School's History

Here's more than you probably want to know about SMKA Maahad Hamidiah.


Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama (SMKA) Maahad Hamidiah is a secondary school established in 1977. It is an Islamic oriented school and was founded by Ustaz Haji Abdul Hamid bin Daud. He established the school with the help of locals in 1963 and at first was given the name as Sekolah Arab Kajang (Arabic School of Kajang).

The school was at first located in Batu 14, Cheras, opposite the Jamek Mosque, Kajang. At that time, there were only nine teachers and one hundred to three hundred students from 1964 to 1970 and eventually the number had grown to more than three hundred in 1971.

When the management of the school was taken over by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, they changed the name to SMKA Maahad Hamidiah, to commemorate the founder, Ustaz Haji Abdul Hamid. In January 1978, the ministry took 108 Form 1 students from primary schools around Selangor and the number of teachers had also increased to ten.