SMT Alor Setar


Sekolah Menengah Teknik Alor Setar, or Alor Setar Technical School, is located in Bandar Simpang Kuala, Alor Setar, Kedah and may be the oldest technical school in Malaysia. ASTECH is better known by local people as "Sekolah Teknik Lebuhraya", often confused with Sekolah Menengah Teknik Jalan Stadium. In front of the school is the famous Wan Mat Saman Aqueduct.

History

The establishment of ASTECH can be traced to 1972. It was located in KM 2, Lebuhraya Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar near Simpang Kuala. The original site of this school was a paddy field. This school was created when the government started technical education in the state of Kedah. Before it was moved to its own building, students of ASTECH were located in nearby Keat Hwa Secondary School.
Finally in 1972, this school was moved to its own building where it has remained. Other institutions located near to this school are Keat Hwa Secondary School, Maktab Mahmud and SRA Darul Aman.
ASTECH also was chosen by the Technical Education Department as a controlled technical school. In 2009, ASTECH was declared as Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan or Cluster School of Excellence by the Ministry of Education Malaysia due to advancement in both academic and extra-curricular field of Agricultural Science and Robotic.
Starting in 2011, student uniforms changed from normal to special orange uniforms that is also worn by the students of Technical and Vocational Schools throughout Malaysia.

Principals

Courses

There are five main courses:
CourseYear EstablishedComments
Agricultural Science1973Formerly known as Agriculture
Commerce Studies1992
Civil Engineering Studies1972Formerly known as Building
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Studies1992
Mechanical Engineering Studies1972Formerly known as Mechanical

Subjects

Main SubjectCore SubjectElective Subject
MalayPhysicsCivil Engineering Studies
EnglishChemistryMechanical Engineering Studies
MathematicsAdditional MathematicsElectrical and Electronic Engineering Studies
HistoryBiologyEntrepreneurship Studies
Islamic Studies or Moral StudiesEngineering Drawing
Physical EducationAccounting

Houses

ASTECH has four houses, each named after Physics's Prefixes. There are:

HouseColour
Mega Blue
Pico Yellow
Giga Red
Nano Green

Achievements and Rankings

Notable Alumni

1. Kapten Izham Ismail, CEO Malaysia Airlines Bhd
2. :ms:Yusrizal Yusof|Yusrizal Yusof, Book Writer
3. Maszlan Ismail, Former Director, Malaysian Space Agency