# SMS Sultan Mohamad Jiwa

Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa (English: Sultan Mohamad Jiwa Science School; abbreviated SMadJiwa) is a public boarding school, Sekolah Berasrama Penuh in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia. It was named after the nineteenth reigning Sultan of Kedah, Almarhum Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Mohamad Jiwa Zainal Adilin II.

## History

SMadJiwa was established in 1973 under the Second Malaysia Plan as Sekolah Menengah Sains Kedah. The school officiation took place on 6 November 1976. In 1984, the school was renamed as Sekolah Sultan Mohamad Jiwa. The inauguration of the new name was made by Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, the Sultan of Kedah.
This name was subsequently changed to Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa in 1997 and remains until now. Students of the first batch was placed temporarily in several other schools in Perak such as SMK Anderson and SMJK Methodist Girls School and in Kedah such as SMK Khir Johari and Sungai Petani during the construction of the school building.
In 1974, after the building and school complex were completed and certified safe for occupation, the school started to commence its operation with a total of 35 teachers, 60 support staffs and 454 pupils.
In June 1981, the school hosted Kelas Matrikulasi Sains, preparing students for their first year at Universiti Sains Malaysia

## Sport House

All the students of this school is assigned to one of the four sport houses during their inception to the school. The sport houses were named after four key officers during the classic Malay kingdoms such as Bendahara, Laksamana, Panglima and Temenggung.
Throughout the school year, each house will be competing in sports activities, whether academic, sports, dedication and many more through collection of Merit Demerit Sport House System. The house with the highest points collected in the system will be proclaimed winner of the Sport House System in a formal dinner party finale at the end of the school year.
* Sport House
* Bendahara
* Laksamana
* Panglima
* Temenggung

## Principals

| | Tenure | Principal |
| 1. | 1973 | Encik Abdul Shukor bin Abdullah |
| 2. | 1979 | Encik Mohd Ismail bin Othman |
| 3. | 1981 | Encik Ishak bin Khamis |
| 4. | 1989 | Haji Zakaria bin Haji Harun |
| 5. | 1995 | Haji Ismail bin Ahmad |
| 6. | 1999 | Haji Ali bin Ahmad |
| 7. | 2005 | Haji Rusdin bin Husin |
| 8. | 2011 | Encik Pesol bin Md Saad |
| 9. | 2017 | Encik Harris Ganae bin Nainar |
| 10. | 2019 | Tuan Haji Mohd Ghazali bin Ahmad |
| 11. | 2020 | Puan Nadziroh binti Mohd Nadzim |
| 12. | 2023 | Puan Noraini binti Mohamad Isa |

## Yearbook

SMadJiwa publishes its own annual magazine, named RINTISAINS. The magazine is published by full color printing and captures the special moments throughout each year and also a formal picture of the members of each classroom and its graduating student.

## Alumni Association

The alumni association is ASSAK (Alumni Science Kedah). ASSAK was established by a former student and in recent years, the membership is automatically conferred upon graduation.

## Notable alumni

* Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, 14th Menteri Besar of Kedah
* Saarani Mohamad, 14th Menteri Besar of Perak
* Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar, Member of Parliament for Kuala Kangsar, Perak