I am not sure whether SXI is a controlled school but I know that many parents want to send their kids there eventhough they are not from St Xavier cawangan or St Xavier Kg Baru

At primary school in cawangan, it was just go to school and not much activities as since the school is two sessions, most activities are held on saturdays and that also is limited to alternate saturdays. In there a holidays on saturdays, the activity is cancelled. He was in the scouts but never had the chance to pass the first level (tenderfoot).

Now in secondary SXI, my son is more cakap banyak, more independent, more matured. Uniform activities are held every tuesday afternoons as SXI is a single session school. Very rarely, the activities are cancelled. They even had a weekend camp to let the juniors pass the tenderfoot test. Most of the time it is the senior students who lead the juniors with the guidance of the teachers. They are so active and these activities provide hands-on real life experience to the kids. Other than scouts, my kid stays back two to three days in a week after school but he is not complaining. He enjoys it. The things that he gets involved makes him more responsible.

While SXI is a christian missionary school, other than some physical parts of the school reminds one of it, the school environment is like any other sekeloh kebangsaan. Everyone irrespective of race or religion should be comfortable to study in SXI.

Sadly,, being not a fully aided school, SXI does not get that much funding but this has made the teachers and students have the fighting spirit and determination to survive against all odds. I have heard from a parent that his child who is from a controlled school in Bukit Jambul is quite demotivated but after changing him to Hamid Khan is a changed person. Yes, I have also heard good things about Hamid Khan.

In summary, I think how good a school depends a lot on the principal and teachers who provide the environment and opportunities for the children (and among themselves) to lead each other. I don’t think we should expect teachers to spoon feed our children.

By the way, I am not an old Xaverian