SM King Edward Awards
TAIPING: SM King Edward VII had its
annual awards ceremony where 62 students received the school and Old
Edwardians’ scholarships amounting to a total of RM25, 484 and
others excellence wards in the school hall here recently.
The guest of honour was a prominent
lawyer in Kuala Lumpur and an old Edwardian Datuk Abdul Mutalib
Datuk Mohamed Razak, and also present were the school principal Abdul
Rahsib Hussin, PTA deputy chairman Anas Md Yusof, the LMS District
Assistant Education Officer Mazlan Majid and the Old Boys
Association Malaysia Taiping president Mohaideen Ishack, parents,
teachers and award winning students.
The school Principal welcomed the
guests and said all about the school curricular and co-curricular
achievement s of the students at school, district, state and national
levels. He also stated how well the students had done in 2011 PMR,
SPM and STPM and congratulated all the achievers in academic, sports
and other co-curricular fields.
The guest of honour Datuk Abdul Mutalib
thanked the school in inviting him to officiate the function and also
asked him to declare the school’s awards ceremony open. He praised
the students who brought glory to the school and said he was very
proud of them.
He said he had his formal education in
the school between 1950 and 1961and he has still full of fond
memories of the school that cannot be erased from his memory.
He said during his school days, the
school principals were H.D.Christe, W.V.Hobson and Mac Cockindale and
his popular teachers were Ismail Kamal, Lim Seiw Chin, and Utam
Singh.
On the school’s history he said under
the British Colonial administration after the Pangkor Treaty and
prior to World War Two it became the first English School in Taiping
in the Federated Malay States.
He said, “After post World War II
period which witnessed the path of Nationhood and that was until 1957
when the country became independent Nation.
He said during those years lots of
changes were seen in the education system, culture and still the
colonial era of education and post war experience are still in
existence in the school.
The above had made what is SM King
Edward VII today and had galvanised the school in producing
statesmen, professionals, Sportsmen and gentlemen,” he said.
Mutalib said the school should thrive
hard to be able to be another cluster school in the country.
A total of 69 students received
scholarships and 81 received excellence awards which include those
who had done well in the 2011 PMR, SPM, and STPM and others school
colours.
The school in 2010 PMR examination
achieved 88 percent passes with 28 students having excellent results
while in 2011 it achieved 92.98 percent passes with 37 having
excellent results; in the 2010 SPM it achieved 95.6 percent passes
with 18 having 5As and above while in 2011 it achieved 100 percent
passes with 34 having 5As and above; and in 2010 STPM it achieved
95.04 percent passes with 18 having 2As and above while in 2011 it
achieved 92.64percent passes with 41 having 2As and above.
Curriculum Awards went to students who
excelled in the 2011 Form One final examination - five gold and
three silver; in Form Two 10 gold and eight silver; and in Form Four
Science11 gold and 14 silver and in arts stream three silver; lower
form six- science two gold and four sliver; and in the arts
stream-three gold and 18 silver.
Excellence awards were also `presented
37 students who sat for 2011 PMR Assessment Examination and among
them the best was Chua Choon Joo; 11 in SPM pure science and the best
was Chong Meei Yin; 18 received personality award.
Twenty-eight students received the 2011
School Scholarship awards each RM30 while the other scholarships were
donated by the old Edwardians and well wishers.
Three received Habidi Zain’s
scholarship each RM 30; two Old Edwardian Hostilities’ Scholarships
each RM 100; two rugby players Mariappan’s Scholarships each RM100;
10 Dr Toh Theam Hock’s Scholarships each RM200; two Fauja Singh/
Bagawan Singh’s Scholarships each RM100; four Combined Fadhil,
Nordin, Jayabalan and Yu Siew Seng Sports Scholarships each RM200;
and 20 received the Golden Jubilee Scholarships each RM 200.
Meanwhile earlier Seven university entrants received Long Eng Wah’s
Scholarships each RM1,500 and one also Teoh Theam Hock scholarship
received RM1,500
The school principal special curriculum
award went to Wan Amirul Asyraf Wan Ahmad Kamal, the school principal
special co-curriculum to Ong Seng Han and the Tiger of the Year 2012
award went to Arif Amri.
End.
Arrival of the guests from left are Mohaideen Ishack, Datuk Abdul Mutalib Datuk Mohamed Razak, behind from left are Ali Bkar Ibrahim Ghani and Abdul Rahsib Hussain.
From left are………., Abdul Rahsib Hussain, Datuk Abdul Mutalib Datuk Mohamed Razak , Mohaideen Ishak and Ali Bakar Ibrahim Ghani
Mohaideen Ishak presenting an Old Edwardian Scholarship to a recipient.
Giving helping hands left Dtuk Abdul Mutalib Datuk Mohamed Razak and right Mohaideen Ishak in fitting the old Edwardian 2012 blazer on Tiger of the Year 2012 Arif Amri.
