Sekolah Menengah PJN Pg. Hj. Abu Bakar

Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Jaya Negara Pengiran Haji Abu Bakar (SMPJNPHAB) is known as one of the best government schools in Kuala Belait, Brunei. The school has a population exceeding 1000 students. Over the years, SM PJN has succeeded in producing outstanding and well disciplined students. The school is located near the Kampong Pandan Mosque in Kuala Belait.

History Of SMPJN

Construction of the school was completed in 1987. It was formerly known as Sekolah Menengah Mumong (SMM). It was later changed to Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Jaya Negara Pengiran Haji Abu Bakar in 1998.

SMPJN School Song

The SMPJN School Song was composed in 2004 and goes as follow -

"Kau berdiri tersergam megah
Indah mewarnai harapan bangsaku

Namamu jadi sebutan
Baktimu tetap disanjung
Kami sentiasa
Diasuh, dididik dan dibimbing

Kami berilmu,
beriman dan berbakti
Demi agama bangsa
Dan negaraku yang tercinta

Kau berdiri tersergam megah
Indah mewarnai harapan bangsaku
Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Jaya Negara
Pengiran Haji Abu Bakar

Kami Berilmu
Beriman dan Berbakti
Demi agama bangsa
Menjadi insan sempurna

Kami berilmu
Beriman dan berbakti
Demi agama bangsa
Dan negaraku yang tercinta
Sekolahku yang tercinta

Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Jaya Negara
Pengiran Haji Abu Bakar
Gedung ilmuku
Menuju kepuncak kejayaan
Kepuncak kejayaan, kejayaan.
"

Translation :
""You stand boldly,
Beautifully colouring the nation's hopes

Your name is always spoken of
Your merits will always be looked high upon
We will always be educated

We are educated,
Pious and devout
For the religion and nation
To be excellent people

We are educated,
Pious and devout
For the religion and nation
And my beloved country.

You stand boldly,
Beautifully colouring the nation's hopes
Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Jaya Negara
Pengiran Haji Abu Bakar

We are educated,
Pious and devout
For the religion and nation
To be excellent people

We are educated,
Pious and devout
For the religion and nation
And my beloved country
My beloved school

Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Jaya Negara
Pengiran Haji Abu Bakar
My warehouse of knowledge
On our way to the peak of success
To the peak of success, success.
""

Education

The school offers education for Secondary One to Secondary Five students. This school is the only school in Kuala Belait that offers Science stream for lower secondary students. The other school in the nation to do such streaming is Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Science College. The streaming process in this school goes as follow - Only students of Bruneian citizenship who achieve excellent results for their Primary Six state exam, Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (PSR) are eligible to enter the Science stream. Others who don't qualify to enter the Science stream in lower secondary will have to undergo tests which evaluates their proficiency in Mathematics and the English language. After the evaluation, they are then sorted into classes of their similar learning group.
Apart from education, students' involvement in co-curricular activities is also very much emphasized to produce all-rounded students. The school has various facilities to cater to students' needs.
SMPJN is well known for its strict discipline which as a result has produced well disciplined students. The school discipline is maintained by discipline masters, with assistance from school prefects. The Student Council which was recently formed in 2007 also take part in ensuring school discipline apart from dealing with the school administration. Unreferenced|date=July 2007

Facilities

School facilities which includes:
* two separate hostels for male and female students
* a school hall, used for indoor sports & school events
* a school shop
* a canteen
* a dental clinic / sick bay
* a library
* a counseling room
* a conference room
* an air-conditioned ICT lab
* eight science laboratories
* a meteorological garden
* 5 classroom buildings, each with 12 classrooms, 4 in each floor