Victoria Institution
| Victoria Institution | |
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Jalan Hang Tuah, 55200, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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| Type | Government, cluster school |
| Motto | Be yet wiser/Scholar,Sportsman,Gentleman |
| Established | 14 August 1893 |
| Principal | En. Kamarul Azman bin Md Ariff |
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Oxford Blue Cambridge Blue |
| Accreditation | Cluster School |
| Newspaper | The Seladang |
| Yearbook | The Victorian |
| Alumni | Exes |
| Students | Boys (Forms 1-5) Co-ed (Form 6) |
| Website | smkvictoria |
Victoria Institution is a secondary school for boys (and girls for Form 6) and one of the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The school is widely known as V.I. and a student of Victoria Institution bears the name Victorian.
VI achieves well in academic fields and sports at secondary school level in Malaysia and considered as one of the best non-residential schools in Malaysia. In 2007, VI was named as Cluster School of Excellence by the then Minister of Malaysian Ministry of Education, Hishamuddin Hussein.
The school is named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and was established by the British to commemorate her golden jubilee.
On 13 September 1945 the school was the site of the formal surrender of the 29th Imperial Japanese Army to Lieutenant-General Ouvry Roberts of the 34th Indian Corps.
Victoria Institution has a clock tower overlooking two sports pavilions and a large field, surrounded by colonial-era trees (yellow flame trees and palms).
However, the present day location of Victoria Institution on Petaling Hill (previously a Chinese cemetery area), is not the original site for VI. The original school building was located at Jalan Tun H.S. Lee, right next to the site of present-day KJ14 Pasar Seni LRT station, and was officially opened on 30 July 1894. In March 1929 the school shifted its location to Jalan Hang Tuah (formerly known as Shaw Road), as the old location was frequently flooded by the nearby Klang River during heavy downpours. The old VI building was used as police station, art gallery, office block, theatre, until a fire in 1999 burnt down the historical building; it was restored later. Reference.
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