Kota Kinabalu High School

Kota Kinabalu High School (KKHS) was founded in 1949, is the first school established after the World War 2. The founder of this school consists of Wong Tze Fatt and a group of Chinese who are very concerned about the education system. Besides that, they also considering the Chinese primary school students did not have the opportunity to continue to attend secondary school on the spot after graduation. Initially, this school was a full-fledged Chinese school. After going through various development processes and strong support from the local community as well as cooperation from the government, the school finally exists as national school consisting of staff and students of various races. In 1949, the temporary school building was the attap dwelling.[2] In 1950, the site of the Chinese Consulate in Kota Kinabalu was borrowed as a temporary school building. In 1951, KK High School erected own school building at Tanjung Aru with a compound of 6.23 acres (2.532 hectares).In 1959, the school had a three-story building, library and science laboratory. In 1971, the board of directors decided to accept government subsidies and change from a private to a national-type restructured Chinese Secondary School (SMJK).

In 1985, Lim Guan Sing, the then-Sabah Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Development officiated the laying of the Foundation Stone for the KKHS Building after receiving an allocation of eighteen acres of land from the Sabah state government in Penampang. In 1987, the school moved into a new campus of 18 acres located three and a half miles off the Old Penampang Road.[2] Chau Tet Onn has officiated the opening ceremony of a new campus of KKHS. In 1992, the school has been upgraded from a grade B school to a grade A school. Thanks to the efforts of school board members, teachers and students, the school hall was successfully established and officially opened by Sabah Chief Minister, Salleh Said Keruak. In addition, a living skills workshop was built in 1997. In 2000, the school has successfully obtained approval from the Ministry of Education to open lower form six classes of literary stream and to date. In 2008, Kota Kinabalu High School be honored the title ‘Cluster School of Excellence’ by the Ministry of Education.