New Straits Times - High Performance Schools

Jitra primary school wants to become No. 1 in S-E Asia
2011/02/18
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ALOR STAR: SK Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin in Jitra, 18km from here, was among the 23 high performance schools announced by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Thursday.
Headmaster K. Thacanamurthy said the recognition was the result of the collaboration between teachers, pupils and parents as well as the state and district education departments."We are proud of the achievement, and the key to our success is teamwork between teachers and pupils as well as moral support from parents.
"Continuous guidance and encouragement from the state education department and Kubang Pasu district education department also helped us to be where we are now."
He said the recognition would boost the school as it aspired to become the best primary school in Southeast Asia. Besides being among the schools with the best Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah results in the state for the past two years, the 55-year-old school also won many state- and national-level awards.
The school emerged as champions at the National Level Robotics 2003 and represented Malaysia at the Fifth International Robot Olympiad in South Korea.Last year, the school received the Special Jury Award for its research on making recycled paper using oil palm fronds at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board Oil Palm-based Innovation Competition.It is one of two schools in Kedah designated as high performance schools.
The other is Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Kubang Pasu, also in Jitra.Read more: Jitra primary school wants to become No. 1 in S-E Asia http://www.nst.com.my/