Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Pengiran Omar (abbreviated SMKPO) is a secondary school located at the town of
Sipitang
Sipitang ( ms, Pekan Sipitang) is the capital of the Sipitang District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 4,298 in 2010. It is the closest town in Sabah to the Sarawak border, and is 44 kilome ...
, in the
Interior Division
The Interior Division ( ms, Bahagian Pedalaman) is an administrative division of the state of Sabah, Malaysia. It occupies the southwest portion of Sabah, bordered by the neighbouring state of Sarawak on its west. With an area of 18,298 square ki ...
of the state of
Sabah
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,
Malaysia
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. The school is listed as one of 90 pilot smart schools (''Sekolah Bestari'') in Malaysia. This school has achieved several awards for their academic and co-curricular performance and have also broken a Malaysian record.
History
The school was first established in January 1965 and was originally called Government Junior Secondary School Sipitang. Its original site was in the middle of the Sipitang town. In 1968, the building was destroyed by a typhoon, hence the classes had to be moved to the new buildings which were still under construction at that time, which location is between Kampung Menengah and Kampung Pelakat in 1973, the school was upgraded to a Government Secondary School and the school's name was changed to Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Omar Sipitang in order to commemorate the late Pengiran Omar bin Syaifuddin for donating the land where the school was built. The school was nominated to be a smart school in 1999.
Academic and co-curricular achievement
The school is active in rugby. On 6 April 2008 the school won 3rd place in the under 16 age category in the state finals.
The school was recently nominated to inquire two program from the Ministry of Education for F1 in school and for
robot building
The Robot Building (, , ), located in the Sathorn business district of Bangkok, Thailand, houses United Overseas Bank's Bangkok headquarters. It was designed for the Bank of Asia by Sumet Jumsai to reflect the computerization of banking; its arch ...
. They also have broken the Malaysian record for the longest (thank you) card.
References
{{Schools in Sabah
Secondary schools in Malaysia
Publicly funded schools in Malaysia
Educational institutions established in 1965
1965 establishments in Malaysia