Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra
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Sekolah Menengah Sains Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra (SMSTMFP) is a government-funded secondary boarding school in Pengkalan Chepa
, Kota Bharu
in the state of Kelantan
, Malaysia. The school is located about 9 km northeast of the state capital Kota Bharu and about 1.5 km southeast of the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport
.
to give education with a science bias to selected pupils, predominantly Malays
. Its original name was Sekolah Menengah Sains Kelantan, which means Kelantan Secondary Science School.
It officially opened in 1973 with six classes and eleven teachers, but the students had to reside in the nearby Sekolah Menengah Ismail Petra (SMIP) until the present campus was ready at the start of 1974.
In 1986 the name was changed to Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra Science Secondary School, named after the crown prince of Kelantan, His Royal Highness Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra.
The former students' association (also known as SEMESTA) showed their appreciation to the school by contributing a mosque in 2004. All the costs of RM
600,000 were borne by the alumni and by collections by the school's Parent-Teacher Association.
Pengkalan Chepa
Pengkalan Chepa is a town and also a parliamentary constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia. Pengkalan Chepa is where the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport is located.It is located about 8 km from the Kota Bharu town .- Education :...
, Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu is a city in Malaysia, is the state capital and Royal City of Kelantan. It is also the name of the territory in which Kota Bharu City is situated. The name means 'new city' or 'new castle/fort' in Malay. Kota Bharu is situated in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia, and lies...
in the state of Kelantan
Kelantan
Kelantan is a state of Malaysia. The capital and royal seat is Kota Bharu. The Arabic honorific of the state is Darul Naim, ....
, Malaysia. The school is located about 9 km northeast of the state capital Kota Bharu and about 1.5 km southeast of the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport
Sultan Ismail Petra Airport
Sultan Ismail Petra Airport is an airport that operates in Kota Bharu, a city in the state of Kelantan in Malaysia. The airport is named after the thirteenth Sultan of Kelantan, who ruled from 1980 to 2010. The present new terminal was officially opened in September 2002...
.
History
It was one of the ten new residential science schools built by the Malaysian Government in the wake of the 1971 Malaysian New Economic PolicyMalaysian New Economic Policy
The Malaysian New Economic Policy , was an ambitious and controversial socio-economic restructuring affirmative action program launched by the Malaysian government in 1971 under the then Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak. The NEP ended in 1990, and was succeeded by the National Development Policy in...
to give education with a science bias to selected pupils, predominantly Malays
Malaysian Malay
In Malaysia, the Malay population is defined by Article 160 of the Malaysian Constitution as someone born to a Malaysian citizen who professes to be a Muslim, habitually speaks the Malay language, adheres to Malay customs and is domiciled in Malaysia or Singapore...
. Its original name was Sekolah Menengah Sains Kelantan, which means Kelantan Secondary Science School.
It officially opened in 1973 with six classes and eleven teachers, but the students had to reside in the nearby Sekolah Menengah Ismail Petra (SMIP) until the present campus was ready at the start of 1974.
In 1986 the name was changed to Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra Science Secondary School, named after the crown prince of Kelantan, His Royal Highness Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra.
Notable alumni
- Hamim SamuriHamim SamuriDatuk Hamim Samuri is a Malaysian politician and is currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Ledang constituency in the State of Johor. He is a member of the United Malay National Organisation party in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.Hamim was elected to federal...
, Member of Parliament for LedangLedangLedang is a new district in Johor, Malaysia. The district's principal town is Tangkak. The new Ledang district covers Tangkak town, Tanjung Agas, Kesang, Sungai Mati, Serom, Sagil and Bukit Gambir. The district is formerly the northern part of the Muar district which is separated from the southern...
in JohorJohorJohor is a Malaysian state, located in the southern portion of Peninsular Malaysia. It is one of the most developed states in Malaysia. The state capital city and royal city of Johor is Johor Bahru, formerly known as Tanjung Puteri...
state. - Prof. Kamaruddin Mat Salleh (deceased), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Professor Jafri Malin Abdullah FASc,Professor of Neurosciences, Department of Neurosciences Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Universiti Sains MalaysiaUniversiti Sains MalaysiaUniversiti Sains Malaysia is a public university with its main campus in Penang, Malaysia. There are three branch campuses: one in mainland Penang , one in Kelantan on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, and a offshore collaboration with a university in India...
The former students' association (also known as SEMESTA) showed their appreciation to the school by contributing a mosque in 2004. All the costs of RM
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...
600,000 were borne by the alumni and by collections by the school's Parent-Teacher Association.
External links
- Official website
- Official website of SEMESTA - Alumni Association of SMSTMFP
- Aerial view on Wikimapia
- Official website of Farisian 93 - Alumni Association of STMFP
- Official web portal for Farisian class of 1994
- Official forum of Farisian9903 community - Alumni Association of SMSTMFP
- Official Site of the unofficial STMFP87 - class of 87