In front of the school is the famous Wan Mat Saman Aqueduct.
It was located in KM 2, Lebuhraya Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar near Simpang Kuala.
This school was created when the government started technical education in the state of Kedah.
Before it was moved to its own building, students of ASTECH were located in nearby Keat Hwa Secondary School.
In 2009, ASTECH was declared as Sekolah Kluster Kecemerlangan or Cluster School of Excellence by the Ministry of Education Malaysia[1] due to advancement in both academic and extra-curricular field of Agricultural Science[2] and Robotic.