LOCKE ACADEMY was founded by Chan Weng Kit. The school adopted the name from the philosopher John Locke. 

During the 1970's, there weren't many private schools around Negeri Sembilan, especially ones that provided A Levels and GCSE for students wanting to further their studies. Seeing that potential he took advantage of the opportunity and started his own private school in that year 1971 after shortly graduating from the University of Malaya.

Somewhere in the 70’s, he had a foresight to further facilitate for his students, and so he moved the school into a bigger premise which was located in the outskirts of Seremban, a village called Temiang. Despite his hopes of establishing a campus, he struggled to maintain students duly because Temiang was known at that time for being notorious. 

Truly it was by God’s grace that my Dad was able to recover by moving back into town center with an appraising lead into Wisma MCA as an anchor tenant. Ever since then for the past decades, LOCKE ACADEMY has been consistently producing results in Accounting courses in which many of the students achieved internationally acclaimed medals.

The establishment has recently moved location into Centerpoint Seremban since July 2018 soon after my Dad's passing. As heirs, my wife Pearl (second from right) and I was moved to continue “Serving the people through education.”. 

We believe that the kind of passion we have seen in Dad's persevering character and heart for education is a legacy worth keeping.

Depicted by: Paul Chan - Son (first from right)