Sultan Alam Shah School سکوله سلطان عالم شاه Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah
Aerial view of SAS.
Location
Precinct 1 Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya Malaysia
Coordinates	2°56′47″N 101°42′45″E / 2.946490°N 101.712394°E / 2.946490; 101.712394
Information
Other name	Sekolah Alam Shah, SAS
School type	Secondary School, Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Premier (Premier SBP)[1] All-Boys School[2]
Motto	Chita Usaha Jaya (Aspire, Strive and Succeed)
Established	7 February 1963[3]
School code	WEA2006
Principal	Mursiedy Ab Hamid[4]
Grades	Form 1, Form 2, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5[5]
Gender	Male
Age range	13-17
Capacity	900
Classes	Bestari, Cita, Dinamik, Jaya, Maju, Usaha[5]
Language	Malay, English
Classrooms	30 (6 for each Forms)[5]
Area	142,000 m2 (1,530,000 sq ft)[6]
Houses	Dato Onn, Halimi, Jamil Rais, Hishamuddin, Aminuddin Baki and Zaaba[7]
Color(s)	Red, Blue, Yellow
Song	Alam Shah Jaya[8]
Yearbook	Alunan Suara Alam Shah (ASAS)[9]
Affiliation	Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP),[1] School of Global Excellence (SGE),[10] Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi[11]
Royal Patron	Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah of Selangor[12]
Website	sas.edu.my

Sultan Alam Shah School or simply Alam Shah (abbreviated as SAS or SSAS; Malay: Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah) is a fully residential school situated in Putrajaya, Malaysia.^[1] Sultan Alam Shah School is one of the schools in the country awarded with the title High Performance School (Malay: Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi)^[11] and in 2014 was entitled as one of the ten Schools of Global Excellence (SGE) (Malay: Sekolah Kecemerlangan Global)^[13] in Malaysia by the Ministry of Education due to its academic merits, brotherhood-ship of its alumnus, international recognition, broad network and vast linkages. The school is under the royal patronage of the Sultan of Selangor.^[12]

History

Establishment

Old SAS campus located at Cheras.

Alam Shah School was introduced as a result of the Razak Report drafted in 1956, in line with the efforts of reforming the education system in the Federation of Malaya. The school was planned to be constructed alongside Maktab Perguruan Ilmu Khas (Special Teachers' Training College, MPIK), but was delayed until 1961. Two years later, SAS began its operations on 7 February 1963 and was launched by the late Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Salahudin Abdul Aziz. During its inception, SAS became the first secondary Malay school in Malaya to enroll a batch of Form 6 students, which gave the opportunity for Malay students from the middle-class to further their studies both locally and abroad.^[3] The old school campus was located at Kampung Konggo (then Bandar Tun Razak), Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, where the Alam Shah Science Secondary School (ASiS) now resides.

Its first enrolment oversaw the intake of Form 4, Form 5 and Form 6 male students, as well as 8 female students in Lower Form 6. The trend of female intakes ended in 1974 as Sekolah Seri Puteri (SSP) had opened and started enrolling female students. During the same year, SAS started enrolling Form 1 students. SAS had also enrolled matriculation students from National University of Malaysia (UKM) from 1975 to 1998.^[3]

Transferring to Putrajaya

The idea of moving SAS from Cheras to Putrajaya had sparked from the aspiration of the fourth Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to have an elite world-class school located in Malaysia's new administrative capital, Putrajaya. The meeting between Mahathir and the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance, Tan Sri Samsuddin Hitam had led to the realisation of this idea. A 24-hectare land was approved as the site for SAS’ new campus. Construction works started in early 2001, and ended on 2003 . At the size of 142,000 m² (1,530,000 sq ft), the overall cost amounted to RM 54 million, which was considered the most expensive SBP ever built in Malaysia.^[3] The school gradually shifted from the Cheras campus to Putrajaya to make way for the oncoming opening ceremony.

On 25 April 2003, a total of 652 students migrated to the new campus . On 24 March 2006, the opening ceremony of the new campus were inaugurated by the current Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, who also bestowed the name Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah to the school, which was based on the name of his grandfather, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah.^[12] A year later, on 30 March 2007, SAS was granted the title Cluster School of Excellence (Malay: Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan) by the former Minister of Education, Dato’ Sri Hishamuddin Hussin.^[10] SAS was also named as a High Performance School (Malay: Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi) on 25 January 2011.^[11]

On 7 February 2013, exactly 50 years after the establishment of SAS, the school celebrated its Golden Jubilee launched by Tan Sri Aseh Che Mat, President of Putrajaya Corporation who is also an alumnus of the school. The celebration was visited by the sixth Prime Minister, Dato Seri Najib Abdul Razak, who donated RM1 million to the school at the time of celebration, former Deputy Minister of Education Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi and former Director General of Education Tan Sri Ghafar Mahmud. The celebration included a gala night, marching formations, performance by multiple groups such as Alam Shah Wind Orchestra (ASWO) and Gamelan Tradisional SAS (GATRASAS), as well as gallery walks relating to the history and performance of the school. The celebration also oversaw the participation of international visitors.^[14]

Motto and Identity

Motto^[15]

SAS’ main motto is enshrined on its blazonry, which is ‘Chita, Usaha, Jaya’ (Aspire, Strive and Succeed). Other mottos include ‘SAS: Good to Great, Great to Exceptional’.

Blazonry^[16]

Infographic of SAS’ logo.

The logo consists of a red “Old French” escutcheon (shield) with yellow per bend sinister motive. A blue circle with the crescent and the 14-pointed Federal Star (Bintang Persekutuan) is located in the middle of the shield. Above the circle lies a glaring red flame of a torch. Below the circle, an opened book is placed. Located below the book is a small blue banderole bearing the motto of the school ‘Chita Usaha Jaya’.

Below the shield, a simple black compartment is added and a blue banderole containing the words “Sultan Alam Shah Putrajaya”, denoting the school's name, is included.

Each element bears their own meaning, which include:

• Torch – Education and Support
• Book – Knowledge
• Star and Crescent – The Country, Islam and the National Principles (Rukun Negara)
• Yellow – Cautious
• Blue – Calmness
• White – Pureness
• Red – Bravery

Flag^[16]

The flag is a simple dark blue field with the school's blazonry in the middle. The blue field represents unity and calmness, while the middle position of the blazonry indicates the thorough acceptance of education.

Official Anthem^[16]

The official anthem for SAS is ‘Alam Shah Jaya’ (English: Victorious Alam Shah). It was composed and lyricised by Oscar H. Batoebara, an Indonesian teacher.^[8]

Organisation

List of Principals^[4]

Co-curricular Activities

Rugby

The school rugby team is one of the pioneers in Malaysian youth and grassroots rugby which had successfully produced many accomplished rugby players nationwide. The school team participated in the Super Six Schools Rugby Tournament. The tournament is held among traditional rivals of the game which made up of the best rugby playing schools in Malaysia – Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK), Sekolah Tuanku Abd Rahman (STAR) Ipoh, Sekolah Dato Abd Razak (SDAR) in Seremban, Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah (SAS) in Putrajaya, Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) and Sekolah Menengah Sains Hulu Selangor (SEMASHUR).^[17]

Notable alumni

• Pkharuddin Ghazali, 19th Director-General of Education
• Isham Jalil, Politician, former Umno Information Chief

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080905093838/http://jiwef.org/english/intro/sub_05_07.php