MARA Junior Science College

Maktab Rendah Sains MARA MRSM
Location
Malaysia
Information
Type	Public, Secondary school, Boarding school, Sekolah Berasrama Penuh, Mixed-gender education
Motto	Berdisiplin Berilmu Beramal
Established	February 1972
Grades	Form 1 – Form 5
Number of students	500++
Language	Malay, English
Colour(s)	Brown, blue, yellow
Affiliations	Sekolah Berasrama Penuh, Ministry of Education (Malaysia)
Website	www.mara.gov.my

MRSM Merbok in Kedah

The MARA Junior Science College (Template:Lang-ms) is a group of boarding schools created by the People's Trust Council (Template:Lang-ms, commonly abbreviated as MARA), a Malaysian government agency. The institution provides learning facilities for bright students in local schools throughout Malaysia.

The first MRSM was established in Seremban in February 1972 with its first intake of 150 pioneering (male only) students from all over Malaysia. MRSM Seremban took in its last batch of students in 1986 and gradually converted into Kolej Mara Seremban officially in February 1994.

Academic system

Students are primarily assessed through a system similar to the grading systems in universities and/or colleges: the grade point average (GPA) (Template:Lang-ms system. By the end of their final semesters they will be awarded a certificate of graduation for those who succeeded to pass with at least a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) (Template:Lang-ms) of 2.00 and above.

Applicants take the Form 3 Assessment (Template:Lang-ms) and the Malaysian Education Certificate (Template:Lang-ms) national examinations.

MJSCs use the usual academic ladders in Malaysia when it comes to the level progression system, where students advance through year 7 (known as Form 1 in Malaysia) to Year 11 (Form 5) by age. In Malaysia, there is no system that allows for level transition according to the student's capability. Most MJSC runs all levels from Form 1 to Form 5, but there are 3 MJSCs that only run Forms 4 and 5. In 2015, there are no more MJSCs that only run Forms 1 to 3. All of these previous lower form only MJSCs have been enrolling upper form with MJSC Pasir Tumboh and MJSC Gerik both had their form 4 intakes in 2015 (SPM 2016).

Students who started from Form 1 can continue their studies in MJSC until Form 5 in the same college or by transferring to another college. These students can only continue their studies in MJSC if they pass their Penilaian Menengah Rendah with at least 6As, with As in Mathematics and Science. Failure to achieve this will cause their studies in the MJSC system to be discontinued, and they will have to continue their studies in an ordinary school. MJSC implemented Dual Language Programme (DLP) but the medium of teaching is mostly conducted in Malay.

MRSM PROGRAM DWI-SIJIL (Dual Certificate Programme or Template:Lang-ms)

Dual Certificate Programme is a part of internationalisation of the Education System.It is believed that educational excellence can be achieve in a shorter time by adopting best practices from leading and prestigious schools in the world.By providing basic skills in communication skills, thinking skills and learning skills,students will be more willing to adapt to the teaching styles. Subsequently, learning activities will be truly student-centered, thus ensuring effective teaching and learning. This internationalisation programme enables MJSCs that offer this programme to take four examinations:SPM,IGCSE,PT3 and Cambridge Checkpoint. The pioneering MJSC of this programme is MRSM Tun Abdul Razak Pekan Pahang.

MRSM PKP (Special Education Programme or Template:Lang-ms)

PKP is a title that is given to MARA Junior Science Colleges who have attained a high level of quality in their students through national exams and participation in events – with the former being the primary factor. These colleges are often deemed the most superior in their category of schools in Malaysia, though others could still compete with them. Most of the students who are admitted into MRSM PKP are usually those who obtain 8As or more in the Template:Lang-ms (PT3) and UPSR examination and pass the UKKM with flying colours. The quality of the students in MRSM PKP are usually higher. As such, these MJSCs usually become the role models for the other MJSCs to promote healthy competition between its students.

There are eight of them:

• MJSC Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan (upper form only)
• MJSC Tun Ghafar Baba, Melaka (upper form only)
• MJSC Taiping, Perak (upper form only)
• MJSC Beseri, Perlis (upper and lower form)
• MJSC Tun Dr Ismail, Pontian, Johor (upper and lower form)
• MJSC Langkawi, Kedah (upper and lower form)(PKP IGCSE)
• MJSC Kuantan, Pahang (upper and lower form)(PKP IGCSE)
• MJSC imtiaz YT KETENGAH, Terengganu (upper form)(PKP Keusahawanan)

The first MRSM PKP is MRSM Kulim Kedah. First batch is 1988 batch. Second batch is 1990 batch. and after that MRSM Kulim stopped taking pkp students. and the program has moved to the eight above MRSM.

List of MRSM in Malaysia

Name	Location	State	Est.	Website
MRSM Pengkalan Chepa	Kelantan	[1]
MRSM Kuantan	Pahang	[2]
MRSM Kuala Terengganu	Terengganu	[3]
MRSM Muar	Johor	[4]
MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba	Malacca	[5]
MRSM Balik Pulau	Penang	[6]
MRSM Taiping	Perak	[7]
MRSM Terendak	Malacca	[8]
MRSM Beseri	Perlis	[9]
MRSM Kuala Berang	Terengganu	[10]
MRSM Pasir Tumboh	Kelantan	[11]
MRSM Kuala Klawang	Negeri Sembilan	[12]
MRSM PDRM Kulim	Kedah	[13]
MRSM Serting	Negeri Sembilan	[14]
MRSM Gerik	Perak	[15]
MRSM Kuching	Sarawak	[16]
MRSM Muadzam Shah	Pahang	[17]
MRSM Kota Putra	Terengganu	[18]
MRSM Langkawi	Kedah	[19]
MRSM Lenggong	Perak	[20]
MRSM Mersing	Johor	[21]
MRSM Pendang	Kedah	[22]
MRSM Jeli	Jeli	Kelantan	2001	[23]
MRSM Tun Dr Ismail	Johor	[24]
MRSM Tun Ghazali Shafie	Pahang	[25]
MRSM Kota Kinabalu	Sabah	[26]
MRSM Transkrian	Penang	[27]
MRSM Batu Pahat	Johor	[28]
MRSM Kuala Kubu Bharu	Kuala Kubu Bharu	Selangor	2002	[29]
MRSM Kuala Krai	Kuala Krai	Kelantan	2002	[30]
MRSM Pasir Salak	Kampung Gajah	Perak	2003	[31]
MRSM Besut	Besut	Terengganu	2004	[32]
MRSM Gemencheh	Gemencheh	Negeri Sembilan	2007	[33]
MRSM Alor Gajah	Alor Gajah	Malacca	2007	[34]
MRSM Kubang Pasu	Jitra	Kedah	2007	[35]
MRSM Merbok	Kuala Muda	Kedah	2007	[36]
MRSM Kepala Batas	Kepala Batas	Penang	2007	[37]
MRSM Tun Mustapha	Tawau	Sabah	2008	[38]
MRSM FELDA	Sungkai	Perak	2008	[39]
MRSM Pengkalan Hulu	Pengkalan Hulu	Perak	2008	[40]
MRSM Bentong	Bentong	Pahang	2009	[41]
MRSM Betong	Betong	Sarawak	2009	[42]
MRSM Mukah	Mukah	Sarawak	2010	[43]
MRSM Tun Abdul Razak	Pekan	Pahang	2010	[44]
MRSM Tumpat	Tumpat	Kelantan	2010	[45]
MRSM Baling	Baling	Kedah	2010	[46]
MRSM Parit	Parit	Perak	2012	[47]
MRSM Johor Bahru	Johor Bahru	Johor	2012	[48]
MRSM Tun Mohammad Fuad Stephens	Sandakan	Sabah	2013	[49]
MRSM Sultan Azlan Shah	Kuala Kangsar	Perak	2015	[50]
MRSM YT Ketengah	Bandar Al-Muktafi Billah Shah	Terengganu	2016
MRSM Sungai Besar	Sungai Besar	Selangor	2016	[51]
MRSM Arau	Arau	Perlis	2017
MRSM Semporna	Semporna	Sabah	2017

See also

• Sekolah Berasrama Penuh

External links

• Official website
• Ansara.org.my Portal Ansara – MRSM Alumni Association Website