Maktab Nasional
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.
| Maktab Nasional (National College) | |
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| Address | |
Taman Kingfisher Park II, Kg. Bangka-Bangka Kuala Inanam, Likas, Kota Kinabalu , Sabah , 88800 Malaysia | |
| Information | |
| School type | Private Secondary School |
| Motto | Luceat Lux Vestra (Let Your Light Shine) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1985 |
| Founder | Bishop Datuk Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong, PGDK |
| Status | Open |
| Principal | Marie Yong Pik Hua |
| Grades | Form 1 to Form 5 |
| Language | Malay, English, Chinese |
| Houses | Red Ferrari Blue Porsche Yellow Lamborghini |
| Website | stsimon |
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) alongside with SK Sacred Heart, Karamunsing, SM St. Francis Convent, Bukit Padang, Tadika St. Francis, Karamunsing, Tadika Shan Tao, Karamunsing, 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 the daughter primary school which was later to be knowns 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, Kota Kinabalu parish, alongside 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, 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, whilst the current chaplain is the Rev. Fr. Wilfred Atin, who is also the incumbent rector of St. Michael's Church, Penampang (by which he is also concurrently the school's ex-officio board of governors' member representing the clergy quota, out of two persons, the other one being Rev. Fr. Alexander Sipanul, a native of Limbahau, Papar as well as one of his predecessors as the rector of the above parish and currently the rector of the Holy Trinity Parish, Madsiang-Inobong, Penampang) 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
- Roger Wang, award-winning Malaysian composer and acoustic guitarist.
References
- "Our School | Maktab Nasional". Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- 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.
- "Maktab Nasional stages another musical theatre". kkdiocese.net. Retrieved 9 January 2017.