Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Green Road (also known as Green Road Secondary School) is a public secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 located in Kuching

Kuching

Kuching , officially the City of Kuching, and formerly the City of Sarawak, is the capital and most populous city of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is the largest city on the island of Borneo, and the fourth largest city in Malaysia....

, Sarawak

Sarawak

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

, Malaysia.

History

In 1903, Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke

Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke

Charles, Rajah of Sarawak, GCMG , born Charles Anthony Johnson, ruled as the head of state of Sarawak from 3 August 1868 until his death...

, the second White Rajah of Sarawak, founded a boys' school, called the 'Government Lay School', where Malays could be taught in the Malay language

Malay language

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...

. Later, the name of the school was changed to 'James Brooke Malay School'. That school was moved to a new site in Jalan P Ramlee, in 1930, and renamed 'Madrasah Melayu Sarawak'.

Due to the increasing number of students, Green Road Government Secondary School (the term 'government' was commonly left out in the name, hence the acronynm GRSS) was built at Green Road. GRSS started in 1963 with its students consisting mainly of those from 'Madrasah Melayu'. GRSS was officially opened on 10 June 1965 by Abdul Aziz, the then Chief Secretary of The Ministry of Education, with 335 students and 25 teachers. With the passage of English as the medium of instruction (late 1970s), GRSS became known as Sekolah Menengah Kerajaan (SMK) Green Road. Later still, it became Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Green Road.

Past Principals

• 1965-1969 : Mr David G. Marriott
• 1970-1978 : Dr. G.T. Sargunam
• 1978-1979 (1st term) : Mr Zainal Abidin bin Mohd Yusuf
• 1979-(2nd term) - end of 1979 : Datu' Dr. Hj Adi Badiozaman Tuah
• 1980-1981 (June) : Mr Yong Vui Ying (Acting Principal)
• 1981-(June) -1982 : Mr Mohamad bin Haji Abdul Rahman
• 1983-1990 : Mr Paul Ngui
• 1990-2003: Mdm Hajah Halimah binti Haji Mohd. Sahari
• 2004-present: Encik Putit bin Haji Ped

Past Head Boys

• 1972: Clement Kuek
• 1976: Devendra Battacharyya
• 1981: Steven Kuek
• 1982: Tan Ngo Chiaw
• 1983: Tnay Kwang Meng
• 1984: Kho Chun Ghee
• 1985: David Chin Jee Loon
• 1986: Chao Terence
• 1987: Pui Wui Shin
• 1999: Kuan Chin Jong
• 2000: Clement Wong
• 2001: Chhoa Yen Feng
• 2002: Emmanuel Joseph Fong
• 2004: Sim Yip How
• 2005: Gan Eng Seng
• 2006: Christopher Heng Yii Shern
• 2007: Edmond Teo Hsiung Sheng
• 2008: Abraham Ngu Fong Yee
• 2009: Vun Tze Khin
• 2010: Bryan Yap Chun Yung

Past Head Girls

• 1972: Agnes Chia
• 1976: Sim Lee Huang
• 1981: Sumartiny Padil
• 1982: Jong Chiew Lin
• 1984: Chan Oi Fah
• 1985: Then Sook Shien
• 1999: Patsda Liew
• 2006: Lai May Ying
• 2007: Tang Horng Eng
• 2008: Nasha Lee
• 2009: Tee Pei Qun
• 2010: Ivy Ting