Kuching High School

Kuching High School

Kuching High School (KHS) (古晋高级国民型中学) is a three-acre public secondary school located at the center of Kuching, which is the capital of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a co-ed school for students from transition to form 5. Its curriculum prepares students for the Lower Secondary Evaluation Examination (Penilaian Menengah Rendah or PMR) in form 3 and Malaysian Certificate of Education examination (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia or SPM) in form 5. These exams are administered by the Malaysian Ministry of Education.

Founded in 1916 as Min Teck Junior Middle School (民德初級中學）, the school was a private school for the Chinese. After the Japanese Occupation, the school was renamed Chung Hua Middle School（中華中學） in 1946. In 1958, it was renamed again as Chung Hua Middle School No.2 （古晉中華第二中學）. After it was converted to a government-aided school in 1963, it was called SMB Kucing High. And since 2002 the school has been known as SMK Kuching High.

The school has been named Sarawak’s most promising school and Chief Minister Excellent School. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin who is also the nation's Education Minister praised Kuching High School as "a success story of the national education system". To have further education, completing students would be accepted into SMK St. Thomas, to pursue their Malaysian Higher School Certificate (Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia or STPM) program, by the government’s matriculation program (mostly to Kolej Matrikulasi Labuan) or other public and private higher education institutions.