu, STKK; Chinese: 亚庇中学, 庇中 ) is a high school in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.[6] In 1985-1987,[7] KKHS area was moved from Pekan Tanjung Aru to Penampang District, with an area of 18 acres. As a result, KKHS can create many building to improve the learning environment. The school also is designated as a cluster School of Excellence by the Malaysian Ministry of Education.

Kota Kinabalu High School
亚庇中学
yà bì zhōng xué
Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu
Logo Kota Kinabalu High School
Block IT Kota Kinabalu High School
Address
Bunga Raja Kayu Road off Old Penampang Road, Kepayan Ridge,

Kota Kinabalu
,
Penampang
,
Sabah
,
West Coast Division
,
88300

Malaysia
Information
Other namesKKHS, KK High School
STTK
庇中
Former namesJesselton Middle School (1949-1950)
North Borneo Overseas Chinese School (1950-1960)
Jesselton Middle School (1960-1968)
Kota Kinabalu High School (1968-Present)
School typePrivate School (1949-1971)
Public School (1971-Present) Secondary School
MottoFOKUS STKK & sePAKAT2K [1]
Established1949;[2] 73 years ago
StatusActive
School boardBoard of Governors Kota Kinabalu High School
ChairmanMr. Lim Kiat Kang
PrincipalMrs. Lily Wong Bitt Lee
Staff128 people (2020)[3]
GenderCoeducational
Age13-16 (Class Peralihan, Form 1 to 3) to 16-18 (Form 4 to 5) & 18-20 (Form 6)
Enrollment2175 pupils (2020)[4]
LanguageChinese, Malay, English
Classrooms50 rooms[5]
AreaIn Tanjung Aru - 6.23 acres (2.532 hectares) [Migrated]
In Penampang - 18 acres (7.284 hectares)
Campus typeSuburban
Websitewww.kkhs.edu.my
kkhs.edupage.org
http://www.smjk.edu.my/school/index.php?schid=72

School name
  1. Kota Kinabalu High School had been established an given the name Jesselton Middle School in 1949.
  2. The following year, the school name was altered to North Borneo Overseas Chinese School.
  3. In 1960, the name was changed back to Jesselton Middle School.
  4. In August 1968, the school came to be known as Kota Kinabalu High School.

History

1949

Kota Kinabalu High School (KKHS) was founded in 1949, is the first school established after the World War 2. The founder of this school consists of Datuk Wong Tze Fatt and a group of Chinese who are very concerned about the education system. Besides that, they also considering the Chinese primary school students did not have the opportunity to continue to attend secondary school on the spot after graduation. Initially, this school was a full-fledged Chinese school. After going through various development processes and strong support from the local community as well as cooperation from the government, the school finally exists as national school consisting of staff and students of various races. In 1949, the temporary school building was the attap dwelling.

1950

The site of the Chinese Consulate in Kota Kinabalu was borrowed as a temporary school building.

1951

KK High School erected own school building at Tanjung Aru with a compound of 6.23 acres (2.532 hectares).

1959

At this time, the school had a three-story building, library and science laboratory.

1971

The board of directors decided to accept government subsidies and change from a private to a national-type restructured Chinese Secondary School (SMJK).[8]

1985

Yang Berhormat Datuk Lim Guan Sing, the Sabah Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Development officiated the laying of the Foundation Stone for the KKHS Building after receiving an allocation of eighteen acres of land from the Sabah state government in Penampang.

1987

After a few years of hard work, finally moved into a new campus of 18 acres located three and a half miles in Penampang. Datuk Chau Tet Onn has officiated the opening ceremony of a new campus of KKHS.

1993

This school has been upgraded from a grade B school to a grade A school. Thanks to the efforts of school board members, teachers and students, the school hall was successfully established and officially opened by Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Mohd Salleh Tun Haji Mohd Said. In addition, a life skills workshop was built in 1997.

References
  1. FOKUS STKK & sePAKAT2K. "庇中校训". 中华网 SMJK School Portal. Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu (KKHS).
  2. "Sejarah Sekolah". 亚庇中学 Kota Kinabalu High School. Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu (KKHS).
  3. "Statistik". 亚庇中学 Kota Kinabalu High School. Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu (KKHS).
  4. "Statistik". 亚庇中学 Kota Kinabalu High School. Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu (KKHS).
  5. "Statistik". 亚庇中学 Kota Kinabalu High School. Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu (KKHS).
  6. Mu, Paul (7 July 2009). "KKHS can regain past glory". New Sabah Times. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  7. "Sejarah Sekolah". 亚庇中学 Kota Kinabalu High School. Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu (KKHS).
  8. "How does SMK and SMJK differs?". buxi.my. EdTech Sdn Bhd.

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