Sekolah Menengah Sains Sabah
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Sabah Science Secondary School also known as Sekolah Menengah Sains Sabah (SMESH) in Malay, is a prominent cluster boarding school in East Malaysia
established since 1978 but fully operational on 1 January 1984. Previously known as Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Sabah (SBPS), it was the pioneer of boarding school project in Sabah
and Sarawak
and was built on 16 acres (64,749.8 m²) land near Kinabalu Golf and Country Club. The school is graded as A -- cluster type school and ranked as No.1 School in Sabah by the Ministry of Education, while school's administrator benefits number of autonomy powers from the status. In May 2011, Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Education announced SM Sains Sabah is enlisted as Nation's High Performance School (Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi) status. SBT status allocates additional autonomy powers to pursue innovation in school management and raise the productivity of students. The benefits include fixing the minimum periods for subject, extending schooling hours and allowing students to complete their studies a year earlier. A lump sum grant would be channelled to the schools at the beginning of each year and that they would have the full flexibility to spend as needed and were exempted from the ministry’s centralised procurement system.
(SBP) is a cluster of elite boarding schools modeled after English Boarding School. Enrollment to these schools are subjected to pupils with excellent public examinations result (5A for UPSR and 7A for PMR) as well as in co-curricular activities. Effective from year 2007, admission to this school requires all eligible prospective students to seat aptitude test to be conducted by the school in order to determine students objectiveness and tendency towards learning process in boarding school that often associated with highly competitive environment. On the first January 1984, SMESH began fully operational and became the first ever boarding school built in Sabah and Sarawak. Mr. Mohd. Radzwan Mohd Yusof was the earliest person in charge with administration and students enrollment based at Bahagian Sekolah-sekolah, Jabatan Pendidikan Sabah. The first group of students were selected around Sabah and registered as Science student at Teacher Room on 26 May 1984. Meanwhile, the enrollment of National University of Malaysia (UKM) matriculation students began in 1986.
(HKSBP). SMESH without exception participates the long tradition of boarding schools in Malaysia. During the week event, English
and Bahasa Malaysia Debate Teams of each residential schools compete for Piala Perdana Menteri
while annual basketball competition held simultaneously. On the Appreciation Night, number of outstanding schools will be acknowledged and awarded by Ministry of Education
. The event mostly attended by notable Alumni many whom are prominent figures from outstanding companies in Malaysia and doing excel in political field. Besides the long tradition night, SMESH has the long tradition value of merit and demerit system for every houses. Each of students are member of they respected houses. The house system is to be distinguished from Sport houses but are dominantly resemble to fraternity house. Formerly, there were five houses but later reduced to four houses named after Sabah
prominent Statesmen. To equip with necessary leadership skills, all Head of House attends Ministry's Leadership course known as Kursus Ketua Rumah Sekolah Berasrama Penuh
(KESUMA).
, the school's policy allows student to bring their own laptop and may use free Wi-Fi
service provided by the school. Most parts of the school are covered by wi-fi hotspots. To date there are 11 hotspots available namely Academic Buildings, Boys and Girls hostel, canteen, Hall, Balai Hinggap and Anjung Warisan. As part of security measure, the school is installed with CCTV and linked into Server
Room.
The school has achieved 100% pass rate for SPM
and PMR
examinations where some of the former students received scholarship awards from Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA), Majlis Amanah Rakyat
(MARA), Petronas
, Telekom Malaysia
, Shell Malaysia
, Yayasan Sabah and other overseas scholarship. It also won awards from various government agencies, among them are Anugerah Kualiti Menteri Pelajaran, Anugerah Sekolah Rakan Alam Sekitar (SERASI), Anugerah Sekolah Harapan Negara, Smart School, Champion of National Robotic Competition and The Most Active and highest User Think.com Award. On 10 March 2010, the school retains its championship in Kota Kinabalu Schools Sports Council Track and Field Meet by winning a total of 21 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze medals during the three-day event. In the previous year, SMESH hauled a total of 26 gold, 15 silver and 11 bronze medals and emerged as the overall champions of the fifth edition of the Kota Kinabalu South MSSD Track and Field Championship .
In 2010, SMESH emerged as the best and top school in Sabah with an average grade of 2.22 for SPM 2009, ahead from close rival, SM Sains Lahad Datu. Earlier in January, three out of four Form 3 classes scored straight A's in PMR, the highest-ever number of achievers and ranked as No.1 School in Sabah
. The school, for over the years has consistently develops human character buildings through five ethos introduced initially by the then principal Rossminah Yamin. However, in 2007 the school suffered severe setback in academic achievements where number of straight A's SPM student drastically reduced. The dismissal performance was however, revealed in the post-mortem, due to school involvement with many non-academic competitions and lack of academic consultation between teachers and students. In 2008, the controversial principal Rossminah Yamin was transferred to Sekolah Menengah Sains Kuala Selangor
and succeeded by current principal Tuan Haji Zaini Zair.
In 2011, SMESH again emerged as the best boarding school in Sabah after the school performance in SPM 2010 recorded increment from 2.22 to 2.14 GPS, the best year ever recorded. The GPS indicator is widely used as a national school performance indicator endorsed by the Ministry of Education. However, year 2011 saw slightest drop in PMR result where out of 5 classes, only 2 classes scored Straight A's. Apart from academic achievements, the school is certified by Auditor-General of Malaysia with Sijil Tanpa Teguran or Unqualified Certificate where the auditor is completely satisfied with the true and fairness of financial statements. At the moment, the school is thoroughly audited by SIRIM
for MS ISO 9001:2008 certification.
Setia membela bangsa
Budi pekerti luhur mulia
Kita warisan negara
SMS Sabah menara hati
Banggaan putera puteri
Di sini kita menimba ilmu
Dengan bimbingan guru
Doa ayah restu bonda
Mendorong kita gigih berusaha
Mencapai kecemerlangan sepanjang masa
Menjulang kegemilangan SMS Sabah
East Malaysia
East Malaysia, also known as Malaysian Borneo, is the part of Malaysia located on the island of Borneo. It consists of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Federal Territory of Labuan. It lies to the east from Peninsular Malaysia , which is located on the Malay Peninsula. The two are...
established since 1978 but fully operational on 1 January 1984. Previously known as Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Sabah (SBPS), it was the pioneer of boarding school project in Sabah
Sabah
Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...
and 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...
and was built on 16 acres (64,749.8 m²) land near Kinabalu Golf and Country Club. The school is graded as A -- cluster type school and ranked as No.1 School in Sabah by the Ministry of Education, while school's administrator benefits number of autonomy powers from the status. In May 2011, Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Education announced SM Sains Sabah is enlisted as Nation's High Performance School (Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi) status. SBT status allocates additional autonomy powers to pursue innovation in school management and raise the productivity of students. The benefits include fixing the minimum periods for subject, extending schooling hours and allowing students to complete their studies a year earlier. A lump sum grant would be channelled to the schools at the beginning of each year and that they would have the full flexibility to spend as needed and were exempted from the ministry’s centralised procurement system.
History
Sekolah Berasrama PenuhSekolah Berasrama Penuh
Sekolah Berasrama Penuh or Fully Residential School is a school system established to nurture selected outstanding students in a conducive and educational environment to excel in academics and extracurricular activities, creating a wholesome student. There is about 60 SBPs throughout Malaysia...
(SBP) is a cluster of elite boarding schools modeled after English Boarding School. Enrollment to these schools are subjected to pupils with excellent public examinations result (5A for UPSR and 7A for PMR) as well as in co-curricular activities. Effective from year 2007, admission to this school requires all eligible prospective students to seat aptitude test to be conducted by the school in order to determine students objectiveness and tendency towards learning process in boarding school that often associated with highly competitive environment. On the first January 1984, SMESH began fully operational and became the first ever boarding school built in Sabah and Sarawak. Mr. Mohd. Radzwan Mohd Yusof was the earliest person in charge with administration and students enrollment based at Bahagian Sekolah-sekolah, Jabatan Pendidikan Sabah. The first group of students were selected around Sabah and registered as Science student at Teacher Room on 26 May 1984. Meanwhile, the enrollment of National University of Malaysia (UKM) matriculation students began in 1986.
Traditions and Pride
Like most of the boarding schools, the school is well-known for its rooted tradition over dining etiquette. At end of the year, Malam Setia Budi (Promenade Night) celebrates all prefect,librarian and student for their significant contributions to the School. The night shares the same popular culture of Prom Night as practices in UK. Friday is a designated day for boys to wear traditional Baju Melayu together with specially hand-made Samping which reflects the pride and tradition of the school. Every year, all boarding schools in Malaysia holds gathering in selected residential school to be known as Hari Kecemerlangan Sekolah Berasrama PenuhSekolah Berasrama Penuh
Sekolah Berasrama Penuh or Fully Residential School is a school system established to nurture selected outstanding students in a conducive and educational environment to excel in academics and extracurricular activities, creating a wholesome student. There is about 60 SBPs throughout Malaysia...
(HKSBP). SMESH without exception participates the long tradition of boarding schools in Malaysia. During the week event, English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and Bahasa Malaysia Debate Teams of each residential schools compete for Piala Perdana Menteri
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
while annual basketball competition held simultaneously. On the Appreciation Night, number of outstanding schools will be acknowledged and awarded by Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (Malaysia)
The Ministry of Education is a Government ministry responsible for Malaysian educational matters...
. The event mostly attended by notable Alumni many whom are prominent figures from outstanding companies in Malaysia and doing excel in political field. Besides the long tradition night, SMESH has the long tradition value of merit and demerit system for every houses. Each of students are member of they respected houses. The house system is to be distinguished from Sport houses but are dominantly resemble to fraternity house. Formerly, there were five houses but later reduced to four houses named after Sabah
Sabah
Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...
prominent Statesmen. To equip with necessary leadership skills, all Head of House attends Ministry's Leadership course known as Kursus Ketua Rumah Sekolah Berasrama Penuh
Sekolah Berasrama Penuh
Sekolah Berasrama Penuh or Fully Residential School is a school system established to nurture selected outstanding students in a conducive and educational environment to excel in academics and extracurricular activities, creating a wholesome student. There is about 60 SBPs throughout Malaysia...
(KESUMA).
High Performance School
In May 2011, Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Education, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced Sekolah Menengah Sains Sabah is awarded as High Performance School status, in addition to Cluster school status. He said the school has met targets and criteria set by Ministry of Education enables the school to be recognized as High Performance School. Among the criteria met are attain academic excellence, produce outstanding students, win awards at the national and international level, be invovled in community work and network with other schools and higher learning institutions, both locally and internationally.With HPS status, the best schools in the country will join world class ranking.Innovations
Being one of the four schools in Malaysia ranked as 5 star ICT status, the school administration and learning process are widely integrated with the usage of ICT. Student's academic result, for instance, is accessible through internet where each classroom is provided at least one desktop computer. All academic resources and holidays homeworks are mostly done through Think Portal. While day-to-day school's management are run through Sistem Pengurusan Sekolah Online. To encourage students engagements with ICTInformation and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
, the school's policy allows student to bring their own laptop and may use free Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
service provided by the school. Most parts of the school are covered by wi-fi hotspots. To date there are 11 hotspots available namely Academic Buildings, Boys and Girls hostel, canteen, Hall, Balai Hinggap and Anjung Warisan. As part of security measure, the school is installed with CCTV and linked into Server
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
Room.
Achievements
Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia
The Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia , or the Malaysian Certificate of Education, is a national examination taken by all fifth-year secondary school students in Malaysia...
and PMR
Penilaian Menengah Rendah
Penilaian Menengah Rendah is a Malaysian public examination taken by all Form Three students in both government and private schools throughout the country. It was formerly known as Sijil Rendah Pelajaran...
examinations where some of the former students received scholarship awards from Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA), Majlis Amanah Rakyat
Majlis Amanah Rakyat
The Majlis Amanah Rakyat is a Malaysian government agency. It was formed to aid, train, and guide Bumiputra in the areas of business and industry. MARA was formed on March 1, 1966 under the Rural and National Development Ministry...
(MARA), Petronas
Petronas
PETRONAS, short for Petroliam Nasional Berhad, is a Malaysian oil and gas company that was founded on August 17, 1974. Wholly owned by the Government of Malaysia, the corporation is vested with the entire oil and gas resources in Malaysia and is entrusted with the responsibility of developing and...
, Telekom Malaysia
Telekom Malaysia
Telekom Malaysia Berhad , DBA TM, is the largest integrated solutions provider in Malaysia, and one of Asia's leading communications companies, with a market capitalisation of RM13.9 billion and a workforce of 26,629 employees. Established as the Telecommunications Department of Malaya in 1946, it...
, Shell Malaysia
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
, Yayasan Sabah and other overseas scholarship. It also won awards from various government agencies, among them are Anugerah Kualiti Menteri Pelajaran, Anugerah Sekolah Rakan Alam Sekitar (SERASI), Anugerah Sekolah Harapan Negara, Smart School, Champion of National Robotic Competition and The Most Active and highest User Think.com Award. On 10 March 2010, the school retains its championship in Kota Kinabalu Schools Sports Council Track and Field Meet by winning a total of 21 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze medals during the three-day event. In the previous year, SMESH hauled a total of 26 gold, 15 silver and 11 bronze medals and emerged as the overall champions of the fifth edition of the Kota Kinabalu South MSSD Track and Field Championship .
In 2010, SMESH emerged as the best and top school in Sabah with an average grade of 2.22 for SPM 2009, ahead from close rival, SM Sains Lahad Datu. Earlier in January, three out of four Form 3 classes scored straight A's in PMR, the highest-ever number of achievers and ranked as No.1 School in Sabah
Sabah
Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...
. The school, for over the years has consistently develops human character buildings through five ethos introduced initially by the then principal Rossminah Yamin. However, in 2007 the school suffered severe setback in academic achievements where number of straight A's SPM student drastically reduced. The dismissal performance was however, revealed in the post-mortem, due to school involvement with many non-academic competitions and lack of academic consultation between teachers and students. In 2008, the controversial principal Rossminah Yamin was transferred to Sekolah Menengah Sains Kuala Selangor
Sekolah Menengah Sains Kuala Selangor
Sekolah Menengah Sains Kuala Selangor is a boarding school, also known as Sekolah Berasrama Penuh based in Malaysia. The school was built under the Sixth Malaysia Plan. The school is located in Bandar Melawati, Kuala Selangor which is about 70 kilometers from the nation's capital, Kuala Lumpur...
and succeeded by current principal Tuan Haji Zaini Zair.
In 2011, SMESH again emerged as the best boarding school in Sabah after the school performance in SPM 2010 recorded increment from 2.22 to 2.14 GPS, the best year ever recorded. The GPS indicator is widely used as a national school performance indicator endorsed by the Ministry of Education. However, year 2011 saw slightest drop in PMR result where out of 5 classes, only 2 classes scored Straight A's. Apart from academic achievements, the school is certified by Auditor-General of Malaysia with Sijil Tanpa Teguran or Unqualified Certificate where the auditor is completely satisfied with the true and fairness of financial statements. At the moment, the school is thoroughly audited by SIRIM
Sirim
SIRIM Berhad, formerly known as the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia , is a corporate organisation owned wholly by the Malaysian Government, under the Minister of Finance Incorporated...
for MS ISO 9001:2008 certification.
Water Crisis
Earlier 2011, the school rocked from a biased report by controversial online news report SabahKini concerning water shortage in the school. The online news report purportedly sensational the issue and published a report quoted anger parent threatened to deliver her urine to Minister of Education over unsettled water crisis that allegedly prolonged for over 12 years. However, the school administration rebutted the claim and clarified that the school with the best ability has rectified the problem with the help from Water Department. The report has also allegedly relying the school information from Wikipedia and established some of the extract in the report.A(H1N1)
On 24 July 2009, the school was ordered to close the premise after at least four students were contracted with the deathly swine flu. Notice for closure of premises were served by the Ministry of Health at 5.00 pm. Following the closure, all students were quarantined for a week started on 24 July till 31 July 2009. Parents and visitors were prohibited from visiting the school while teachers and staffs were told to quarantine themselves in their respected home. So far, no official findings be made known to the media as for the ground zero of the infection. But it was believed by the school authority, the source were from students who had traveled to infected countries during the mid semester breaks.List of principals
| From | Until | Principal Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1987 | Tuan Haji Radzwan Yusof |
| 1987 | 1994 | Tuan Haji Adnan Ibrahim |
| 1994 | 1996 | Tuan Haji Abbas Haji Awang |
| 1997 | 2005 | Tuan Haji Wahid Haji Kapal |
| 2005 | 2008 | Pn Hajjah Rossminah Bte Yamin |
| 2008 | Present | Tuan Haji Zaini Zair |
School's Anthem
Teguhkan tekad kitaSetia membela bangsa
Budi pekerti luhur mulia
Kita warisan negara
SMS Sabah menara hati
Banggaan putera puteri
Di sini kita menimba ilmu
Dengan bimbingan guru
Doa ayah restu bonda
Mendorong kita gigih berusaha
Mencapai kecemerlangan sepanjang masa
Menjulang kegemilangan SMS Sabah