Education
HIGHER EDUCATION
Kolej Universiti Insaniah (KUIN, formerly known as Kolej Insaniah or INSANIAH) is located in Mergong.
Albukhary International University (AIU) will be the newest private institution of higher learning in this city and located in the Albukhary Complex.
Other institutions of higher learning in Alor Setar include Kolej Poly-Tech MARA Alor Setar, also locate in Mergong which is owned by Majlis Amanah Rakyat or MARA.Alor Setar is served by many primary and secondary schools.Kolej Tentera Udara (Royal Air Force College) also located in Kepala Batas, Alor Setar.
Notable secondary schools include:
- Keat Hwa Secondary School
- Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid
- Sekolah Menengah St. Nicholas Convent
- Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultanah Asma
- Maktab Mahmud Alor Setar
TECHNICAL SCHOOL
- Sekolah Menengah Teknik Alor Setar
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
- Sekolah Menengah Vokasional Jalan Stadium
SPECIALIST SCHOOL
- Sekolah Pendidikan Khas Alor Setar
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
“If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man’s future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual’s total development lags behind?”
—Maria Montessori (1870–1952)
“Those who first introduced compulsory education into American life knew exactly why children should go to school and learn to read: to save their souls.... Consistent with this goal, the first book written and printed for children in America was titled Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes in either England, drawn from the Breasts of both Testaments for their Souls’ Nourishment.”
—Dorothy H. Cohen (20th century)
“... the whole tenour of female education ... tends to render the best disposed romantic and inconstant; and the remainder vain and mean.”
—Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)