Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan (SKK) Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Sheikh Haji Mohd Said or Sheikh Haji Mohd Said Religious Institution Cluster For Excellence (KSC) , (abbreviated to SHAMS which stands for Sheikh Haji Mohd Said School) is a federal religious school. SHAMS has been given the award of cluster school of excellence(KSC). It was established in 1959. As one of the cluster schools in Malaysia which is recognized internationally,the school has signed an MoU with Madrasah Aliah Negeri, Bukit Tinggi, Indonesia [1] to reduce the educational gap between Malaysia and the republic.
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The school began in 1959 at the old Seri Menanti's Castle Kuala Pilah with the enrollment of 40 male students. It was under the umbrella of the local government of Negeri Sembilan and formally known as Sekolah Menengah Ugama Tinggi (SUMT) Negeri Sembilan with reference to as the first religious school in Negeri Sembilan.
In 1963, starting with the intake of 20 females, it reached 135 students. The school got its own site of 11 acres (45,000 m2) at Jalan Tunku Kurshiah, Sikamat, Seremban which is adjacent to Tunku Kurshiah College(TKC),Seremban, a leading residential school. In 1977,the school management was given back to the Ministry of Education Malaysia and the school name was subsequently altered to Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Ugama(SMKU) Seremban.
In 1984, in reference to its celebration of 'Jubli Perak', the school's name was changed to the current name which was the name of a distinguished ulema ,Sheikh Haji Mohd Said. In 2009,the school will celebrate 50 years of establishing .
In conjunction with the silver jubilee celebration in 1984, a new logo was designed by a team led by a biology teacher, Cikgu Abdul Aziz, or fondly known as "Cikgu Babuk". The logo is still used until today.
Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan (SKK) Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Sheikh Haji Mohd Said
Jalan Tunku Kurshiah,
70400 Seremban,
Negeri Sembilan
MALAYSIA