On a teaching sojourn


The first batch of teachers arrived in England on board the S.S Chusan.

ON board the S.S Chusan, a steamer of the Peninsular & Oriental Shipping Company, was how the first batch of 148 men and women to be trained as teachers at the Malayan Teachers’ Training College (MTTC) Kirkby, reached England.

They embarked on their 21-day voyage on Dec 12, 1951 from Swettenham Pier, Penang.

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