Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak (SDAR) is a fully residential school in Malaysia. Since 2008, the school has been a Cluster School. And then, SDAR has been named as one of the High Performance School since 2010. SDAR is one of the oldest all-boys residential school in Malaysia and as well as one of the oldest in Negeri Sembilan. It is also a Smart School.In early 2010 SDAR has appointed as one of 20 High Performing Schools in Malaysia. SDAR is an all boy school.
History
SDAR was founded in Johor Bahru on 1 May 1956 which was firstly known as Sekolah Menengah Melayu (Malay Secondary School). The founding principles of this school were based on suggestions included in Penyata Razak 1956 (Razak Report). Amongst its objectives was to give opportunities to young Malay students in primary schools to further their secondary studies.
When the Sekolah Menengah Melayu was founded, there was no dedicated site for the school. The first group of 80 students and three teachers were temporarily housed at Sekolah Bukit Zaharah,Johor Bahru. In early 1957, the school was relocated to Ipoh, Perak. Half of the students (40 pupils) from the first group re-enrolled to study at the new premises (which is now known as Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (STAR)).
In May 1957, the school relocated to Tanjung Malim, Perak and shared the campus of Sultan Idris Teachers College (SITC), now Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). The remaining students from the first group were then relocated to the Tanjung Malim campus. More students registered and the number of students increased to 119. Mr. R.A. Goodchild, the SITC Principal was assigned as a temporary Principal to this new school. Two months later, Mr R. A. Goodchild was replaced by Mr. C.F. Daniels. During this period, the teaching staff was 11, which included two part time teachers.
