Secondary technical school in Kedah, Malaysia
SMT Alor Setar
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Type
| Government-aided
semi-boarding secondary school
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Motto
| Bertekun Usaha Diberkati Ilahi
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Established
| 16 April 1972
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Principal
| Salmi Binti Rafie
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Grades
| Fourth form to Fifth form
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Enrollment
| 518 (337 hostel student)
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Colour(s)
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Blue
,
Yellow
,
Red
, and
Green
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Yearbook
| BUDI
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Abbreviation
| ASTECH
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Website
| smtalorsetar
.edu
.my
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Sekolah Menengah Teknik Alor Setar
, or
Alor Setar Technical School
(ASTECH), is located in Bandar
Simpang Kuala
,
Alor Setar
,
Kedah
and may be the oldest technical school in
Malaysia
. ASTECH is better known by local people as "Sekolah Teknik Lebuhraya", often confused with Sekolah Menengah Teknik Jalan Stadium (now known as
Kolej Vokasional Alor Setar
). In front of the school is the famous
Wan Mat Saman Aqueduct
.
History
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The establishment of ASTECH can be traced to 1972. It was located in KM 2,
Lebuhraya Sultan Abdul Halim
,
Alor Setar
near
Simpang Kuala
. The original site of this school was a paddy field. This school was created when the government started technical education in the state of
Kedah
. Before it was moved to its own building, students of ASTECH were located in nearby
Keat Hwa Secondary School
.
Finally in 1972, this school was moved to its own building where it has remained. Other institutions located near to this school are
Keat Hwa Secondary School
,
Maktab Mahmud
and
SRA Darul Aman
.
ASTECH also was chosen by the Technical Education Department as a controlled technical school (Gred A). In 2009, ASTECH was declared as
Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan
or
Cluster School of Excellence
by the
Ministry of Education Malaysia
[1]
due to advancement in both academic and extra-curricular field of
Agricultural Science
[2]
and
Robotic
.
[3]
Starting in 2011, student uniforms changed from normal to special orange uniforms that is also worn by the students of Technical and Vocational Schools throughout
Malaysia
.
Principals
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Name of principal
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Took office
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Left office
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Comments
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Abdul Razak Mohd. Sharif
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1972
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1979
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Mohammed Yasin Mydin
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1980
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1984
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Megat Ramli Megat Adnan
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1985
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1987
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Omar Abbas
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1988
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1995
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Mohd Akhir Shafie
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1995
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1998
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Azaman Hassan
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1998
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2002
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Cik Nordin Che Wan
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2002
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2006
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Mohd Zanal Dirin
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2006
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2008
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Mizal Azman Sharif
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2009
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2010
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Sulaiman Md Zin
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2011
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2013
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Mohamad Refaee Ismail
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2014
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2015
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Noresah Mohd Shariff
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2015
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2018
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Sarimen Sapiei
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2019
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2019
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Salmi Rafie
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2019
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Present
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Courses
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There are five main courses:
Course
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Year established
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Comments
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Agricultural Science
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1973
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Formerly known as Agriculture
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Commerce Studies
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1992
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Civil Engineering Studies
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1972
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Formerly known as Building
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Studies
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1992
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Mechanical Engineering Studies
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1972
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Formerly known as Mechanical
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Subjects
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Houses
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ASTECH has four houses, each named after Physics's Prefixes. There are:
Achievements and rankings
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Year
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GPS
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Ranking (SMT)
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2005
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3.97
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5
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2006
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3.92
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5
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2007
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3.51
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4
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2008
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3.25
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3
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2009
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3.34
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4
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2010
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3.43
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6
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2011
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3.59
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10
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2012
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3.60
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7
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2013
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3.21
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5
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2014
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3.51
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6
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2015
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3.48
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4
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2016
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3.27
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3
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2017
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3.16
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4
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2018
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3.61
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4
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2019
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3.71
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4
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2020
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3.66
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-
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2021
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2022
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2023
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Notable alumni
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1. Kapten Izham Ismail, CEO Malaysia Airlines Bhd
[4]
2.
Yusrizal Yusof
, Book Writer
3. Maszlan Ismail, Former Director,
Malaysian Space Agency
[5]
External links
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References
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