Secondary School at Tamparuli, Sabah

Secondary School at Tamparuli district.

There are three Secondary school in Tamparuli Sabah. One of the school is SMK Tamparuli Sabah which one of the best School at Tuaran and Sabah itself. SMK Tamparuli was founded by the British Government in the late 1950s. In 1960s SMK Tamparuli was fully control by Malaysian government. SMK Tamapruli is located about 3 KM from Tamparuli town. Mostly student from Tampruli will study here at SMK Tamparuli.

Other Secondary School is SMK Sungai Damit which located 9 KM from Tamaparuli Town. SMK Sungai Damit was founded by Malaysian Government u

nder Education Ministry in late year 2000. At present there more than 800 pupils studying at SMK Sungai Damit, Tamparuli.

While the last school in Tamparuli is SASS

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The school was started in 1939 by a missionary, G.B. Youngberg, who was also the mission president for North Borneo. Named Sabah Training School, it operated until 1941 when it was forced to close because of the war. After the war, Peter Leopard and D. P. Siagian restarted the school in 1947. As student enrollment increased, dormitories, extensions to school buildings, and teachers' quarters were built. In 1959, a science lab and library were added with the present boys dorm in 1969 and girls' dorm in 1970.

In 1969, the name was changed from Sabah Training School to Sabah Adventist Secondary School (SASS). The old name was adopted by the elementary school. In 1999, following government regulations, the school was renamed Sekolah Menengah Advent Tamparuli (SMAT).

By 1968, SASS offered classes up to Form 5 with English as the medium of instruction. In 1976 however, following directives from the State Education Department, the medium of instruction was changed to Bahasa Malaysia although SASS continued to use English for subjects like Bible, Art, Science,Mathematics and English; and the school was well known for its strength in English. Currently it offers the national curriculum from Form 1 to 6 with pure science classes in Form 4 and 5.

It was a very famous school in Tamparuli during that years. During the Japanese occupation in Tamparuli, SASS was being used as Temporary Operation Camp to attack Ranau and Kiulu. SASS was managed by Seven Day Adventist Missionary until now but it was never being left over by Malaysian Government and continually help by Ministry Education.

This information at least bring more valuable info to the public who stay in Tamparuli area.