Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien College Explained

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien College should not be confused with SOAS University of London.

Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddien College
Motto:Ilmu Adalah Kuasa
Motto Translation:Knowledge Is Power
Streetaddress:Jalan Sekolah
Postcode:BS8411
Former Name:Brunei Town Government English School (1951–1955)
District:Cluster 2
Principal:Mohammed Santra Bolhasan
Grades:Years 7–11
Slogan:The Premier College For Future Leaders
Yearbook:Seri Berunai
Website:Official Instagram

The Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddien College (SOASC), natively known as (MSOAS), is a government boys' secondary school in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is the first English secondary school in the country. The school is also one of the only three boys' secondary schools nationwide, with the other two being Muda Hashim Secondary School and Ma'had Islam Brunei (Brunei Islamic College). The school provides five years of secondary education leading up to GCE 'O' Level and IGCSE qualification.

Namesake

The school is named in honour of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III. Brunei saw substantial changes under the 17-year rule of the late Sultan. The Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB) concept, which serves as the nation's guiding ideology, was also developed by him.[1] He also initiated social and economic reform to ready his people for the restoration of the state's sovereign powers, which had been initiated by his predecessor and sparked by the Brunei nationalist movement around the end of World War II.[2]

History

In Brunei, there was only access to primary education prior to World War II. The government of Brunei established the Education Department in 1951.[3] To encourage English education among Bruneians, the Brunei Town Government English School[4] was founded in Brunei Town on 15 October 1951.[5] Two qualified instructors, one from Malaya and one from the United Kingdom, worked at the school. Their choices—likely made in conjunction with the State Education Officer—have had a long-lasting effect on Brunei's educational system, as seen by the numerous practices that were implemented at the time and are still in use today.[6]

At the time of the establishment, the school functioned as a preparatory school.[7] It was also the first government school in the country which provided education in the English language. Since Brunei did not have an official English education system, the school did not initially have any students. As a result, English courses were introduced at Primary 4 at four chosen primary schools. The age at which English-medium education started in Brunei was set by the more gifted students who got extra tuition from the State Education Officer prior to starting school.

The school eventually renamed to Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien College in 1955. It later became the first school to provide secondary education in the country. It was gradually implemented, beginning in 1953 with the introduction of Form 1. By 1957, the school had all five years of the secondary education and for the first time the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate examination, a precursor to GCE 'O' Level, was conducted at the school in that year for its Form 5 students.[8] Because the British utilised Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam Malay School as a military base during the 1962 Brunei revolt, the school was temporarily moved to SOAS College.[9]

SOAS College in collaboration with Army Cadet Team, created the SOAS College Military Cadet.[10] [11]

Notable people

Notable staff

Notable alumni

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Hussainmiya . Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III and Britain "The Making of Brunei Darussalam" . Oxford University Press . 1995 . 967-65-3106-5.
  3. Book: 2013 . The National Education System For The 21st Century . 2024-07-02 . Ministry of Education . 6 . 978-99917-2-628-1.
  4. Morve . Roshan K. . Wen . Xu . Mansour . Nasser . 2023-05-02 . The role of English and the sociocultural structure of Bahasa: a study of Brunei Darussalam . Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education . 8 . 1 . 14 . 10.1186/s40862-023-00186-5 . free . 2363-5169.
  5. Web site: History of Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddien (SOAS) College . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170620234644/http://vilis.moe.gov.bn/MSOAS/pages/introduction.aspx . 2017-06-20 . 2017-09-05.
  6. Web site: Gary M. Jones . Language planning in its historical context in Brunei Darussalam . 2024-07-02 . Universiti Brunei Darussalam . 179–180.
  7. Book: Sejarah perkembangan pendidikan di Brunei, 1950-1985. Asbol bin Haji Mail, Haji Awang. 2010. Pusat Sejarah Brunei, Kementerian Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan. 978-9991734484. Cet. 2. Bandar Seri Begawan. 73. 642642811.
  8. Book: Asbol bin Haji Mail, Haji Awang . Sejarah perkembangan pendidikan di Brunei, 1950-1985 . 2010 . Pusat Sejarah Brunei, Kementerian Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan . 978-9991734484 . Cet. 2 . Bandar Seri Begawan . 77 . 642642811.
  9. Book: Sidhu, Jatswan S. . Historical Dictionary of Brunei Darussalam . 2009-12-22 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-7078-9 . 227 . en.
  10. Web site: Perlawanan Merintis Kadet Tentera uji kemahiran . 2024-07-02 . www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn . ms.
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  12. Burgess, Anthony (2012), Little Wilson and Big God, Anthony Burgess, Random House, p. 431.
  13. Book: Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent. A Biographical Dictionary . 2012 . ISEAS Publishing . 978-981-4345-21-7 . Suryadinata . Leo . Singapore . 1367–1370 . en.
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  23. News: 12 June 2010 . Keluaran Khas Sempena Pelantikan Menteri-Menteri Kabinet dan Timbalan-Timbalan Menteri . 6 . Pelita Brunei .
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  25. http://majlis-mesyuarat.gov.bn/JMM%20Site%20Pages/Yang%20Berhormat%20Datin%20Paduka%20Dayang%20Hajah%20Salbiah%20binti%20Haji%20Sulaiman.aspx Yang Berhormat Datin Paduka Dayang Hajah Salbiah binti Haji Sulaiman
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