Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Afar gabdhood oo walaalo ah ayaa loo diray Bariga. Safar dheer oo halis ah kadib, mid ka mid ah ayaa ku dhintay badda, seddex ka mid ah waxay ka degeen Penang bishii Abriil 1852. Isla sanadkaas, seddexda Walaalo ah waxay aasaaseen kaniisad ay ku jireen hoyga agoonta iyo iskuul ku yaal Penang. Bishii Sebtember 1852, Kaniisaddu waxay u dirtay afar gabdhood oo walaalo ah Penang, iyadoo ay mas'uul ka ahayd Hooyo Mathilde Raclot, si ay u hagto una taageerto kooxda gabdhaha walaalaha ah ee horey u yimid. Dugsiga, Convent Light Street (Malay: SMK Convent Lebuh Light), waa dugsiga gabdhaha ugu da'da weyn ee Penang wuxuuna qabsaday goobtiisa hadda ee ku taal Light Street oo u dhow taariikhda George Town in ka badan 150 sano. Intii ay ku sugnaayeen Jasiiradda, Sisters waxay sii wadeen inay dhisaan dugsiyo iyagoo gacan ka helaya bulshada maxalliga ah sida dugsiga gabdhaha ugu da'da weyn Kuala Lumpur ee Bukit Nanas Convent iyo dugsiga gabdhaha kaliya ee Shiinaha ee Convent Datuk Keramat ee Penang. Sanadkii 1952, dugsiga kaniisadda St Bernadette waxaa laga dhisay wadada Pusing, Batu Gajah Perak oo leh dhul la siiyay iyo lacag laga soo ururiyey bulshooyinka. Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka, Japan
waxay soo galeen Malaya waxayna la wareegeen ama xireen dugsiyo badan oo howlgal ah, gaar ahaan Dugsiga Hoose ee Convent ee buuraha Tanah Rata. Kaniisadda Tanah Rata waa mid ka mid ah kuwa yar ee gobolka ku yaal oo weli leh iskuul shaqeynaya iyo kaniisad. Maanta, dugsiyada CHIJ waxaa laga heli karaa inta badan gobolada iyo magaalooyinka waaweyn waxayna sii wadaan inay baraan gabdhaha maxalliga ah ee jinsiyadaha iyo diimaha oo dhan.