Sultan Sharif Ali Secondary School (; abbreviated as ''SMSSA'') is a

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located in

Salambigar Kampong Salambigar is a village in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. The population was 1,884 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Berakas 'B'. The postcode is BC1515. Economy The Lambak Kanan East Industrial Park, located approxima ...

in Brunei-Muara District,

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. The school provides five years of secondary education, leading up to

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qualification.

Name

The school is named after Sultan Sharif Ali, the third

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who ruled in the 15th century.

History

Located around from Bandar Seri Begawan, Kampong Salambigar Secondary School was established in 1987. The school began admitting students on 4 June 1990. The students previously studied at Pengiran Isteri Hajjah Mariam Secondary School,

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien College 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 ...

Raja Isteri Girls' High School Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB) is the capital and largest city of Brunei. It is officially a municipal area () with an area of and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007. It is part of Brunei–Muara District, the smallest yet most populous ...

and Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam Secondary School. It was renamed the Sultan Sharif Ali Secondary School on 25 September 1992 in honour of the third Sultan of Brunei.

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