Stellar School System
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| Motto | Dare to Dream |
| Established | 2008 |
| Type | Private School |
| Location | Lahore Punjab Pakistan  |
| Website | www.stellarschool.com |
The Stellar School System, is a private school for girls and boys, founded in 2008 by young entrepreneurs Savail Hussain, Jehanzeb Amin, Sikander Choudry and Jalal Hussain in collaboration with Pakistan’s eminent academics including Dr. Akmal Hussain, Professor Shaista Sirajuddin, Mrs. Sonnu Rahman, Mrs. Shireen Rahim, Mrs. Zareena Saeed and Mr. Tariq Waheed.
The Stellar School System has two branches in Lahore (Gulberg and Johar Town) and plans to establish a chain of schools across Pakistan and abroad.
The Head Office and the first two branches of the Stellar School System are located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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[edit] Overview
The Stellar School System combines an interactive and integrated curriculum which focuses on activity based learning from Playgroup to the Senior Level together with the targeted use of technology which includes interactive boards, multimedia and educational products on Science, History, Geography, English, Mathematics and the Environment with the finest teachers and Heads of schools. .[1]The Stellar School System can accommodate up to 280 students in its first two branches between the ages of 2 to 10 from Play Group to Class 5. The management of the Stellar School System plans on taking its school system up to the International Baccalaureate Level in the coming years. The Stellar School System will be having separate branches for boys and girls from Class 5 onwards.
[edit] Advisory Board
The Stellar School System is overseen by an advisory board comprising of Pakistan’s eminent intellectuals, academics and educationists.
Dr. Akmal Hussain [2]
Professor Shaista Sirajuddin is one of Pakistan's most renowned and revered educationists. She has an MA from the University of Cambridge and an MLitt from the University of Oxford; she is also the founder of the annual Sirajuddin poetry competition. She is currently Chairperson of the Department of English at the Punjab University; Dean of the Arts and Humanities also at the Punjab University; and has been associated with the Lahore College of Arts and Science and the Lahore Grammar School. [3]
Mrs. Sonnu Rahman, one of Lahore's most distinguished educationists and is the daughter of Professor G.D Sondhi, the first Indian principal of Government College, Lahore. Mrs. Rahman has continued the tradition of excellence in imparting knowledge to young people. She has a vast amount of experience in teaching World History at the primary and secondary levels.Many of her students have gone on to achieve world distinctions and have represented Pakistan at the World Debating Championships. She was President of the Debating Society of Pakistan and is considered to be one of the pioneers of parliamentary style debates in Pakistan. Mrs. Rahman has also made a major contribution in the organization and success of many annual plays in Lahore. Mrs. Rahman has been honoured for her contribution to academia by having a debating competition named after her; The Sonnu Rahman All Pakistan Under 17 Debates Championship.
Mr. Tariq Waheed is a renowned mathematics instructor and teacher trainer at the primary and secondary levels. He has an Msc. in Education and a Certificate and Diploma in Education from the University of Bradford. He has over twenty years of experience in school teaching and has been associated with Beaconhouse, the Lahore Grammar School, Lahore Alma and Resource Academia. He specializes in Curriculum Development with a special emphasis on activity based learning in mathematics.
Professor Shireen Rahim is part of the permanent faculty at the English Department, Punjab University and teaches Literature courses at the Postgraduate level. She is also the convener of the ELT Diploma Programme at the Department of English. As one of the founder members of the Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT) she has vast experience in research in teacher education. She also contributes to in-service teacher training programmes both in the government and the private sectors.
Mrs. Zareena Saeed has over 25 years of teaching experience at the school and university level. She is part of the permanent faculty at the department of English, Punjab University. She has also been associated with the Lahore College of Arts and Sciences, Lahore Grammar School, and Kinnaird College for women. She holds an MPhil and is currently a Phd. candidate at the Punjab University.
Mrs. Perveen Haseeb Khan (Principal, Gulberg Branch) British by birth and now living in Pakistan. She has seventeen years of teaching English to school children. She has worked at Lahore Grammar School, Gulberg, for seven years and three years at Resource Academia. At Resource Academia she taught Geography of Pakistan and World History. She has taught at several English Language institutes and has also successfully conducted IELTS classes for eighteen months for a Pakistan based consortium of British Universities. She has worked with SOS Children's villages as a board member and has thrice been elected President of the International Women's Club Lahore.
Mrs. Nuzhat Altaf (Prinicpal, Johar Town Branch) educated and trained to be an artist from the Lahore College for Women, she opted for teaching as her career which later on became her passion. She started out by joining Mrs. Alys Faiz's Shami Play Centre in Model Town, Lahore as a nursery teacher. She then joined The City School Quetta in 1988 as a nursery teacher and remained at the pre-school till 1996 when she was given the challenge of opening up a girl's campus in Quetta. That promotion led to a number of positions in the school management until she was appointed as the Principal of the School in 2001.
Mr. Ahmed Adeel (Chief Operating Officer) is a seasoned professional who has more than seventeen years of diversified and accredited experience in the education industry. He has established more than 30 schools across the country for leading chains like Beaconhouse School System and The City School. He also established a school in the UAE from The City School platform. His main strengths are Project Management, Team Building and Human Resource Management.
[edit] The idea behind Stellar
The idea behind the Stellar School System was conceived when the founders felt there was a dearth of affordable, quality educational institutions in Pakistan. Having gone through the primary and secondary educational system in Pakistan they pinpointed its shortcomings and decided to start Stellar to in an effort to overhaul the education system in the country. They joined forces with Pakistan’s most renowned educationists to bring to the country a unique schooling experience.
The Stellar School System is unique in that its faculty and directors all boast both a historical and current relationship with education in Pakistan. [4] [5]
[edit] Features and Facilities
The teaching methods at the Stellar School System combine class room teaching, activity based learning (learning by doing) from play group to the senior level as opposed to rote based learning, group projects, accessing the internet, use of the latest technology in teaching aids including multimedia and audio-visual educational products on science, culture, history and the environment amongst other innovative teaching techniques.[6]
The Stellar School System is not charging any admission fee. There is also a 50 % concession in the Tuition Fee, Security Deposit and Allied Charges for every third child admitted by a parent.
The Stellar School System will be holding in house teacher training programmes conducted by Pakistan’s most distinguished professors. The campus facilities include a well stocked library, computer laboratories, math, music and art rooms and spacious play areas.
[edit] Curriculum
The Stellar School System has its own curriculum which has been designed exclusively for them by leading experts in the field. The curriculum has initially been created and will be regularly reviewed by the Stellar School System advisory board. The curriculum is interactive and integrated and aims to bring out the creative potential of the students. For Stellar creativity means conceptual learning as opposed to rote based learning.
[edit] Open Houses and Carnivals: The Stellar Launch
The Stellar School System hosted four carnivals and open house events at their two campuses in March, 2008. to mark their launch.[7] These events were open to all parents, teachers and students. All four events comprised of interactive quizzes, puppet shows, singing, art and spelling competitions, school tours, food stalls, animal rides amongst other activities.[8]
These events were covered by Pakistan’s top TV channels including GEO, Dawn News, Business Plus, ARY One World, WIKKID, APNA, and Punjabi TV. Prominent personalities such as Imran Khan (Politician and former cricketer), Wasim Akram (former cricketer), Mian Ijaz ul Hassan (Politician and artist), Najam Hussain Syed (Poet), Dr. Mujahid Kamran (Vice Chancellor, Punjab University), Mrs. Nazish Ataullah (Principal, National College of Arts) and Vasay Chaudhry (Actor and writer) graced the occasions as Chief Guests. [9]
The Governor of Punjab, Lieutenant General (retired) Khalid Maqbool inaugurated the Gulberg branch of the Stellar School System.
Stellar has also featured in Pakistan’s most prestigious newspapers including The Daily Times and The Daily Nation.
[edit] The Stellar Management
- Savail Hussain – Chief Executive Officer
- Sikander Choudry – Director of Opportunities
- Jalal Hussain – Director and Manager Coordination
- Jehanzeb Amin – Director
- Ahmed Adeel – Chief Operating Officer
- Ali Qizalbash – Chief Financial Officer
- Mrs.Peveen Haseeb - Headmistress (Gulberg Branch)
- Mrs.Nuzhat Altaf - Headmistress (Johar Town Branch)
- Mrs.Mina Malik-Hussain - Deputy Headmistress (Gulberg Branch)
- Mrs.Saadia Mohsin - Deputy Headmistress (Johar Town Branch)
- Umar Khan – Manager Operations
- Zahid Rahim – Manager IT
- Bilal Shehzad – Accounts Manager
- Faria Waqas - Creative Manager
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C03%5C23%5Cstory_23-3-2008_pg7_23
- ^ Dr. Akmal Hussain
- ^ University of the Punjab - Faculty Descriptions
- ^ http://www.thesaturdaypost.com/community_126_stellar_school_system.htm
- ^ http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=482614&category=Social%20Sectors&Country=PAKISTAN
- ^ Stellar School System launch innovative schooling in Lahore | Pakistan Politics, Current Affairs and Lifestyle | Chowrangi
- ^ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C03%5C29%5Cstory_29-3-2008_pg7_39
- ^ http://www.brandsynario.com/NewsDetails.asp?NewsID=2206
- ^ http://www.skoop.com.pk/Detail.aspx?ID=571
