Sekolah Menengah Tshung Tsin Tenom

About Tshung Tsin Secondary School Tenom

Tshung Tsin Secondary School Tenom is a Chinese Independent High School (Sekolah Menengah Persendirian Cina) in the inland town of Tenom, in the interior division of Sabah. It was founded in 1965, the same year as the larger and better-known Sabah Tshung Tsin Secondary School in Kota Kinabalu. The two schools share a name and a founding year, but they are separate institutions. The Tenom branch is a small school serving the Chinese community of the Tenom district and the surrounding interior, with enrolment of around 145 students.

The school is one of the Chinese Independent High Schools in Malaysia, a group of privately funded schools that teach mainly in Mandarin and run the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) curriculum. Tshung Tsin Secondary School Tenom holds a five-star excellence rating and frames its work around the long-view idea that nurturing a person takes a hundred years.

Curriculum at Tshung Tsin Secondary School Tenom

Tshung Tsin Secondary School Tenom teaches the six-year UEC programme: three years of Junior Middle (Junior Middle 1 to 3) followed by three years of Senior Middle (Senior Middle 1 to 3). The Unified Examination Certificate is set and governed by Dong Zong (UCSCAM), the United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia, and is sat at the end of Junior Middle 3 and again at the end of Senior Middle 3.

Mandarin is the medium of instruction across subjects, and Bahasa Melayu is compulsory. The school runs a dual-track structure so that students keep national qualifications as well. Junior Middle students sit the national PT3 assessment alongside the Junior UEC, and Senior Middle students sit SPM alongside the Senior UEC. This means a graduate leaves with both a UEC and an SPM result, which keeps both private and public pathways open.

Fees at Tshung Tsin Secondary School Tenom

Tshung Tsin Secondary School Tenom has not published a full tuition schedule online, so families should contact the school for current figures. Chinese Independent High Schools in Malaysia generally charge tuition in the range of RM 3,000 to RM 12,000 per year, and as a small interior school the Tenom branch tends to sit toward the lower end of that band.

Boarding is available for students from outside the town. Hostel fees are around RM 50 per month for female students and RM 60 per month for male students, with meals charged separately at about RM 200 per month. The school also offers scholarships, including fee waivers for strong entrants from local primary schools, and channels need-based grants from outside organisations to families who qualify.

Admissions at Tshung Tsin Secondary School Tenom

Entry is at Junior Middle 1, after primary school, with transfers into later years considered on a case-by-case basis. Because the school serves a wide interior catchment, the hostel lets students from beyond Tenom enrol. Families should ask the school about intake dates, the entrance assessment, and required documents such as the primary school leaving record and identity papers.

Contact admissions on 087-735991 to confirm places, boarding availability, and scholarship eligibility before the academic year begins.

Tshung Tsin Secondary School Tenom in Sabah

Tshung Tsin Secondary School Tenom sits in the interior division of Sabah, reachable from Keningau and the wider interior by road and historically by the Tenom rail line. It is the Chinese independent school option for families in the Tenom district who want a Mandarin-medium, UEC education without sending children to Kota Kinabalu.

Sabah recognised the UEC in 2019 for entry into the state civil service, which strengthened the case for the UEC track in the state. For families weighing options, the school’s dual-track approach means a Tenom student can hold a UEC, an SPM, and a Sabah-recognised qualification all at once.

Contact: 087-735991, Tenom, Sabah.