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St. John's Institution (''Malay: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan St. John'') is a secondary school for boys (sixth form is co-ed) and is one of the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The school is widely known as SJI and the students of St John's Institution bear the name Johannians. The school is named after Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, the founder of the De La Salle Christian Brothers Order and also known as the ''Patron Saint of Teachers''. SJI consists of a primary school and a secondary school. The primary and secondary schools initially were fee paying missionary schools. They functioned together until the increase in enrolment of pupils led to a separation of the primary school in 1960. The primary schools are formally known in Malay today as ''Sekolah Kebangsaan St. John (1)'' and ''Sekolah Kebangsaan St. John (2)'' while the secondary school is called ''Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan St. John''. SJI is among the first 30 schools selected into the ''Cluster School'' scheme when it was first introduced in 2007 by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. The La Sallian Brothers and the Board of Governors still hold much autonomy over management of the secondary school compared to the Malaysian Ministry of Education. This has allowed the secondary school to maintain a certain amount of prestige. Though the school land is owned by the Roman Catholic Church (including St. John's Cathedral, Kuala Lumpur which is next to the school), much of the school funding is received from the Government of Malaysia. == Site and architecture == The main school building is located in Jalan Bukit Nanas, in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, next to the Bukit Nanas forest reserve, giving it a lush surrounding. St. John's Primary Schools are located across the road from the main school building while the Convent Bukit Nanas, an Infant Jesus Sisters' school for the girls, the AIA building and the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur are located further down the road. The Fatima Kindergarten (housed in what is Kuala Lumpur's oldest catholic church and now converted into a community service centre) and the Roman Catholic St John's Cathedral are located on the road leading up to SJI. The school is famous for its imposing red and white-brick main building with Grecian-Spanish influences. It was gazetted as a National Heritage site by the Government of Malaysia on 21 May 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. John's Institution」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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