COLLEGE HISTORY

KOLEJ PENDETA ZA’BA In 1986, Pendeta Za'ba College was known as the Ninth Residential College or The Youngest College. At that point, YBrs. Tn. Hj. Ali B. Sheikh Hj. Yaacob was appointed as the first college principal. The mission of the college at such times is Creative, Productive and Independent as well as the concept of "lni Kolejku, lni Rumahku". With the concept of the names of five residential blocks namely Arif, Cendekiawan, Pintar, Bijaksana and Bestari, Tn. Haji Ali has taken the initiative to change the name of the Ninth College to Pendeta Za'ba College.  The opening ceremony was held on 17 December 1988 which was officiated by YBhg. Prof. Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Nayan Ariffin, Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. In addition, the ceremony of Pendeta Za’ba night was organised on 3 January 1993 to announce new name to all facilities in KPZ previously such as Aspirasi Za'ba, Khazanah Za'ba, Hamparan Puteri Za'ba. Za'ba and Baitul Iman Court.

KOLEJ TUN PERAK Moving to the history of the establishment of Kolej Tun Perak, formerly known as the Eighth Residential College. However, on 8 March 1986, his name changed to the new name 'Kolej Tun Perak (KTP)' and was officiated by the Then Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Professor Tan Sri Dato' Nayan Ariffin. In total, Kolej Tun Perak has six blocks and five of them are used for accommodation facilities to students while one is used for administrative purposes. It is equipped with offices, hall facilities and surau for daily use of students.  All the blocks of KTP were named after the warriors who were sohorn in Malay history. Among the names of warriors adopted are Jebat, Lekiu, Lekir, Tuah and Kasturi. KTP is the first college to break the naming tradition of residential colleges in UPM by placing humanitarian values in the right place. Of these five blocks, the Jebat block is reserved and dedicated to students involved in the Students' Scholarship Corps (SUKSIS).

MERGING OF KOLEJ PENDETA ZA’BA AND KOLEJ TUN PERAK  In 2019, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has established a plan involving the merging of departments, called the Governance Transformation Plan. The purpose of this plan is to maximize the use of workforces in improving the efficiency rate of service delivery. In responding to UPM's call in this plan, Kolej Pendeta Za'ba was merged with Kolej Tun Perak beginning in June 2019 and the restructuring of the principal and administration of the college was made. After mergin, the name of Pendeta Za'ba College has been retained and used as a college name until today. However, Tun Perak's name remains in use at UPM in other places such as the international housing complex, Kompleks Tun Perak. After merging, Kolej Pendeta Za'ba went through renewal in terms of logo and college anthem. Both the college logo and anthem are the result of the combination of previous college logos and anthems.

Updated:: 07/04/2023 [norazlinazul]