Historical Schools Of Malacca

On 7th. December 1826, Malacca High School (MHS) was officially established. Her establishment took place just after Malacca was made an English colony on 17th. March 1824 after the Dutch ceded Malacca to the English after the Bencoolen Treaty in 1824. Malacca.Malacca High School began with the name ‘Malacca Free School’. On 1st. August 1878, the name of ‘Malacca Free School’ was changed to ‘Malacca High School’ when the government took over the school from the Christian Mission. The Christian Mission had to hand over ‘Malacca Free School’ to the government because of financial and administrative problems.“MELIORA HIC SEQUAMUR” is the motto of Malacca High School – the oldest government school in Malaysia. The motto is in Latin and means ‘Here We Strive For Better Things’ in English.