Maktab Nasional

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Maktab Nasional
(National College)
Address
Taman Kingfisher Park II, Kg. Bangka-Bangka Kuala Inanam, Likas,

Kota Kinabalu
,
Sabah
,
88800

Malaysia
Information
School type Private Secondary School
MottoLuceat Lux Vestra
(Let Your Light Shine)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1985 (1985)
FounderBishop Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong, PGDK
StatusOpen
PrincipalMarie Yong Pik Hua
GradesForm 1 to Form 5
Language Malay, English, Chinese
Houses  Red Ferrari
  Blue Porsche
  Yellow Lamborghini
Website stsimon.edu.my/mn

Maktab Nasional (National College in English) is a private Catholic mission secondary school located in Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu.

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It was founded as a Catholic mission school in 1985 under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu as well as the Sacred Heart Cathedral parish and is a member school of the St Simon Educational Complex as well as the family of schools under the Sacred Heart Cathedral parish (together with its kindergarten and primary sections of Taska & Tadika Datuk Simon Fung as well as SRS Datuk Simon Fung) along with SK Sacred Heart, Karamunsing, SM St. Francis Convent, Bukit Padang, Tadika St. Francis, Karamunsing, Tadika Shan Tao, Karamunsing, SK St. Francis Convent, Bukit Padang, SM La Salle, Tanjung Aru and SJK (C) Shan Tao, Kepayan Ridge.

It is noted as the only privately-owned Roman Catholic mission school in the state.

History

The school was founded in 1985 [1] and was located at the present St Peter's College Initiation Year campus in Karamunsing, Kota Kinabalu.

Then, a group of new buildings were built in Jalan Istiadat, Likas in 1988 to form its daughter primary school which was later to be known as SRS Datuk Simon Fung, in honour of the late Bishop Datuk Simon Fung of the-then diocese (now Archdiocese) of Kota Kinabalu.

With the tragic loss of the old primary school block in 1993 at the Jalan Istiadat premises, the schools moved to the present location at Kingfisher Park, Likas, where it took another two years until 1995 to form the Kompleks Pendidikan St. Simon (St. Simon Educational Complex) together with the kindergarten and pre-school section known as Taska & Tadika Datuk Simon Fung that has been established since 1990.

Internal structure

The school offers the Malaysian public examinations, PT3 and SPM and also the IGCSE international examinations for selected students. As it is a Catholic secondary school under the auspices of the Sacred Heart Cathedral parish, along with other fellow Catholic mission schools under the parish's care (including the school's kindergarten and primary daughter schools) such as SK Sacred Heart, Karamunsing, SM St. Francis Convent, Bukit Padang, Tadika St. Francis, Karamunsing, SK St. Francis Convent, Bukit Padang, Tadika Shan Tao, Karamunsing, SM La Salle, Tanjung Aru and SJK (C) Shan Tao, Kepayan Ridge, the school's supervisor is the rector of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu, concurrently held by Rev. Fr. Paul Lo from Kudat, whilst the current chaplain is the Rev. Fr. Mattheus Augustine Luta, a native of Penampang since October 2022 (by which he is also concurrently the school's ex-officio board of governors' member representing the clergy quota) in which he succeeded Rev Fr. Wilfred Petrus Atin, a native of Ranau who is also the current rector of St. Michael's Church, Penampang since 2017 and its current principal is Mdm. Marie Yong Pik Hua, who took over from the only alumnus to serve in the similar post, Dr. Alexander Funk Yun Leong in 2019 after his tenure contract ended for the past six years since 2013.

Co-curricular activities

Musical Theater

The school staged the first ever musical theater in Sabah with the production of “The King and I” in 1985, The school has also produced stage performances that included “The Variety Show Concert” (1987), “The Wizard of Oz” (1992), “What A Friend Is” (1998), “My Fair Lady” (2002), “Beauty and the Beast” (2005) “Summer Camp High” (2010) and Crazy Dreams (2013) [2] and "Meant To Be, A 2016 Musical" (2016). [3]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "Our School | Maktab Nasional" . Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Voo, Therenes (6 September 2013). "Special needs students to show talents in musical theater". BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Maktab Nasional stages another musical theatre". kkdiocese.net. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

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