Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Munawir ( en, Tuanku Munawir Science School; abbreviated SASER; formerly known as Sekolah Menengah Sains Seremban), is an all-boys

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located in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Established in February 2002, it is one of the best schools under the

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 ...

(SBP) and was awarded as the best school in

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for the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014 and 2015

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(SPM) result achievement. In 2009, SASER became the first MOE's school to achieve a GPS for the SPM of below 1.0 which was 0.97. In SPM 2010, it created the best record for GPS SPM of below 0.9 which was 0.89. SASER also created a record in producing the highest number of candidates obtaining straight A+ in SPM 2010 with 16 students. The highest number of straight A+ in the history of SPM is held by Sekolah Tun Fatimah in SPM 2013 with 21 students. The school's performance in the 2012 SPM is the second best among SBP's with GPS 1.06, behind Sekolah Seri Puteri.http://www.melvister.com/2013/03/senarai-ranking-sekolah-sbp-terbaik-keputusan-spm-2012.html In 2011 and 2013, SASER got 5th place among SBP's. The number one SBP for that year was Kolej Tunku Kurshiah and Sekolah Tun Fatimah respectively. For SPM 2015, SASER once again maintain its success by being the top school in the whole of Malaysia The school is widely known as SASER and a student of this school bears the name Saserian or ''Putera Saser. '' In 2011, the school was awarded with the

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or High Performance School title, a title awarded to schools that have met stringent criteria including academic achievement, international recognition, network and linkages. The school is specialised in Innovation Team, Seni Tari Randai and ''Caklempong.''

History

SASER was established officially in February 2002. The school uses the site and the abandoned school building of the

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(SDAR) which had moved to the new premises at

Sungai Gadut Sungai Gadut'is a small town in Seremban District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, near Senawang. The place is surrounded by many smaller towns such including Taman Tuanku Jaafar, Bandar Seremban Selatan, Taman Pinggiran Senawang, Taman Senawang Per ...

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. Works on upgrading the abandoned school building have been carried out with the overall cost of almost RM 600 000. The upgrading works were completed on 30 March 2002. On 1 March 2002, the first principal of SASER, Tuan Haji Md Azam bin Atan registered to the school. The first group of teachers registered on 18 March 2002 and the second group registered on 20 March 2002 - a total of 26 people.

The Pioneer Saserians

Only 122 students registered in 2002 through two intakes as the first group of students in SASER history. The second group was registered in the year 2003 stood at more than 300 people through four intakes until the end of 2004. Only 155 remained until SPM 2003.

SASER Renamed

Sekolah Menengah Sains Seremban, which has been the country's top residential school for

(SPM) results, has been renamed Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Munawir. It is named after the ninth

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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 ...

, Tuanku Munawir Tuanku Abdul Rahman, who reigned from 5 April 1960 to 14 April 1967 and made educational gains in the state during his reign, and is the father of the present ruler

Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir (born 14 January 1948) is the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar (Grand Ruler) of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Early life Tunku Muhriz is the only son out of six children of the late Tuanku Munawir ibni A ...

. The declaration of the new name was made by HRH Tuanku Muhriz at the school's ''Dewan Putera''. The name change also changed the school anthem, although the SASER acronym doesn't change.

Student Selection Criteria

Previously, only Form 4 students for the next school session are allowed to apply. The intake for form 1 students started in 2016. These are some minimum requirements to become a SASER student: * Achieving excellent results in Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) or Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (PT3). * Have outstanding achievements in extra-curricular activities. * Boys ONLY.

Sports

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(Saser FC) *

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(Saser Dark Horse) *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

(Saser Phoenix) *

Sepak Takraw Sepak takraw, or Sepaktakraw, also called kick volleyball, is a team sport played with a ball made of rattan or synthetic plastic between two teams of two to four players on a court resembling a badminton court. It is similar to volleyball and ...

(Saser Thunder) *

Chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

(Saser IQ) *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

(Saser Viper) *

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

(Saser Badminton Club) *

Table Tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

(Saser Ping pong) *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

(Saser King's) *

Hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...

(Saser Virtuoso Dragon) *

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

(Saser Wolf) *

Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

(Saser Marksman) *

Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

Track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Co-curricular Achievements

* 2006: English

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Champion in the annual Piala Perdana Menteri (PPM) * 2007: First Runner-up in the HKSBP

Championship (Final match against the defending champion

Malay College Kuala Kangsar The Malay College Kuala Kangsar (abbreviated MCKK; ; ) is a premier boarding school, residential school in Malaysia. It is an elite all-boys and all-Malay people, Malay school in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Perak. It is sometimes dubbed "the ...

) * 2008: First Runner-up in the

Championship (Final match against SMK Tunku Ampuan Durah, a state's ''Project School'' for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

) * 2012: Octo-finalists in the HKSBP Prime Minister's Cup after beating

MCKK The Malay College Kuala Kangsar (abbreviated MCKK; ; ) is a premier boarding school, residential school in Malaysia. It is an elite all-boys and all-Malay people, Malay school in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Perak. It is sometimes dubbed "the ...

and losing to TKC in Sekolah Tunku Abdul Rahman (STAR) * 2016: First Runner-up in the

Championship (Final match against SMK Tunku Ampuan Durah, a state's ''Project School'' for

)

List of Principals

* Dato' Haji Azam bin Haji Mohd Atan (March 2002 - December 2003) * Tuan Haji Baharuddin bin Dato'Burhan (January 2004 - December 2004) * Tuan Haji Mohamad Kamaludin bin Taib (January 2005 - March 2008) * Dato' Haji Sabuddin bin Haji Sani (March 2008 – 16 September 2019) * Tuan Haji Mohd Abd Aziz bin Mahmud (January 2020 - 2021) * Tuan Haji Sahak bin Ahmadun (2021 - NOW)

References

External links

*
Official Student Portal
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