Batu Lintang National Secondary School ( ms, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Batu Lintang, abbreviation ''SMKBL'') is a

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located in Jalan College, Batu Lintang,

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History

Batu Lintang National Secondary School, Kuching started public service as a government school in 1977 with 13 teachers and 320 students in its opening year. During that year, there were only two class forms: Transition and Form 1. Two years later, the school was resituated at a temporary building in Jalan College. Currently, the aforementioned temporary building is in active use as a school for the blind, SMK Pendidikan Khas. Forms 2 and 3 had already been introduced by this time, supporting its students up till the PMR mass examinations. In 1982, Batu Lintang National Secondary School offered Form 4 classes. By the following year, SPM examinations were held there for Form 5 students. Similarly, in the year 1988 and 1989, Lower Form 6 classes and

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exams were offered, respectively. However, the classes and exams at this level were limited to the Literature stream; the Science stream classes were only available by the year 2003. The Special Education Integrated Programme (Vision Impaired) was introduced in the school's system in 1986, allowing visually-impaired students (or resource students) to study in the least restrictive environment possible. As such, resource rooms containing

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typewriters and dedicated teaching materials are provided to these students. The programme is currently active in this school's system. As of 2012, there were 127 teachers, 17 non-teaching staff and 1591 students taking part in the various academic and co-curricular activities under the school's banner. By percentage, 54.81% of the students were

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, 43.68% were

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, 1.01% were

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and the remaining 0.50% were of other ethnicities.

List of Principals

* 1977-1978 : Mr. Martin Chai * 1978-1981 : Mr. Wong Sze Yong * 1981-1984 : Mr. Paul Teo * 1984-1985 : Mr. Ahmad Sabu * 1985-1986 : Mr. Ahmad Hamdan * 1987-1989 : Tuan Haji Mohd Zain Bin. Abang Ismail * 1990-1992 : Tuan Haji Morshidi Ali * 1992-1993 : Mr. Awang Bohli Awang Mohd Zain * 1994-1997 (June) : Mr. Wang Chang Chung * 1997 (June)-2003 : Tuan Haji Mohd Zain Bin. Abang Ismail * 2004-2006 : Ms. Jaidah Bte. Haji Alek * 2006-2007 (June) : Mrs. Faridah Abdullah * 2007-2008 (March): Mrs. Fiziah Abdullah (Acting Principal) * 2008-2012 : Tuan Haji Mohammad Syariff Affendy Bin. Matjeraie * 2012-2016 : Puan Hajah Saftuyah binti Haji Adenan * 2016 (December) : Puan Png Hellon (Acting Principal) * 2017(January–February) : Puan Png Hellon (Acting Principal) * 2017(March)-2021(October): Mr. Bahtiar Bin Afandi

School Magazine: Seri Lintang

Batu Lintang National Secondary School releases an annual school magazine titled Seri Lintang. The title is a mixture of two terms: Seri means 'beautiful' in

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, whereas Lintang is derived from the second word of the school's name. Regular contents include the school's performance in PMR, SPM & STPM public examinations, school activities, teacher and staff photos, as well as student essay entries in multiple languages.

External links

* {{official website, http://www.smkbl.net/

References

National secondary schools in Malaysia Secondary schools in Sarawak Buildings and structures in Kuching 1977 establishments in Malaysia Secondary schools in Malaysia

History

List of Principals

School Magazine: Seri Lintang

External links

See also

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