PAF Public School Lower Topa
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| PAF Public School Lower Topa | |
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| "I Will Dare" | |
| Established | 1952 |
| Principal | David Hepworth |
| Location | Murree, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Homepage | www.topians.edu.pk |
PAF Public School Lower Topa is a boarding school located at Lower Topa near Murree hills. The school is run on classic British public school lines.
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[edit] History
The school was opened in 1952. Its initial name was Royal Pakistan Air Force Public School Lower Topa with the first principal being Mr. Shaw. The houses were names after the housemasters at that time.
After five years in 1957, the school was renamed as Pakistan Air Force Public School, Lower Topa. The names of the houses were also changed. The new names were after the Indo-Islamic leaders like Allama Iqbal, Zaheer ud-Din Babur, Aurangzeb Alamgir, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Tipu Sultan, and Siraj ud-Daulah.
The institution trained three courses of students at that time. After the course completed its three years of schooling, they appeared in the ISSB test and went to PAF Academy, Risalpur for further training. The school remained open till 1967, in which year PAF College Sargodha was made part of PAF Academy (thus halting the use of the sister school as a "feeder school" to PAF), and Lower Topa as a public school ceased operations.
In June 1998, the need for a feeder school revitalized and after a period of 31 years, the PAF College Lower Topa reopened . Two student entries with 60 boys each were thus inducted, and each subsequent year saw a new student entry. The college started with two houses and then each year one more houses was made functional. Finally, the college gained its full strength by having its all six houses functional by the year 2002.
In 2001, the school's name was changed to PAF Public School Lower Topa and the head of institution's title changed from commandant to principal.
[edit] Aims & Objectives
The primary aim of PAF Public School Lower Topa is to educate and groom boys for intermediate examination of Federal Board. The mission is accomplished in a healthy environment. The effort is to mould the new entrants into confident and disciplined young men with a strong character and qualities of command and leadership, so that they become future officers of the Pakistan Air Force.
[edit] School Administration
The school is run under the principal. Additional administrative hierarchy includes vice principal, adjutant, officer in charge of progress section, two heads of department, six housemasters, and an equivalent number of assistant housemasters to manage administrative matters of the school.
Student Command System
There are six houses each led by a house captain selected from the senior most entry. They are responsible for the house discipline and are answerable to the school head boy and the school deputy head boy. Other school appointments include school prefect, house prefect, and deputy house prefect for each house. The post of deputy head boy was created in 2006 and the first deputy head boy was Umair Karim.
[edit] Academics
The students are prepared for the FBISE. The following subjects are taught:
(a) Secondary School Certificate Examination: English, Urdu, Islamiat, Pakistan Studies, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science. (b) Intermediate Examination (Pre-Engineering Group): English, Urdu, Islamic Studies, Pakistan Studies, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. The students from Bangladesh study geography of Pakistan instead of Urdu.
Achievements
The school holds a record of maintaining highest grade point average every year since its re-induction in the FBISE.
[edit] Routine and Activities
Daily Schedule
The daily schedule is drawn up with a view to making optimum utilization of time. The routine program strives to ensure that adequate time is provided for the development of all facets of a student’s personality and abilities. As such equal stress is laid on academic as well as spiritual, moral, intellectual, and physical activities.
Commemoration of National Days
All important national days such as Independence Day, Quaid-e-Azam’s Birthday, Iqbal Day, Defence Day and Air Force Day are commemorated by holding meetings in which the entire student body participates.
[edit] Facilities and Miscellaneous
Medical
For round-the-clock medical care, the school has a hospital headed by a qualified doctor with the necessary staff to assist him.
In case a student needing an operation, all efforts are made to inform his parents or guardians. However, if there is no time to inform them, such a student is operated upon without any delay. The parents or guardians of the students are required to submit a written permission for emergency life-saving surgery.
Uniform
While at the school, students have to be in the prescribed dress. They are not permitted to wear private clothes. The uniforms are provided to the students by the school. Any willful damage to the uniforms is charged to the parents. On initial joining, students are required to be in possession of clothing items as given in the joining instructions for the selected students. These clothes should be worn by the students prior to the issue of the School uniform.
School Mess
The mess is under the supervision of the president Mess Committee who is assisted by the Mess Secretary and the Food Member. Students are also associated with the management of the mess. One representative from each house is a member of Mess Committee which would meet regularly to draw up the menu and discuss ways and means of improving the food.
The Mess Committee meeting is presided over by the Principal. Meals include breakfast, lunch, evening tea or cold drinks and dinner. However, there is no provision for extra messing.
Allied Facilities
Support facilities include MI Room, Canteen, Barber Shop, Cobbler Shop, Tailor Shop, and Post Office.
