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The Segamat High School (Malay : Sekolah Tinggi Segamat) is a high school in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia. One of the oldest schools in the area, it was established in 1926. The first Principal was J.C. Mc Heyzer, with V.A. Matthew as deputy.

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Segamat District District of Malaysia in Johor

The Segamat District is a district located in the north of the state of Johor in Malaysia. The district capital is Segamat Town.It is teorically to say by the tale of the local that Segamat is a derivative word from "Segar Amat" by the word uttered of the Sultan Johor as he approached the Segamat River to have some fresh drink.

Johor State of Malaysia

Johor, formerly known as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest. Johor shares maritime borders with Singapore to the south and Indonesia to both the west and east. Johor Bahru is the capital city and the economic centre of the state, Kota Iskandar is the seat of the state government, and Muar serves as the royal town of the state. The old state capital is Johor Lama. As of the 2015 census, the state's population is 3,553,600. Johor has highly diverse tropical rainforests and an equatorial climate. The state's mountain ranges form part of the Titiwangsa Range, which is part of the larger Tenasserim Range connected to Thailand and Myanmar, with Mount Ophir being the highest point in Johor.

Located in Segamat near Istana Hinggap and the Rock Garden, it offers English styled education modelled on the British curricular system. The school started with 50 students in one main building. Now, it has around 1,702 students and 104 teachers. The school covers 11 acres (4.5 ha) with 17 blocks. Gurdial Singh was the first Asian principal. Before Malaysia gained independence, the school had an Englishman as its principal. The school has a colonial style main block.

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