Kolej Tunku Kurshiah

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Kolej Tunku Kurshiah
TKC
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Kolej Tunku Kurshiah
Kolej Tunku Kurshiah, 71760, Seremban

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Type Public, All-girls boarding school, Sekolah Berasrama Penuh
MottoRajin dan Usaha, Tangga Kemajuan
(Diligence and effort are the steps to success)
Established1947[ citation needed ]
PrincipalFathiiyah Mohd Pozi@Mohd Fauzi
GradesForm 1 - Form 5 and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Number of studentsN/A
Language Malay, English
Classrooms5 classes for each form (names: T, K, C, E, N )
HousesSiti Zawiah (Yellow), Selendang Delima (Green), Tun Fatimah (Blue), Mahsuri (Red)
Colour(s)  Green and white
YearbookSaujana
Affiliations Sekolah Berasrama Penuh, Ministry of Education (Malaysia)
AlumniMGC/TKC Old Girls Association
Website tkc.edu.my

Kolej Tunku Kurshiah (English: Tunku Kurshiah College; abbreviated TKC; formerly known as Malay Girls College; abbreviated MGC), is a boarding school located in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. TKC is an all-girls [1] residential school (Sekolah Berasrama Penuh) and the first fully residential girls' school in Malaysia. In 2010, the school received the Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi or High Performance School [2] title, a title awarded to the 20 schools in Malaysia that have met stringent criteria including academic achievement, strength of alumni, international recognition, network, and linkages. The school is specialised in leadership, innovation, and invention. [3]

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History

Tunku Kurshiah College was established as Malay Girls College in 1947. [4] It was initially located at a piece of land located at the 2 1/2 Mile of Jalan Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. It was officially opened by Lady Gent, the wife of Sir Edward Gent, the Governor of Malayan Union. The place is now known as Bukit Damansara.

In April 1962, the college moved to a 25 acres (100,000 m2) site at Bukit Merbah, Jalan Tunku Kurshiah, Seremban. The college changed its name to Tunku Kurshiah College, in honour of the first Raja Permaisuri Agong. It was formalised when the college was declared open by Almarhum Tuanku Munawir ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the then Yang Di Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan on 24 May 1963.

In 1986, the school were chosen as one of 20 pilot school for Computer Literacy Pilot Project and received Apple II. [5]

In 2000, TKC was chosen as one of the schools to participate in the Malaysia Smart Schools flagship application of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC). [6] The school is the first batch of Cluster Schools which granted itself autonomy to select its own students in 2007. [7] The school niche area is student leadership, English proficiency, and research and development (R & D). [8] Three years later, in 2010, the school again was selected to be among the first High Performing Schools (Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi) [9] with niche at leadership, innovation and invention. [10]

In 2011, the school band was featured in a flashmob style, reality programme, Refleksi Orkestra in conjunction with Orkestra RTM 50 Golden Jubilee. [11]

The school moved to its new premise in Bandar Enstek, Nilai in January 2013. [12] TKC new campus has two main blocks, namely academic lower secondary and upper secondary, an administrator block which consists of an office, teachers' chambers, libraries, laboratories, and a main hall which can accommodate 1,000 people. The main academic block can accommodate as many as 650 Ministry's stream students and 100 International Baccalaureate students. The university-style campus also has dormitory blocks, a surau, warden's residence, cafeteria, convenient sports fields and arenas, as well as WiFi. [13] The campus has an area as large as 17.4 hectares, built with cost approximately RM 75 million. [14] The process of moving to new premises was documented by TV3 (Malaysia) documentary programme Majalah Tiga. [15]

Notable alumni

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