Presentation Convent High School | |
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Jhelum, Pakistan | |
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Type | Private School |
Administration | Catholic Board of Education |
Affiliations | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore. |
Presentation Convent School, Jhelum, was founded by the Presentation Sisters and is regulated by the Catholic Board of Education under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore.
On September 8, 1895, the first Presentation Convent School in the Punjab was opened by three Irish nuns. Today in Pakistan there are Presentation schools catering for the educational needs of around thirteen thousand children in Urdu- and English-medium schools. Presentation schools are: Rawalpindi, Murree, Peshawar, Sargodha, (Khushab Distt.), Wah, Risalpur, Mingora (Swat) and Sindh.
On January 13, 1950, four Sisters arrived in Jhelum, one of the smallest cities in Pakistan. They laid the foundation of the Presentation Convent School. In 2009, 1700 students are enrolled in the school. The Principal is Sr. Riffat Sadiq.
Its most famous alumnus is Lieutenant General Masood Aslam, Sitara-i-Jurat, Colonel Commandant of the Punjab Regiment of the Pakistan Army.[1]
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