Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Jaafar (Tuanku Jaafar Science Secondary School; abbreviated STJ) is a fully residential schools (

Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) or Fully Residential School is a school system established in Malaysia to nurture outstanding students to excel in academics and extracurricular activities. Since 2008, SBPs are directly administered by Fully Resid ...

) in the state of

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

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. Established in 1974 under the

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, it is the state's first Science School. The school is widely known as STJ. In 2012,the school was awarded with the

Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi or High Performance School is a prestigious title conferred to a group of schools in Malaysia that have ethos, character and a unique identity to excel in all aspects of education. The schools have a tradition of high ...

or High Performance School title, a title awarded to schools in Malaysia that have met stringent criteria including academic achievement, strength of alumni, international recognition, network and linkages.

History

The school was established in 1973 with the buildings on the current location were completed in 1975. The establishment aims was to provide science education to rural

Bumiputera Bumiputera or Bumiputra, which is a Malay word, comes from the Sanskrit word ''Bhumiputra'' which may be transliterated as "son of earth" or "son of the soil" (Bhūmi; भूमि = earth; putra = son). It has different definitions in Brunei and Ma ...

. Formerly known as Sekolah Menengah Sains Negeri Sembilan (SMSNS), it was one of 10 SBP's on a trial basis in 1973 to comply with the aspirations of the

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(NEP) as described in the Red Book of the

1971–1975. In 1982, the name was changed to Sekolah Tuanku Jaafar (STJ) after it was officially opened by the Yang Dipertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan at that time, Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar Tuanku Abdul Rahman. In 1994, the school was renamed to Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Jaafar (SMSTJ). However, the initials STJ is still being used to this day. The first group of students (The Pioneer) in 1973 stayed in the hostels and went to classes in King George V School, Seremban up to 1975 before moving to the current location in Kg. Gentam, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan.

References

External links

* http://www.presstij.org.my/index.php - PRESTiJ Official Website {{coord missing, Malaysia 1974 establishments in Malaysia Educational institutions established in 1974 Co-educational boarding schools