SMJK Keat Hwa

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Keat Hwa Secondary School (or 吉华国民型华文中学 in Chinese) is a cluster high school in Alor Setar, Kedah DA, Malaysia. It was founded in 1911, making it one of the oldest schools in Malaysia. Keat Hwa Secondary School is widely known as Keat Hwa. It is said to be one of the best Chinese Secondary Schools in Malaysia. In 2011, Keat Hwa Secondary School was awarded cluster school status （卓越学校） by Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE) or the Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia. Keat Hwa Secondary School is also said to be the best secondary school in town. And in 2011 itself, Keat Hwa celebrated its 100th anniversary with three-day celebration seeing more than 35,000 Kedah Chinese and exstudents/alumni around the world participating in the events. The Keat Hwa 100 celebration is also being recorded in the Malaysian Book of Records. As a Chinese Secondary School, the teaching Of Science and Mathematics are in English. Following the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister's announcement on November 04, 2011, the Keat Hwa Secondary School would have the option to teach Science and Mathematics fully in English, Bahasa Malaysia, or bilingually. However, majority of the parents want their children to be taught Science and Mathematics in English.