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: [phone]

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