First 20 high performance schools/ Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi (SBT)

Ministry of education has announced first 20 high performance schools/ Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi (SBT) which comprises 20 schools, 10 were fully residential, four secondary and six primary. The schools were selected based on their outstanding academic achievements, extra-curricular activities and niche areas.

The idea behind the classification of high performance school was to create innovation in the management of schools and improve students’ productivity.“These schools will be given the flexibility in their curriculum, student intake and management of staff based on performance.

Whats new in High Performance School ?

• An annual budget of nearly RM1mil besides allowing students to finish school a year earlier were among the “prizes” awarded to the country’s first ever 20 high performance schools.
• The principals will also be given the option to select 20% of their student intake.
• The schools’ management would also have the flexibility to re-assign staff who under-performed, and pay overtime and performance incentives.
• a Year One pupil of a high performance school, who was academically excellent, could be given the option of skipping a year after consultation with his parents.
• On the flexibility of the curriculum,  the schools could make changes after a thorough consultation with all involved, including the ministry and parents.

Sekolah berasrama penuh:

1. Sekolah Tun Fatimah (STF), Johor Bahru
2. Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak (SDAR), Seremban
3. Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar (KMKK), Perak
4. Sekolah Seri Puteri, Cyberjaya
5. Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim, Kedah
6. Kolej Tunku Kurshiah (TKC), Seremban
7. Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah, Klang
8. Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Syed Putra, Perlis
9. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, Putrajaya
10. Sekolah Menengah Sains Muzaffar Syah , Melaka

Sekolah menengah harian:

1. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Perempuan Sri Aman, Petaling Jaya
2. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Aminuddin Baki, Kuala Lumpur
3. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultanah Asma, Kedah
4. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (P) St George, Pulau Pinang

Sekolah rendah:

1. Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bintang utara, Kuala Lumpur
2. Sekolah Kebangsaan Zainab (2) Kota Bharu, Kelantan
3. Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail 1, Kuala Lumpur
4. Sekolah Convent Kota Taiping, Perak
5. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
6. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Uda 2, Johor Bahru

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