Faris Petra. In 2012, the school have been honoured with Premier SBP title which grant itself to stand tall with other premier SBP such as MCKK, STF and STAR. In 2016, the school have been chosen as IB Middle Years Programme world school. Houses of Excellence As a part of the enrolment process, students are sorted into the four main "Houses of Excellence" system, each bearing the name of former Minister of Education of Malaysia: Mahathir Mohamad , Hussein Onn, Abdul Rahman and Abdul Razak. The four houses are also distinguished by their house colours which each of its member would don in inter-house events and decorate their dormitories with. Students dormitories and seats in the dining hall are allocated based on these houses as well. Although each house is put under the authority a group of teachers, it is also governed by their own student body with the Head of the House usually a member of the School Prefects Board. The houses would compete against each other throughout the year by gaining and losing points in various aspects and to ultimately win the House Cup as well as the other categorical awards in Academics, Sports, Disciplines and 3K. The houses with their colours are as follows: House of Mahathir (Blue) House of Hussein (Red) House of Rahman (Yellow) House of Razak (Green) Awards and Titles The school received some recognitions for its performance. The awards are as follows: High Performance School (Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi) - Second Cohort Cluster of Excellence School (Sekolah Kluster) - First Cohort Smart School (Sekolah Bestari) Best Fully Residential School Award (2007) International Baccalaureate World School (MYPIB World School) (2016) Notable alumni Hamim Samuri, Member of Parliament for Ledang in Johor state. The former students' association (also known as FARIS PETRA) showed their appreciation to the school by contributing a fund to built a mosque in 2004. All the costs of RM 600,000 were borne by the fund collected from alumni and school's Parent-Teacher Association..Earlier, alumni association acronyms were SEMESTA later changed to FARISAINS in 2009 to better reflect the school's name. Then, in 2012, the acronym was changed again to FARIS PETRA. References External links Official website Official website of FARIS PETRA - Alumni Association of SMSTMFP 1973 establishments in Malaysia Educational institutions established in 1973 Co-educational boarding schools International Baccalaureate schools in Malaysia Kota Bharu District