Section 56: SJKC Middleton

Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Ladang Middleton

Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Ladang Middleton

Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Ladang Middleton was located at KM 5, Jalan Batang Jelai, Ladang Batang Jelai and was established in 1953 with total of 96 pupils only. All of the students came from Ladang Batang Jelai (The previous name was known as Ladang Middleton).

Since 1996, there were no existence of chinese community lived in Ladang Batang Jelai. On 1st July 2006 the school consisted only 5 pupils , 1 chinese pupil which came from nearby area , 3 Malay pupils and 1 Indian pupil who came from Ladang Batang Jelai.

The school was governed by a headmaster, 2 teachers, a clerk and a Public Servant assistance. The school was guarded by a private security company with 2 guards on duty for 24 hours.

On 30th Mac 2004 a new Ministry of Education policy had approved the transfer of the school into a new location. A housing developer company known as Pembinaan Seri Pajam Sdn Bhd had agreed to contribute a land size of 5 acres at Taman Desa Puteri , Bahau area for the new location as per written in the official letter dated on 6th September 2004.

The School Board of Director and Parents and Teachers Association had agreed to transfer the school into the new location at Taman Desa Puteri, Bahau. During that time, the state assemblyman YB Tuan Dato See Ah Kow was appointed to be the head of the Transfer Committee.

In September 2005, the school fund for transfer project committee held a Charity Concert at Era Hotel, Bahau for the purpose of collecting funds to build the new school. On that day, the committee had managed to collect RM900,000.00 from different agents and private companies. The construction tender was released open for bidding in the year 2006 and Mr Chong Min Fu has been awarded with the tender and the construction was also started in the same year.

The school was fully finished construction in September 2007, but however the Transfer Project Committee for transferring the school into a new location was being rejected as they failed to obtain the CF license and few problems had also rose at that time. Finally, they succesfully managed to solve the problems and the school was transferred to the new location on 18th February 2008.

On 20th May 2015 , this school had changed its name from SJKC Ladang Middleton to SJKC Middleton. Up to present, the school community consist of 1 headmistress, 10 professional teachers and 1 religious teacher. Administration department consist of 2 clerk and 1 assistant administration. For the security department, there are 2 security guards who appointed by the government outsourced security company, protect school against intruders or damage. In addition, 2 cleaners fulfill cleaning duties to ensure the students learning in a comfortable environment. In Year 2021, the total enrolment of the students are 80 students. The majority of the enrolled students are from Taman Desa Puteri. Additionally, minority enrolled students around Taman Bahau attracted to this school by its reputation.