Sekolah Tun Fatimah
school in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Sekolah Tun Fatimah (English: Tun Fatimah School; abbreviated STF) is a premier all-girl boarding school (Sekolah Berasrama Penuh) located in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The students in the school are affectionally known as STFians. In 2010, the school was awarded with the Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi or High Performance School. The school specialises in netball, hockey, band as well as basketball, robotics, dance and debate.
STF has been known for producing high-resistant yet poised young ladies throughout Malaysia. The school is a member of the Strategic Educational Alliance of Southeast Asia and adopted a school for Multimedia University.
History
Sekolah Tun Fatimah is administered by the Ministry of Education. Students are selected based on their excellent academic performances via the UPSR (Primary School Assessment Test) and PMR (Lower Secondary Assessment).
Sekolah Tun Fatimah was founded in Durian Daun, Malacca in 1956 going by the name Malay Girls Secondary School. The goal was to educate malay girls from rural areas.
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