Setem Malaysia 1966 - 150th Anniversary of Penang Free School

Setem kenangan sempena ulang tahun ke150 Penang Free School. Tarikh keluaran Oktober 21, 1966.

Penang Free School dibuka pada 1816. Tiga puluh tahun selepas Francis Light tiba Penang, 1786. Penubuhan PFS diusaha oleh Robert Sparke Hutchings (1781-1827).

Robert Sparke Hutchings (11 April 1781 – 20 April 1827) was an English clergyman who initiated the founding of Penang Free School. One of the oldest English-medium schools in Southeast Asia, in Penang. He was previously based in Bengal.

Kenapa nama Free School? Sebelum Penang Free School sekolah cuma menerima kemasukan murid warga Eropah dan kalangan pegawai kerajaan.

Education was available to the children of Europeans and government officials but not to the growing number of children of mainly migrant Asians and Hutchings was concerned.

Penang Free School - established 1816

Baca sama:

PFS the oldest in Malaysia - british malaya home link.

On the road to 200 years - link.

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