Henry Gurney School
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The Henry Gurney Schools (Malay: Sekolah Henry Gurney) are centres established in 1949 under Juvenile Courts Act 1947 [Act 90] to care for young offenders in Malaysia, and were known as High Moral Schools before 15 May 1950.[1][2] They are for children and young people aged 14 to 20.[3][4]
List of Henry Gurney schools
[edit]Initially, only two Henry Gurney schools were created.[5]
As per now, the schools have expanded as follows:-
- Henry Gurney School, Batu Gajah, Perak (all-girls)
- Henry Gurney School, Telok Mas, Malacca (co-educational)
- Henry Gurney School, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (all-girls)
- Henry Gurney School Puncak Borneo, Kuching, Sarawak (all-boys)
- Henry Gurney School, Keningau, Sabah (all-boys)
Programs
[edit]The rehabilitation programmes in these centres are divided into four stages:
- Orientation Programme
- Induction
- Orientation
- Assessment
- Strengthening Self-Personality Programme
- Spiritual Module
- Academic Module
- Counselling Module
- Sports and Recreation Module
- Vocational Training
- Sewing
- Craft
- Batik
- Baking
- Pre-release Programme
References
[edit]- ^ "shg.htm Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine." Malaysian Prison Department. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "Sekolah Henry Gurney".
- ^ Kananatu, Thaatchaayini; Koh Geok May, Sharon, eds. (2020). Vulnerable Groups in Malaysia. De Gruyter Oldenbourg.
- ^ Malaysia Official Year Book 1965. Government Press. 1965.
- ^ Federation of Malaya Report. The Stationery Office. 1957. p. 339.
External links
[edit]- "Sekolah Henry Gurney Wanita Batu Gajah" (in Malaysian)