Chung Hwa Confucian High School
| Chung Hwa Confucian High School 孔圣庙中华中学 Kǒngshèngmiào Zhōnghuá Zhōngxué |
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Green Lane, Penang Malaysia |
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| School type | National secondary school |
| Motto | 敬诚勤朴 (Respect, Sincerity, Diligence, Moderation) |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Founder | Cheong Fatt Tze |
| Principal | Yeoh Lye Hock 杨来福 |
| Teaching staff | 140 |
| Enrollment | 2,400 |
Chung Hwa Confucian High School (or 孔圣庙中华中学 in Chinese) is a Chinese conforming (national-type) secondary school located in Green Lane, Penang, Malaysia. The school is one of the 10 Chinese secondary schools in Penang and also has a good record of co-curriculum and public examination results.
It is the only overseas Chinese School to be sanctioned by the Qing Dynasty Government of China, which officially presented it with royal seals bearing the school's name through its consulate and local businessman Cheong Fatt Tze, who is also credited with being the founder of the school.
The school was founded in 1904 and it is the first school in Southeast Asia to have used Mandarin as a medium of teaching students.
Cheong Fatt Tze was worried that new generations of Chinese might eventually forget their mother tongue and their own culture. He therefore donated funds to build Chung Hwa School (1904) in Penang and Ying Sin School (1905) in Singapore. These schools were the oldest formal Chinese Schools established in South-east Asia as a result of influence by the educational reforms in China in early 1900s, Mandarin is the school’s medium of instruction.
It is also the only Chinese school outside of China to be accredited by the Qing Dynasty, which presented it to Mr. Cheong Fatt Tze. He was the founder of this school. Cheong Fatt Tze led a team of Qing Dynasty officers in their mission to construct the Chung Hwa Confucian School. They raised a big sum of money and founded the school.
In the early years, Chung Hwa Confucian School was sited in the Ping Zheng Association (now known as the Penang Chinese Town Hall that was located in Jalan Masjid Kaptian Keling (who used to be Pitt Street). Initially, the school had only an enrolment of 160 students and eight teachers and classes were only conducted at primary level. The administration of the school came under the patronage of the School's Board of Governors. In 1908, the school moved to Maxwell Road (currently the site of Komtar Tower in George Town.
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