Rimba National Housing Scheme


Rimba National Housing Scheme is a public housing estate on the northern outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It officially consists of five village subdivisions which are under Gadong 'A', a mukim in Brunei-Muara District. Rimba National Housing Scheme is one of the housing estates under the National Housing Scheme, a government housing programme for the citizens of Brunei. It is de facto a suburb of the capital.

Administration

The area of Rimba National Housing Scheme is divided into five sub-areas and they are officially designated as villages, the third- and lowest-level administrative divisions of Brunei. They are among the subdivisions of Gadong 'A', one of the mukims of subdistricts of Brunei-Muara District. As a village subdivision, its community is headed by a village head. Each village is also a designated postcode area, thus has its own postcode.
VillageMukimPostcode
Rimba National Housing Scheme Area 1Gadong ABE3319
Rimba National Housing Scheme Area 2Gadong ABE3419
Rimba National Housing Scheme Area 3Gadong ABE3519
Rimba National Housing Scheme Area 4Gadong ABE3619
Rimba National Housing Scheme Area 5Gadong ABE3819

Education

There are two primary and two secondary schools in the public housing area and they are all government schools. The schools include:
The schools provide the public education for the pupils and students residing in the public housing area as well as the neighbouring Rimba settlement.
A new secondary school is also currently built in the area which will cater for the Islamic religious education of the Arabic stream.