Lahore College of Arts and Sciences

Lahore College of Arts & Sciences (abbreviated as LACAS), founded in 1987, is a private fee-paying academic institution located at Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.^[1] LACAS provides preschool, primary and secondary education and preparation for international General Certificate of Education (GCE) examinations. The institution has currently six campuses; main one in Johar Town^[2], one at Burki Road (or Paragon City)^[3], one in Gulberg^[4], one at Upper Mall^[5], and two at Canal Side (a girls campus on Rasulpur Road^[6]; a boys campus at Raiwind Road^[7]).

The institution follows a curriculum designed to culminate in GCE O Level and GCE AS/A Level qualifications from British examination boards of CIE of Cambridge Assessment and Edexcel of Pearson PLC. The institution is also classified as an international university-preparatory school, giving its students the opportunity to apply to foreign universities for admission into undergraduate programs.

Branches

Johar Town campus

The LACAS Johar Town campus is situated in the Johar Town housing scheme of Lahore. It currently offers classes from Preschool to Grade 11 (including GCE O Levels). All classes are coeducational except for Middle Section have separate branches for boys and girls.

• Junior Section: Preschool (Play Group, Nursery, Kindergarten), Grade I to III.^[8]
• Middle Section (Boys): Grade IV to XI (including GCE O-Level).^[9]
• Middle Section (Girls): Grade IV to XI (including GCE O-Level).^[10]

Burki Road campus

The LACAS Burki Road campus is situated in the Paragon Society on Burki Road of Lahore Cantonment, Lahore. It currently offers classes from Preschool to Grade XI (including GCE O Level). All classes are coeducational except for Middle Section have separate branches for boys and girls. The campus has three blocks, two of which are three stories high and one is two stories high.

• Junior Section: Preschool (Play Group, Nursery, Kindergarten), Grade I to V.^[11]
• Middle Section: Grade VI to XI (including GCE O-Level).^[12]

Gulberg campus

On 14 April 2010, it was officially announced by the Managing Director of the institution at the Annual Excellence Awards Distribution Ceremony that a new purpose-built campus will open in Gulberg in August 2010.^[13] The new campus houses only the A Level section.

• A Level Section: Grade XII to XIII (GCE A Level).^[14]

Other campuses

• Canal Side girls campus is located on Rasulpur Road and offers classes to girls from Preschool to Grade VII.
• Canal Side boys campus is located on Raiwind Road and offers classes to boys from Preschool to Grade VII.
• Upper Mall campus, opened in September 2011, is located at The Mall and offers classes from Preschool to Grade V.

Academics

Organization

Curriculum

GCE Ordinary Levels

At GCE O Levels, all students are required to study a minimum of eight courses and maximum of ten courses (five compulsory courses and at least three additional courses). Compulsory courses include English Language, Islamiyat, Mathematics, Pakistan Studies and Urdu - Second Language. Additional courses include Additional Mathematics, Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Studies, Economics, Environmental Management, Literature in English, Physics, Principles of Accounts, Sociology and Urdu - First Language.

GCE Advanced Levels

Courses offered^[15] at CIE and Edexcel International GCE, AS/A Level are:

A-Level section is organized into four groups. 'Group' in LACAS is a class of students who share a similar combination of courses that fit their career choices and appropriate for their academic lifestyle. During the freshmen orientation, all students are required to initially select four or five courses from one of the four groups.^[16]

Monitoring

'Formal assessments' and assignments/coursework are scheduled regularly and the grades are included in the end of term report. Examinations are held at the end of each academic term/semester. All these factors contribute to the scoring of a given course in an 'Academic Progress Report'. 'Parent Teacher Meetings' (PTM) are scheduled every term where the progress of each student is discussed in detail.^[17]

Student life

House system

Students from each grade are sorted in three houses: Iqbal, Jinnah and Sir Syed.

A house point system is in place that enables House rankings. At the end of each year, the house with the most points receives the House Trophy, in the Excellence Awards Distribution.

Student government

A student government system operates at sections of O-Level and A-Level. It is termed the Student Council and it has on average 20-30 members from Grade 13 (for A-Level Student Council). Its primary functions are to collaborate with the administration to bring various opportunities for students, organize activities/events and as well as develop the school magazine. The Student Council is separate for each batch and the members are selected on a certain criteria. Some posts like that of the Head Students and sometimes House Captains are selected on a nomination and voting system. The members are also required to participate in the formal ceremony of Oath Taking. This system of student government is also found in other UK schools of Lahore like AC, ICAS, RA, SICAS, SISA and senior branches of LGS. As of academic session of 2010-11, the seats of A-Level Student Council are as follows:

Student bodies

Junior and Middle sections club activities

In middle branch of Burki Road campus, club activities are carried out during school hours every week. Students are allotted a club for a month after which they are rotated and assigned to another club. The clubs include: the painting, gymnastics, basketball, guitar, clay modeling, aerobics, food & nutrition and karate clubs.^[18]

A-Level section student bodies

References

External links

• Official website