Rimba Secondary School (, abbreviated as ''SMR'') is a

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located in Rimba area on the outskirts of

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, the capital of

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."LIST OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM"
, Ministry of Education, ''accessed 22 August 2009''.

Location

The school is technically located in Area 3 of Rimba National Housing Scheme which is a village subdivision under Gadong 'A' in Brunei-Muara District. Rimba National Housing Scheme is a

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near Rimba on the northern outskirts of the capital Bandar Seri Begawan.

History

Rimba Secondary School was established in 2005. It was officially opened by Sheikh Adanan bin Sheikh Mohamad, the then a

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in the

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, on 9 May 2005. Previously, the school ground was home to

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until its first campus at Jalan Muara was refurbished. The principal was Haji Malai Shah bin Hj Yusof. In 2009, Rimba Secondary School had over 2,000 students and is one of the largest secondary schools in Brunei.

Athletics

The soccer team won the Bruneian School Soccer Championship in 2007. Baseball and rugby were introduced in 2008. The school won the Zone 2 Inter-school table tennis championship in March 2008."SM Rimba crowned table tennis champs"

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, 5 March 2008.

Notable alumni

* Raabi'atul Adawiyyah (born 1992), wife to Prince Abdul Malik

References

Secondary schools in Brunei Educational institutions established in 2005 Cambridge schools in Brunei 2005 establishments in Brunei {{brunei-school-stub

Location

History

Athletics

Notable alumni

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