Chiang Kai Shek College
| Kolehiyo ng Chiang Kai-shek 菲律濱中正學院 | |
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Former names
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Chiang Kai-shek High School (1939-1965) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1939 |
| President | Dory Poa, PhD |
| Students | 7000+ |
| Location | 1274 Padre Algue St., Tondo, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Campus | Urban |
| Teaching languages | English, Chinese, Filipino |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Athletics | Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association, Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association, Filipino Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation Meet, Baden Powell Cup Basketball Tournament, etc. |
| Affiliations | Association of Chinese-Filipino Schools in the Philippines, etc. |
| Website | www.cksc.edu.ph |
Chiang Kai-shek College (simplified Chinese: 菲律濱中正学院; traditional Chinese: 菲律濱中正學院; pinyin: Fēilùbīn Zhōngzhèng Xuéyuàn) is a Chinese Filipino institution of higher learning founded by Chinese Filipinos, recognized by the government of Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of China (Taiwan). The school offers programs in the preschool, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels. It is the largest Chinese Filipino school in population in the Philippines. The school is located at 1274 Padre Algue St. Tondo, Manila, Philippines.
Chiang Kai-shek College was founded by the late Principal, Mr. Wong Chun Seng and the late Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Yu Khe Thai with other prominent Chinese in Manila in June 1939, beginning with a population of 273 students. Chinese Filipino locals contributed to its buildings and facilities. The school was named after Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Many years later, in the Pacific War, it was heavily damaged, fourteen teachers and students were killed for participating in underground activities. Thus a monument was built in commemoration.
In June 1945, through the effort of the former Acting Principal Huang Chi Hwa, the school temporarily opened five review classes for senior and junior high school students. When Mr. Huang left in October, Mr. Pao Shih Tien was designated as the officer-in-charge by the Board of Trustees.
Mr. Wong Chun Seng returned in December and was reappointed as the Principal by the Board of Trustees, with Dr. Pao Shih Tien as Acting Principal to assist him. The school reopened in December 1945. Under the management of the late Principal, together with the support of the Chinese Filipino community, the school acquired its present site. Student population was close to one thousand when the school moved to its new site in August 1948.
On June 15, 1951, the Board of Trustees amended the organization of the school's administration by adding the position of Vice-Principal. Dr. Pao Shih Tien was appointed to this position. In 1955, a Normal School that offered a two-year course for training Chinese teachers opened. Principal Wong Chun Seng died in March 1956. Vice-Principal Pao Shih Tien temporarily took charge of the school's administration until May 1956 when the Board of Trustees appointed its Chairman Yu Khe Thai as Principal and Dr. Pao Shih Tien as Vice-Principal. On April 29, 1959 the Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of Mr. Yu as Principal and appointed Dr. Pao Shih Tien as his successor.
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