SJK(C) Aik Keow

SJKC Aik Keow in Telok Ayer Tawar.

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 Kampung Telok Ayer Tawar, North Seberang Perai District in Penang state of Malaysia.

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 hectare)
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

What is on Aik Keow

2009

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

2011

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

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.[7]
  • The local council helped to collect old books for the poor schools in the region, including Aik Keow primary school [8]
  • The school is suffering from the termite problem [9]

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Education Malaysia official webpage
  2. ↑ The official Facebook page
  3. ↑ Report about SARS closure of school
  4. ↑ Watch the TV programme here
  5. ↑ Read the report
  6. ↑ Speech Contest
  7. ↑ "2012年08月18日 - 益侨学校挖沙工程引冲突 发展商道歉息风波 - 北马 - 地方新闻 - 南洋网". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-06-25. The report of Nanyang about the housing developer
  8. ↑ [link removed] Old books for good used
  9. ↑ Termite please go away

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