SMT Alor Setar

Sekolah Menengah Teknik Alor Setar, or Alor Setar Technical School (ASTECH), is located in Bandar Simpang Kuala, Alor Setar, Kedah and may be the oldest technical school in Malaysia. ASTECH is better known by local people as "Sekolah Teknik Lebuhraya", often confused with Sekolah Menengah Teknik Jalan Stadium (now known as Kolej Vokasional Alor Setar). In front of the school is the famous Wan Mat Saman Aqueduct.

SMT Alor Setar
Alor Setar , Kedah Malaysia
Information
Type	Government-aided semi-boarding secondary school
Motto	Bertekun Usaha Diberkati Ilahi
Established	16 April 1972
Principal	YBrs. Ts Mohd Effendi Bin Jamlos
Teaching staff	60
Grades	Fourth form to Fifth form
Number of students	644
Colours	Blue, Yellow, Red, and Green
Yearbook	BUDI
Abbreviation	ASTECH
Website	smtalorsetar.edu.my

History

The establishment of ASTECH can be traced to 1972. It was located in KM 2, Lebuhraya Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar near Simpang Kuala. The original site of this school was a paddy field. This school was created when the government started technical education in the state of Kedah. Before it was moved to its own building, students of ASTECH were located in nearby Keat Hwa Secondary School.

Finally in 1972, this school was moved to its own building where it has remained. Other institutions located near to this school are Keat Hwa Secondary School, Maktab Mahmud and SRA Darul Aman. ASTECH also was chosen by the Technical Education Department as a controlled technical school (Gred A). In 2009, ASTECH was declared as Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan or Cluster School of Excellence by the Ministry of Education Malaysia^[1] due to advancement in both academic and extra-curricular field of Agricultural Science^[2] and Robotic.^[3]

Starting in 2011, student uniforms changed from normal to special orange uniforms that is also worn by the students of Technical and Vocational Schools throughout Malaysia.

Principals

Name of principal	Took office	Left office	Comments
Abdul Razak Mohd. Sharif	1972	1979	Ahli Mangku Negara (A.M.N.)
Mohammed Yasin Mydin	1980	1984
Megat Ramli Megat Adnan	1985	1987
Omar Abbas	1988	1995
Mohd Akhir Shafie	1995	1998
Azaman Hassan	1998	2002
Cik Nordin Che Wan	2002	2006
Mohd Zanal Dirin	2006	2008
Mizal Azman Sharif	2009	2010
Sulaiman Md Zin	2011	2013
Mohamad Refaee Ismail	2014	2015
Noresah Mohd Shariff	2015	2018
Sarimen Sapiei	2018	2019
Salmi Rafie	2019	2024
Mohd Effendi Jamlos	2024	Active	Ts.

Courses

There are five main courses:

Course	Year established	Comments
Agricultural Science	1973	Formerly known as Agriculture
Commerce Studies	1992
Civil Engineering Studies	1972	Formerly known as Building
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Studies	1992
Mechanical Engineering Studies	1972	Formerly known as Mechanical

Subjects

Main subject	Core subject	Elective subject
Malay	Physics	Civil Engineering Studies
English	Chemistry	Mechanical Engineering Studies
Mathematics	Additional Mathematics	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Studies
History	Biology	Entrepreneurship Studies
Islamic Studies or Moral Studies	Engineering Drawing	Agricultural Science
Physical Education	Accounting

Houses

ASTECH has four houses, each named after Physics's Prefixes. There are:

House	Colour
Mega	Blue
Pico	Yellow
Giga	Red
Nano	Green

Achievements and rankings

Year	GPS	Ranking (SMT)
2005	3.97	5
2006	3.92	5
2007	3.51	4
2008	3.25	3
2009	3.34	4
2010	3.43	6
2011	3.59	10
2012	3.60	7
2013	3.21	5
2014	3.51	6
2015	3.48	4
2016	3.27	3
2017	3.16	4
2018	3.61	4
2019	3.71	4
2020	3.66	-
2021
2022
2023

Notable alumni

1. Kapten Izham Ismail, CEO Malaysia Airlines Bhd ^[4]

2. Maszlan Ismail, former director, Malaysian Space Agency^[5]

External links

• Official website