Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Jaafar is a fully residential schools in the state of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Established in 1974 under the Second Malaysia Plan, it is the state's first Science School. The school is widely known as STJ. In 2012,the school was awarded with the Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi or High Performance School title, a title awarded to schools in Malaysia that have met stringent criteria including academic achievement, strength of alumni, international recognition, network and linkages.
History
The school was established in 1974 and the buildings were completed in 1975. The establishment aims to provide science education to rural Bumiputera. Formerly known as Sekolah Menengah Sains Negeri Sembilan, STJ is one of 10 SBP's on a trial basis in 1973 to comply with the aspirations of the New Economic Policy as described in the Red Book of the Second Malaysia Plan 1971-1975. In 1982, the name was changed to the School Tuanku Jaafar when it was opened by the Sultan during the Great Free State, the late son of the late Tuanku Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman. In 1994, the school was again changed its name to Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Jaafar. However initials STJ is still used to this day. The first group of students in 1973 stayed in hostels and study in King George V School, Seremban hitching up the entire campus STJ completed in 1975.
Notable alumni
The school alumni association is known as PRESTiJ. Notable alumni includes: 1. YB Dato' Eddin Syazlee Bin Shith, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. Previously, he was the former Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia. Eddin is also the incumbent Member of Parliament of Kuala Pilah in Negeri Sembilan. 2. En Syahrul Azmir Bin Zaki, President of PRESTiJ. Former CEO of Kontena Nasional Berhad. 3. En Azmir Bin Jaafar, Managing Director of McDonald's Malaysia. 4. En Jeffrey Bin Mohamad Akhir, Group Chief Executive Officer of GFM Services Berhad. 5. YBhg. Dato' Sri Ir. Dr. Roslan bin Md Taha, former Director General of JKR. 6. Datuk Seri Mohamad Norza Zakaria, a Malaysian chartered accountant. He is the President of Olympic Council of Malaysia and also hold the post of President of Commonwealth Games Association of Malaysia. 7. Puan Shanti Jusnita, Chief Customer Service and Experience Officer of Celcom Axiata. 8. En Megat Mohammad Faisal Bin Khir Johari, Partner of Deloitte Southeast Asia and Deloitte Asia Pacific Risk Advisory Leader for Oil, Gas & Chemical. 9. En Mohd Mazuri Bin Sallehudin, Chief Executive Officer of Scrum Publications and former General Manager of Malaysia Rugby. 10. En Ahmad Farid Bin Abdul Rahman aka Ujang, Malaysia Rugby Legend. 11. Dato' Borhan Bin Haji Mohd Doya, Chairman of Sierra Teguh. 12. En Mohd Heikal Bin Kamaruddin, Director of Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Negeri Sembilan. 13. En Rahim Bin Raduan, Chief Corporate Officer of Credit Guarantee Corporation. 14. Puan Ati Othman, former Director/ Chief Risk Officer of Khazanah Nasional. 15. Dato' Haji Sabuddin bin Haji Sani, Director of Majlis Sukan Negeri Sembilan.
