Sekolah Seri Puteri SSP |
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Persiaran Tasik Cyberjaya, Selangor, 63000 Malaysia |
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Coordinates | 2°54′39.575″N 101°39′51.886″E / 2.91099306°N 101.66441278°E |
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Type | Public all-girls boarding school Sekolah Berasrama Penuh |
Motto |
Ilmu Usaha Jaya |
Established | 6 May 1968 |
School district | Cyberjaya |
Grades | Form 1 – Form 5 |
Number of students | approx 850 |
Medium of language | Malay, English |
Classrooms | Pintar, Usaha, Tekun, Elit, Restu, Intelek |
Colour(s) | Green and Red |
Yearbook | Teraju Puteri |
Affiliations | Sekolah Berasrama Penuh, Ministry of Education (Malaysia) |
Alumni | Persatuan Alumni Sekolah Seri Puteri (PUTERI) |
Website | www |
Ilmu Usaha Jaya
Sekolah Seri Puteri (English: Seri Puteri School; abbreviated SSP) is a premier all-girlsboarding school (Sekolah Berasrama Penuh) located in Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia. In 2010, Sekolah Seri Puteri was awarded the prestigious Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi or High Performance School title. The school specialises in wind orchestra and basketball. In the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia 2013, the national examination taken by all fifth-year secondary school students in Malaysia, SSP obtained a grade value average of 1.26 (on a scale of 0-9 with 0 being the best).
Sekolah Seri Puteri was founded on 6 May 1968, and the original name was Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Perempuan Jalan Kolam Ayer (Female Secondary School of Jalan Kolam Ayer), Kuala Lumpur. It was established to provide secondary education for students from across Malaysia. Built on a 19-acre site at Jalan Kolam Ayer previously owned by a technical school, the school opened with 144 Form 4 students, 10 teachers, and three non-academics who assisted Puan Khalidah Adibah Amin, the first principal.
In 1969, the school started contracting teachers from Bangladesh to fill vacancies in the science and mathematics departments. The first group of 102 Form 6 students was admitted in May 1971. Form 1 students were first admitted in 1975.
In 1975, pre-university matriculation courses from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia were first attended by 88 students. In 1976, the wind orchestra, Seri Puteri Winds, was formed by the third principal Puan Hajah Badiah Bt Hj, Abdul Manan, and the vice-principal Wilma Lesurf.