SULTAN ISMAIL COLLEGE-CLASS OF 56

The two Form 5 Classes of 1956 at the Sultan Ismail College in Kota Bharu on the east coast of Malaysia [then Malaya]were the only group of about 80 pupils [the exact number is uncertain due to lack of record] in the whole state of Kelantan that prepared boys and girls to sit for the Senior Cambridge Certificate Examination in pre-independent Malaya. Pupils from other schools; there was then only a handful, had to compete to get into this school at various stages of their secondary school education, and those who failed to get in had to sit as private candidates if they pass the qualifying examination.

On 1st to 3rd September last year,more than thirty of the old boys and girls, some with their spouses, celebrated their Golden Jubilee Reunion in Kota Bharu. The occasion was a real joy for every one participating and for many they could hardly recognise each other when they first set eyes on each other. Making the number were old boys and girls who have returned especially for the occasion from the United States of America, Australia and Singapore. I was fortunate to be one of them.