SMK Semera is a five-year comprehensive public high school in Semera Village within Asajaya

Asajaya

Asajaya is a small Sarawakian town located in the Samarahan Division. Most of its inhabitants are made up of the Malay, Chinese and Iban people. Asajaya have a small town, known as Pekan Asajaya. It is the point where all the ethnic were gather together or other name, it is a melting pot for the...

, a small district within Samarahan Division

Samarahan Division

Samarahan Division is one of the eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Formerly part of the First Division, which included Kuching, it became a separate Division in 1985. Samarahan Division has a total area of 4,967.4 square kilometers.Samarahan...

 which is in Sarawak

Sarawak

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

, a state in Malaysia. Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo

Borneo

Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....

. The school is located approximately 10 kilometers southeast of Asajaya.

SMK Semera's students are mainly from Semera, Jemukan, Iboi, Sampun and a few more areas nearby, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the SMK Asajaya. As 30 June 2008, the school had an enrollment of 1,584 students.

Campus

SMK Semera consists of several parallel blocks of buildings and a corridor which connects them, and looks like extended "E" from above. Every block has windows on two sides, allowing light to pass through. This was done in order to save on energy costs, as the school was built during the prelude to the 1973 energy crisis. In 2007 a referendum was passed to add 8 new classrooms, an athletic training area and 2 toilets and to the original facility.

History

The formation of SMK Semera was suggested by PIBG members, led by Mr.Haji Taha Bin Salleh . Before construction of the school students in the community had to attend secondary school in Simunjan.

Semera is a village that consists of approximately 400 students.

1982

In 1982, PIBG and the villagers built a seven room school building, comprising: two classrooms, two offices and three teacher's quarters. The school also had to borrow two classes from a primary school - SRK Haji Kelali, Semera. SMK Semera was called SMK Sadong Hilir at that time.

1990

The school was moved to a new location behind the village. The name SMK Sadong Hilir was changed to SMK Semera. According to Mr. Zainuddin bin Kuan, Sarawak Educational Assistant Manager, the name “Semera” meant “at the same time”, for the cholera event that killed hundreds of villagers .

School Records

1. In 2006, a student, Ismim Putera bin Mohd. Nawawi scored 9A's in PMR exam, which is the first record in Samarahan district.
2. SMK Semera Drama Club is the second runner-up in Samarahan Drama Competition held on April 2007.

Curriculum

SMK Semera is a five-year comprehensive public high school in Semera Village within Asajaya

Asajaya

Asajaya is a small Sarawakian town located in the Samarahan Division. Most of its inhabitants are made up of the Malay, Chinese and Iban people. Asajaya have a small town, known as Pekan Asajaya. It is the point where all the ethnic were gather together or other name, it is a melting pot for the...

, a small district within Samarahan Division

Samarahan Division

Samarahan Division is one of the eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Formerly part of the First Division, which included Kuching, it became a separate Division in 1985. Samarahan Division has a total area of 4,967.4 square kilometers.Samarahan...

 which is in Sarawak

Sarawak

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

, a state in Malaysia. Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo

Borneo

Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....

. The school is located approximately 10 kilometers southeast of Asajaya.

SMK Semera's students are mainly from Semera, Jemukan, Iboi, Sampun and a few more areas nearby, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the SMK Asajaya. As 30 June 2008, the school had an enrollment of 1,584 students.

Campus

SMK Semera consists of several parallel blocks of buildings and a corridor which connects them, and looks like extended "E" from above. Every block has windows on two sides, allowing light to pass through. This was done in order to save on energy costs, as the school was built during the prelude to the 1973 energy crisis. In 2007 a referendum was passed to add 8 new classrooms, an athletic training area and 2 toilets and to the original facility.

History

The formation of SMK Semera was suggested by PIBG members, led by Mr.Haji Taha Bin Salleh . Before construction of the school students in the community had to attend secondary school in Simunjan.

Semera is a village that consists of approximately 400 students.

1982

In 1982, PIBG and the villagers built a seven room school building, comprising: two classrooms, two offices and three teacher's quarters. The school also had to borrow two classes from a primary school - SRK Haji Kelali, Semera. SMK Semera was called SMK Sadong Hilir at that time.

1990

The school was moved to a new location behind the village. The name SMK Sadong Hilir was changed to SMK Semera. According to Mr. Zainuddin bin Kuan, Sarawak Educational Assistant Manager, the name “Semera” meant “at the same time”, for the cholera event that killed hundreds of villagers .

School Records

1. In 2006, a student, Ismim Putera bin Mohd. Nawawi scored 9A's in PMR exam, which is the first record in Samarahan district.
2. SMK Semera Drama Club is the second runner-up in Samarahan Drama Competition held on April 2007.

Curriculum

SMK Semera is a five-year comprehensive public high school in Semera Village within Asajaya

Asajaya

Asajaya is a small Sarawakian town located in the Samarahan Division. Most of its inhabitants are made up of the Malay, Chinese and Iban people. Asajaya have a small town, known as Pekan Asajaya. It is the point where all the ethnic were gather together or other name, it is a melting pot for the...

, a small district within Samarahan Division

Samarahan Division

Samarahan Division is one of the eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Formerly part of the First Division, which included Kuching, it became a separate Division in 1985. Samarahan Division has a total area of 4,967.4 square kilometers.Samarahan...

 which is in Sarawak

Sarawak

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

, a state in Malaysia. Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo

Borneo

Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....

. The school is located approximately 10 kilometers southeast of Asajaya.

SMK Semera's students are mainly from Semera, Jemukan, Iboi, Sampun and a few more areas nearby, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the SMK Asajaya. As 30 June 2008, the school had an enrollment of 1,584 students.

Campus

SMK Semera consists of several parallel blocks of buildings and a corridor which connects them, and looks like extended "E" from above. Every block has windows on two sides, allowing light to pass through. This was done in order to save on energy costs, as the school was built during the prelude to the 1973 energy crisis. In 2007 a referendum was passed to add 8 new classrooms, an athletic training area and 2 toilets and to the original facility.

History

The formation of SMK Semera was suggested by PIBG members, led by Mr.Haji Taha Bin Salleh . Before construction of the school students in the community had to attend secondary school in Simunjan.

Semera is a village that consists of approximately 400 students.

1982

In 1982, PIBG and the villagers built a seven room school building, comprising: two classrooms, two offices and three teacher's quarters. The school also had to borrow two classes from a primary school - SRK Haji Kelali, Semera. SMK Semera was called SMK Sadong Hilir at that time.

1990

The school was moved to a new location behind the village. The name SMK Sadong Hilir was changed to SMK Semera. According to Mr. Zainuddin bin Kuan, Sarawak Educational Assistant Manager, the name “Semera” meant “at the same time”, for the cholera event that killed hundreds of villagers .

School Records

1. In 2006, a student, Ismim Putera bin Mohd. Nawawi scored 9A's in PMR exam, which is the first record in Samarahan district.
2. SMK Semera Drama Club is the second runner-up in Samarahan Drama Competition held on April 2007.

PMR

Lower secondary students (Forms 1, 2 and 3), are prepared for the Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) examination.
The subjects are:

• Bahasa Melayu
• English
• Science
• Mathematics
• History
• Geography
• Kemahiran Hidup (Living Skills)
• Pendidikan Islam (compulsory for all Muslim students)
• Mandarin / Bahasa Tamil (Optional subjects)

In addition,students also have classes of Pendidikan Moral (Moral Education), Pendidikan Jasmani dan Kesihatan (Physical Education), and Pendidikan Seni (Art). These subjects are not included in the PMR examination.

SPM

Form 4 and Form 5 students are prepared for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, roughly equivalent to the British GCE O Level. Students are given the option of studying in the science stream, commerce stream, IT stream or arts stream.

Compulsory subjects

• Bahasa Malaysia
• English
• Mathematics
• Science (For all non science-stream students)
• History
• Pendidikan Islam (For all Muslim students)
• Pendidikan Moral (For all non-Muslim students)

Science and Commerce Streams

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Additional Mathematics
• English for Science and Technology (EST)
• Additional Science
• Prinsip Akaun (Principles of Accounting)

Arts Stream

• Sains Pertainian (Agricultural Science)
• Ekonomi Rumah Tangga (Home Economics)
• Ekonomi Asas (Basic Economics)
• Geography
• Pendidikan Seni Visual (Visual Arts)
• Perdagangan (Business)

STPM

Form six, or pre-university, students are prepared for the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examination. Form six students are divided into lower 6 (half a year) and upper six (one year).