ah ▁S ains ▁Tu ank u ▁Sy ed ▁Put ra ▁( ; ▁abbre vi ated ▁SM ST SP ; ▁formerly ▁known ▁as ▁Se kol ah ▁Men eng ah ▁S ains ▁Per lis ) ▁is ▁a ▁premier ▁board ing ▁school ▁located ▁in ▁K ang ar , ▁Per lis , ▁Malays ia . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁school ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Se kol ah ▁Ber pr est asi ▁T ing gi ▁or ▁High ▁Performance ▁School ▁award , ▁a ▁title ▁awarded ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 ▁schools ▁in ▁Malays ia ▁that ▁have ▁met ▁string ent ▁criteria ▁including ▁academic ▁achiev ement , ▁strength ▁of ▁al umn i , ▁international ▁recognition , ▁network ▁and ▁link ages . ▁ ▁The ▁school ▁special ises ▁in ▁s occer , ▁innov ation ▁and ▁in vention . ▁The ▁school ▁performance ▁in ▁the ▁recent ▁Pen ila ian ▁Men eng ah ▁R end ah ▁( 2 0 1 3 ) ▁is ▁the ▁best ▁in ▁Per lis ▁and ▁four teenth ▁ranking ▁in ▁Se kol ah ▁Ber as rama ▁P enu h ▁with ▁ 7 6 . 9 2 % ▁students ▁gain ing ▁straight ▁A ' s ▁with ▁G PS ▁ 1 . 0 5 2 6 ▁while ▁S ij il ▁Pel aj aran ▁Malays ia ▁is ▁the ▁best ▁in ▁Per lis ▁with ▁ 3 0 ▁students ▁obtain ing ▁straight ▁A ' s . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁As put ra ▁website ▁ ▁Category : E du c ational ▁institutions ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁Category : 1 9