Henry Gurney School

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

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

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

^ "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

"Sekolah Henry Gurney Wanita Batu Gajah" (in Malaysian)

[1] "shg.htm Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine." Malaysian Prison Department. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

[2] "Sekolah Henry Gurney".

[Kananatu_et_al-3] Kananatu, Thaatchaayini; Koh Geok May, Sharon, eds. (2020). Vulnerable Groups in Malaysia. De Gruyter Oldenbourg.

[4] Malaysia Official Year Book 1965. Government Press. 1965.

[5] Federation of Malaya Report. The Stationery Office. 1957. p. 339.

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