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SMK Sultan Abdul Samad is a coeducational^{[citation needed]} secondary school in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It is situated on a site of 11,041 hectares (so big?), located besides the road 12/13 and monsoon drain. The school has been described by Malaysiakini as "a premier institute in the country."^[1]

History

This school was officially opened on 27 May 1963.

Organization

Year structure

The school consists of five years; Form 1 to Form 5. As of 13 March 2014, Form 6 (lower six and upper six) education was terminated and all Form 6 students were moved to SMK Desa Petaling, Kuala Lumpur; since the number of students enrolling in the sixth form has been dropping.

Administration

Dr Norhaily binti Abdul Halim, Headmistress
Roziha binti Razali, Senior Assistant
Marhaini binti Ibrahim, Head of Student Affairs
Sunita Devi a/p Om Prakash Sharma, Co-curriculum Administrator

Notable alumni

Two students from the school were awarded 'Certificates of Excellence' for scoring 100% in the Australian National Chemistry Quiz 1999. Just 72 Certificates were awarded from an international entry of 103,760 students.^[2] In the 1998 competition, one student from the school won a 'Certificate of Excellence' when just 38 were awarded from 97,402 contestants.^[3]

Vishakan Kandiah won the Vision 2020 in Essay Writing Competition, in October 2005, organised by HELP University College. In his presentation he stated that "mediocrity must be rejected at all costs" and is of the view that the public apathy that exists among Malaysians accounts in part for the lack of progress in the nation.^[4]

Extra-curricular activities

The school won the Under-15 title in the first National Junior Scrabble Championship held in 1999.^[5] The school won the first place in Football Under-18 MSSD competition in 2015.The school also won the cricket MSSD competition in 2015.The school also won the MSSD Festari dance competition 2015.The school won RM2000 from the green innovation competition and RM1500 in a competition in Universiti Malaya.