History
SAS was established as a result of the National Education Policy under the Razak Report of 1958. The Malay vernacular secondary school system began in 1958; however SAS was the first Malay school to offer Form 6 (pre-university) classes. SAS takes pride as being the first fully residential or Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) Malay medium school in the country.
The start of construction of the school was planned together with that of the Maktab Perguruan Ilmu Khas (MPIK) (Special Teachers' Training College), Jalan Cheras in 1958; however this was delayed to 1961. The school was completed in 1962, at a cost of RM12.3 million. On 7 February 1963, SAS enrolled its first students. His Majesty the Second Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Marhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Shah, consented the use of His Majesty's name (Alam Shah) on the school. The first principal was Mr. Halimi bin Haji Sharbaini and his name is now given to one of SAS' residences, Halimi.
On 7 March 1964, the school was officially opened by His Majesty the then Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Alhaj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah, with the Selangor Menteri Besar and the Minister of Education.
The first intake consisted of students from Forms 4-6, including 8 female students in Form Lower 6. In 1974, enrolment of Form 1 students began and in 1972, the school halted the intake of female students with the opening of a girls' residential school, Sekolah Seri Puteri. Meanwhile, the enrolment of National University of Malaysia (UKM) matriculation students began in 1975 and was ended in 1998.
On 26 April 2003, after some resistance from the alumni of Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah (ASAS), students and teachers, the school shifted premises to a new 142,000 m2 campus in Putrajaya. The move into the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)-designated city was in line with the school's status as a smart school. The old premises in Bandar Tun Razak now house a new school, Alam Shah Science School (ASiS).
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