Education

Tan Sri Datuk P. Ramlee received his early education at the Sekolah Melayu Kampung Jawa and the Sekolah Kebangsaan Francis Light in his primary schools. Next, he ascended his studies to secondary level in Penang Free School until the Second World War came his education stopped for a while. During the Japanese occupation in Malaya, he studied at the School of the Japanese Navy he was made to enlist in a Japanese naval college in Penang. 

It was there that he learned to speak some Japanese and play the violin, and also watched many Japanese moviesbefore returning back to Penang Free School when the war ended. During his time at the Penang Free School Tan Sri Datuk P. Ramlee won first place in a song competition organised by Penang Radio during that time he was only eighteen years old. 



Sources:

 http://p-ramlee.com.my/Biography.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Ramlee
 http://www.penang-vacations.com/story-of-p-ramlee.html