Keat Hwa Secondary School

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Keat Hwa Secondary School 吉华国民型华文中学
Address
Kuala Kedah Road Alor Setar , Kedah Malaysia
Coordinates	6°05′50″N 100°21′28″E / 6.097303°N 100.357824°E / 6.097303; 100.357824
Information
Type	Conforming secondary school
Motto	礼义廉耻 (Honesty and Honour)
Established	1911
Founder	A group of local Chinese
School district	Kota Setar
Oversight	13 acres (53,000 m2)
Board of Directors	Ir.Chua Teik Seng
Principal	Mr Ching Kang Beng
Teaching staff	130 approx.
Nickname	Keat Hwaians
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	2500 approx.
Campus	Alor Setar
Colour(s)	Red, Blue, White, Yellow
Nickname	Keat Hwa
Rival	Sultan Abdul Hamid College
Accreditation	Cluster School
Affiliation	Keat Hwa High School Keat Hwa II Secondary School
Medium of Language	English, Chinese, Malay
Main Feature	The recognition of the mother tongue education - the Chinese Education
School Code	KEB2094
Website	www.smjkkeathwa.edu.my www.smkh.edu.my www.smjk.edu.my keathwa.org
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吉 華 中 學
Simplified Chinese	吉 华 中 学
Literal meaning	Keat Hwa Middle School
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jíhuá Zhōngxué Southern Min Hokkien POJ Keât Huá tiong ouk
Malay name
Malay	Sekolah Menengah Keat Hwa

Keat Hwa Secondary School (simplified Chinese: 吉华国民型华文中学; traditional Chinese: 吉華國民型華文中學; pinyin: Jíhuá Guómínxíng Huáwén Zhōngxué; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Keât Huá tiong ouk) is a cluster Chinese high school in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia which provides quality secondary education.^[1][2][3][4]

It was founded in 1911, making it one of the oldest schools in Malaysia. It has an area of 13 acres (53,000 m²). Keat Hwa Secondary School is widely known as Keat Hwa in the region, and it is one of the only 78 Chinese conforming^[5][6] (national-type) secondary schools in Malaysia.^[7][8][9]

One of the features which makes the Keat Hwa Secondary School special from other typical secondary schools in Malaysia is that all students with Chinese primary school background are required to learn Chinese language and to sit for Chinese language examination in major examinations like Lower Secondary Assessment and Malaysian Certificate of Education.

In 2011, Keat Hwa Secondary School was awarded the Cluster School of Excellence status by Malaysian Ministry of Education.^[10] Keat Hwa Secondary School is also said to be the best secondary school in town. And in 2011 itself, Keat Hwa celebrated its 100th anniversary with three-day celebration seeing more than 35,000 Kedah Chinese and exstudents/alumni around the world participating in the events.^[11][12][13] The Keat Hwa 100 celebration is also being recorded in the Malaysian Book of Records.^[14]

As a Chinese Secondary School, the teaching of Science and Mathematics are in English. Following the announcement of the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, who is also the Education Minister, on 4 November 2011, the Keat Hwa Secondary School would have the options to teach Science and Mathematics fully in English, Bahasa Malaysia, or bilingually. However, majority of the parents wanted their children to be taught Science and Mathematics in English.