Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah Secondary School (, Abbrev: ') is a

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located in Lumut, a settlement area in

Belait District Belait District (; Jawi: دأيره بلأيت) or simply known as Belait ('; ), is the largest as well as the westernmost district in Brunei. It has an area of and the population of 65,531 as of 2021. The administrative town is Kuala Belait ...

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. Kamal Bahrin Jamal is the current acting principal of the school.

Etymology

The school is named after

Princess Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah (born 26 July 1969) is the eldest daughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Queen Saleha. Education and early life Princess Rashidah (or Rashida) attended Puteri-Putera School, St. Andrew's School, Jerudong Intern ...

, the eldest daughter of

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Hassanal Bolkiah Muiz'zaddin Wad'daulah (born 15 July 1946) is the Sultan of Brunei since 1967, and prime minister of Brunei since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one of the few remaining absolute monarchs in the worl ...

, the 29th and current

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History

The school's B$21 million construction took place on in Kampong Sungai Tali, Lumut, and was completed in 14 months. From

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, it is around . It was constructed as part of the 5th

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(RKN 5) in order to accommodate

Anthony Abell College Anthony Abell College ( abbrev: '; ) is a government secondary school in Seria, a town in Belait District, Brunei. It was one of the earliest secondary schools to be established in the country. The school provides five years of general secondary ...

's growing student body. Additionally, It was constructed for the convenience of students residing in the RPN Lumut and the surrounding area of

Mukim Liang Mukim Liang is a mukim in Belait District, Brunei. The population was 14,301 in 2016. Geography The mukim is located in the north of the district, bordering the South China Sea to the north, Mukim Telisai in Tutong District to the north-ea ...

–Lumut. On 9 May 1994, the school began with 25 professors and 381 pupils. It was formerly called Sungai Tali Secondary School. The official name of the school was changed to Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah Secondary School on 6 October. The event was officiated by Princess Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah herself.

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and

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were added to Lower Secondary pupils in 1996. The

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was released in 1998 by the school song committee, written by Awang Juin Antin. In order to meet the requirements of slow learners and pupils with special needs resulting from developmental delays, multiple handicaps, hearing impairments, premature aging, slow learners, and support needs,

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was added to the school curriculum in 1999. The school implemented the "Ugama RINTIS" curriculum at the start of January 2002, allowing Islamic studies, which are already taught at religious schools throughout the nation, to be taught there. Primary Four through Primary Six children had this done in the afternoon. The school's curriculum also saw the addition of French language in 1997 and design technology in 2005. The French ambassador to Brunei officially launched the nation's first school history museum in 2000 when the school established it. There are currently more IGCSE subjects available, such as those for design technology,

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, and

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. The school celebrated its

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held around the school on 30 April 2019.

School life

On the CCA Awards Day, the school recognised its pupils for their outstanding accomplishments in co-curricular activities (CCA). During the occasion, certificates and medals were given to pupils who had placed first in events as well as to those who had represented the school abroad.

References

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Etymology

History

School life

See also

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