Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Tun Abdul Razak (English: Tun Abdul Razak Integrated Residential School, abbreviated InSTAR) is one of the 67 boarding schools (SBP) in Malaysia. The school is located in Pulau Serai, Pekan, Pahang. In 2009, the school had 197 boys and 228 girls, making a total enrolment of 425 people. It had a total of 58 teachers.[citation needed]
The school site is 38 acres and located in the state assembly Peramu Jaya, Pekan Parliament, about 15 km from the city town and 35 km from Kuantan.
History
InSTAR was opened on 4 August 2003 under the name of Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Pekan (SBPIP) only occupied by students from Form One, taken from schools around Pahang who are eligible to enter SBPIP. The first form four students intake was started in 2004.
On 23 May 2010, the name of Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Pekan has been officially changed to Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Tun Abdul Razak with abbreviation of InSTAR (Integrated Residential School of Tun Abdul Razak). Since then instar continues to grow and now has reached maximum enrolment capacity of 560 students, 62 teachers and 20 supporting staff.
Academic System
Just like other Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi in Malaysia, InSTAR requires lower secondary students to take nine (9) subject for Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) including communication Arabic subject.
For higher secondary students, they offered to continue learning in a stream that is offered for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) as follows:
1. Pure Science
offers nine subjects for the SPM, which are Malay language, English, History, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Islamic Religious Education.
2. Religious Pure Science
offers 11 subjects for SPM, which are Malay language, English, History, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, High Arabic language, Quran and Sunnah Education and Educational of Islamic Sharia.
3. Technical Science
offers 10 subjects for SPM, which are Malay language, English, History, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Technical Drawing.
International language education was introduced in the school such as Arabic, French and Mandarin. The school is also involved in the BCCC program, one of the school internationalisation program.
List of Principals
Since operating on 4 August 2003, InSTAR were led by four principals as follows:
Num.
Name
Serving Period
1
Abas Abdul Rahman
2003 – 2006
2
Mokhtar Abdullah
2006 – 2008
3
Azhari Tauhid
2008 – 2011
4
Lailatun Zalaliah Hussain
October 2011 – 2014
5
Zaimi Abu Bakar
Aug 2014 – Feb 2016
6
Ahmad Zamri Md Isa
May 2016 – Dec 2017
7
Muhamad Yazid Abdul Wahab
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021
8
Azaha Awang
Feb 2021 – 2023
9
Asri Yusoff
May 2023 – present
Achievement
16 February 2011: Deputy Prime Minister and also an Education Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin today announced instar as the High Performance Schools (HPS).[1]
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