The City School (Pakistan)

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Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia Bangladesh
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Enrollment	40,000
Faculty	6,000
Type	Co-educational
Athletics	Citizens
Color(s)	Maroon, White And Grey
Established	1978
Homepage	Official site

The City School is one of largest private English medium school systems in Pakistan. It has branches in many Pakistani cities, including Karachi, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Lahore, Sukkur, Sahiwal, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Peshawar, Quetta, Mardan,Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan and others. It also has international branches in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh.

It now has more than 150 branches in 42 cities across Pakistan. The Head Office is located in Lahore which exercises control over the whole setup through three main regional offices. Southern Regional Office (SRO) which caters to Sindh and Balochistan, Central Regional Office (CRO) Lahore which oversees 80 % of Southern Punjab and Northern Regional Office (NRO) which looks after the leftover Northern Pakistan.^[1].

The City School system, in collaboration with various other international institutions formed The City APIIT. Established in 1978, The City School's courses are modeled on those of British schools. Most of its students opt to take the international GCE O'level and A'Level examinations organized by the UCLES (University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate).^[2]

1 PAF Chapter
2 PAF School Culture
3 Jinnah Campus
4 General Curriculum
5 List of A level courses offered
6 References
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] PAF Chapter

Located in Karachi, this is one of the largest campuses of The City School (TCS). It is a co-educational campus where classes are available from Play Group through to A levels^[3]. The name of this school derives from the land it is built upon, which is Pakistan Air Force (PAF) property. PAF Chapters facilities include a swimming pool with bleachers for spectators, a large playing field with volleyball courts, multi story cafeteria for A level students, extensive parking space for teachers and students, science and computer labs in middle school as well as O level and A level sections, music room in elementary section, large libraries in all sections, separate weight rooms for O level and A level students, and a common room for A level students. With a student population about 3000 it is also one of the largest private schools of Karachi as well.^[4]

Although PAF Chapter is one of the most expensive schools in the country, and is attended by the children of some of the richest and the most influential families of Pakistan, its academic reputation relative to some other Karachi private schools is not unblemished. In a country where grades are of high importance, PAF students had underachieved in recent years. However in 2004, the A level administration introduced a scholarship program aimed at attracting the best students to attend the school. This has resulted in better achievement levels.^[5]^[6]

The PAF Chapter is located on Shaheed-e-Millat, a busy thoroughfare. Due to this, a traffic jam occurs daily during the morning and afternoon rush hours. The school management has been requesting the CDGK to construct an overhead bridge to ease traffic flow.^[7]

[edit] PAF School Culture

PAF Chapter has many competitive sports teams such as cricket, soccer, athletics, netball and volleyball. These teams regularly take part in domestic and international competitions, and regularly win trophies.^[8]. A notable achievement is that the basketball team of the PAF chapter is unbeaten from the last two years.

Ever since the expansion of PAF Chapters A levels section in 2004, when the Darkhshan A level branch was merged with this branch, a distinct culture unique to PAF has evolved. The sport of volleyball and soccer has gained immense popularity in this school, with both boys and girls involved in games almost every school day. At the beginning of every academic year, the A2 students host a "welcome" party for the incoming A level freshmen. At the end of the year, the freshmen return the favour by throwing a "farewell" party for the seniors. Occasionally, concerts are arranged on school premises during off hours for the students.

Events are held on special occasions such as Independence day and school is off on some religious days.

The school has several clubs that students are encouraged to join. Some of the clubs are drama, social services^[9], sports, science and yearbook.

Citizens annually take part in the International Schools Educational Olympiad, as well as other prestigious educational competitions.^[10]^[11]^[12]

[edit] Jinnah Campus

Jinnah campus is a large branch of The City School system, featuring NCC education. Classes are available from playgroup to O levels. Jinnah Campus held the Annual "Musical Concert" in 2007. This branch is located at Sherish Nagar, Qasimabad, Hyderabad. Currently, this City School branch students informally have organized a district famous football club named FCJC "Football club Jinnah Campus"

[edit] General Curriculum

Subject	Learning objectives
Language	High priority is given to developing pupils' ability to use language accurately and appropriately.
Mathematics	Provides pupils with the knowledge and procedures for working with patterns and relationships in numbers and space.
Environmental Studies	Learning about the social and physical conditions, which influence, or have influenced, the lives of individuals and communities.
Expressive Arts	Encourages the exploration on innate abilities and foster imagination & creativity. Development of practical and perceptual skills; promotion of intellectual and aesthetic development.
Religious Education	Examines concepts, which guide ideal behaviour. Help pupils to explore the more personal aspects of religion by addressing questions about meaning, value and purpose in life.
Personal & Social Development	Identifies and reflects on the values, which they and society uphold. Learn the ability to distinguish right from wrong and to appreciate good behaviour, courtesy and respect for others
NCC	NCC Computer Pioneers Programme is a group of courses in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for children aged 4 to 16.