Dawood Public School

Dawood Public School
Enlighten my soul, enlighten my being
Location
Karachi Pakistan
Information
Type	Private
Established	1983
Faculty	100
Enrollment	15,000
Average class size	Pre-School till A Levels
Color(s)	Sky blue, Beige For Alevels: Navy Blue, White
Athletics	Dawoodians
Mascot	Candle and book
Website	Official site

Dawood Public School (abbreviated as DPS) is one of the leading private O and A-level school, located in Karachi, the heart of Pakistan.^[1]^[2] Founded in 1983, by Mr. Ahmed Dawood in his mission to propagate education in Pakistan. Dawood Public School is an educational institution that is playing a role model in promoting education among women. At present, it is offering preschool, primary education, secondary education and preparation for the international GCE to more than 1500 girls. Initially, the school only catered to students from Nursery till Class V, but it progressed right up to O Levels by 1989. But later in year 2010 Dawood Public School launched 'A' levels education too.^[3]

^[4] Dawood public school recently organized an event simulating the mode of United Nations which catered children from all the other schools around the country to propose conflict resolution on different world affairs.^[5] On 16 June 2013 the school has hosted another event to increase the awareness and education system of Pakistan, the school named the event as DPS Open Day Festival which was held in Karachi^[6]^[7]

History

Dawood public school was established by Mr. Ahmed Dawood in 1983. He took the initiative to promote education among women. Initially, it served classes from nursery to Class V, but with time it expanded its Serves. In 1989, it started offering O-level preparations and has a constant 100% result. Matriculation was introduced in 1995 but later it was exempted to maintain a constant GCE standard. In 2010, it started it’s A-level education too and a large number of girls are enrolled every year.^[8]

Faculty

Faculty of Dawood public school comprises two principals of O level and A level each. It has four co-coordinators for its pre-primary, primary, secondary and A-level system. Teachers for primary section are required to have bachelor’s degree and for secondary classes they must have done their masters in respective field.^[9]

DPS Events

Open Day Festival

Open Day Festival was celebrated on 16 June 2013 featuring the main motive of increasing the level of education and awareness in Pakistan, the event was covered by the leading newspapers which featured around 500 female students with their parents gathered to explore the A- level program offered by the school.
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WWF Nature Carnival

World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan arranges an event named nature carnival every year in PAF Museum, Karachi, the school has joined hands with WWF to increase the awareness about the protection of environment and follow the green revolution ambitiously.
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DALMUN

DALMUN is the event which followed the mode of United Nations and simulated the same by the students, an event in which school practised how the UN system works in resolving the issues in the world.^[5]

Annual Sports Day 2013

The annual sports day is celebrated every year by school and it is one of the major event and the much anticipated one in the list of DPS (Dawood Public School). This year the school celebrated the event featuring the sporting activities from 18 to 22 March which were Annual Sports Day and Pakistan Day Celebrations. The event was an interesting mix of PE displays, yoga, gymnastics, speeches, skits, tableau and prize distribution. The speeches highlighted the importance of the Pakistan Day with a pledge to be good citizens of a nation that came into existence by the sacrifices of great men. All the four houses, Bilquis Edhi House, Fatima Jinnah House, Anita Gulam Ali House and the Bapsi Sidhwa participated in the event.^[11]

Gallery

Extra Activities at Dawood Public School
Evening Event at Dawood public School
Fruit Day Celebration at Dawood Public School
Events Organized by Dawood Public School
Dawood Public School at a glance
Dawood public School Classroom
Assembly hall at Dawood Public School
Dalmun organized by Dawood Public School