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Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Yussuf SYS
Address
Jalan Ilmu 31000 Batu Gajah, Perak Malaysia
Information
School type	Government school, Cluster
Motto	Malthum in Pafo (Much in Little)
Founded	1907; 117 years ago (1907)
School number	AEB 2063
Principal	Encik Ghazali Bin Hashim
Language	Malay, English
Website	http://www.smksy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SMKSultanYussuf-430633183792360

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Yussuf (or SYS) is a high school located in Batu Gajah, Perak, Malaysia.

History

The school was established as a small private school in 1907, and was founded by Malai Perumal Pillay, a local merchant. In those days it was difficult to persuade parents in Batu Gajah to educate their children. Pillay achieved this by going from door to door in the township. Eventually, he gathered 30 children in the school together with three teachers from Taiping. The first class was held in his own home. K. Mudalir was the first Headmaster of the school. All the costs, including teachers' salaries, were met by Pillay.

The school move to a nearby site in 1908 when the Batu Gajah Prison donated the building material for the school from the old prison building. The people of Batu Gajah cooperated in community spirit gotong royongs and built the school. During that year, M.C. Champion was appointed to replace K. Mudalir as Headmaster.

Over the next two years, the number of students increased to 80. This forced Pillay to hand the school over, on 9 August 1910, to the government of British Malaya and it was renamed the Batu Gajah Government English School.

The school was later renamed Sultan Yussuf School after the Second World War

Special education

Special education classes were inaugurated in May 2010.

Regional centre

The school is the venue for regional educational events. For example, in May 2010 a workshop for English teachers was held here, as was the State junior competition dance championship in August 2008.

Notable alumni

• Sultan Azlan Shah (19 April 1928–28 May 2014), the Sultan of Perak from 1984 to 2014.
• Jeffrey Cheah, Officer of the Order of Australia, founder and chairman of The Sunway Group of Companies.
• Kumaresan Aramugam, the current Batu Uban State Assemblyman

References

1. Hussain, Mustapha, Sundaram, Mustapha, Insun Sony, Jomo Kwame (2005). Malay Nationalism Before Umno: The Memoirs of Mustapha Hussain. Kuala Lumpur: Utusan Publications. p. 423. ISBN 978-967-61-1698-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. "Baiduri sumbang lima komputer". Utusan Malaysia. 16 May 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
3. Lynn D’Cruz (30 May 2010). "Words of wisdom". The Star. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
4. "SK Tarcisian Convent juara pertandingan tarian". Utusan Malaysia. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
5. "His Royal Highness Paduka Seri Sultan Perak". Sultan.perak.gov.my. 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
6. "Cheah donates to alma mater". The Star. 31 October 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

External links

• Official website
• SMK Sultan Yussuf on Edublog
• SMK Sultan Yussuf on WordPress
• SMK Sultan Yussuf on Facebook
• Sejarah SMK Sultan Yussuf
• "Bahan pemanas makanan meletup". Utusan Malaysia. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

• Secondary schools in Malaysia
• Publicly funded schools in Malaysia
• Educational institutions established in 1907
• 1907 establishments in British Malaya