Sekolah Berasrama Penuh

History of SBP began in 1890, when the Richard Olaf Winstedt as deputy and later became Director of Education in Malaya. "The Selangor Raja School" was established as a starting step to produce the Malay elite from among the palaces and princes, states, through the English medium education. In 1894, the school was closed for renovation and was reborn in a new form in 1905 at Kuala Kangsar, which to this day known as the Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK).^[1]


Sultan of Perak, Sultan Idris in the Conference of Rulers (Durbar) in 1903 which criticized the policy of British administration, especially in the education of the Malays, saying it was merely "to producing better Malay farmers or fisherman only". Sultan of Perak himself has offered on-site locations for MCKK, with the purpose "for the education of the Malays of good family and for the training of Malay boys for admission to certain branches of the government service". In 1947, "Malay Girl College" was established in Kuala Lumpur, later moved to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, known as Tunku Kurshiah College until now, named after the first Raja Permaisuri Agong.


In September 1955, an Education Committee was established which eventually gave birth to the Razak Report in 1956. Razak Report then approved and produce the Education Ordinance 1957. Razak Report has recommended the formation of 6 units of Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP), namely:


1. Sekolah Dato 'Abdul Razak (SDAR) - 1956
2. Sekolah Tun Fatimah (STF) - 1956
3. Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (STAR) - 1957
4. Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim (SMSAH) - 1963
5. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah (SAS) - 1963
6. Sekolah Seri Puteri (SSP) - 1968