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Vorlage:Infobox school Karachi Grammar School (KGS) is a highly selective, independent, co-educational, English Medium school in Karachi, Pakistan.

KGS was established in 1847 by the Reverend H. Brereton, the first Chaplain of Karachi as a school for "English and Anglo-Indo children"[1][1]. The school remained small initially, with about 300 students in 1940. Over the past nineteen years however, the school has expanded rapidly and now occupies three campuses across Karachi with a total student population in the thousands. KGS is the oldest private school in Pakistan and the second oldest in South-east Asia.

Curriculum

KGS is geared, especially at the secondary level, towards preparing students for GCE Ordinary Level, Advanced Subsidiary Level, and Advanced Level examinations.[2]

Subjects taught at KGS include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Biology, Computer Studies, Computing, Pakistan Studies, Urdu, Islamic Studies, English Literature, English Language, Economics, Accounts, Business Studies, World History, Art, World Geography, French, Psychology and Sociology.[3]

Extracurricular activities

KGS excels in providing a wide variety of extracurricular activities for its pupils[1], including sports days and annual concerts.

Once a year the junior section hosts the junior school concert, which is a professionally directed musical including every child in the junior section. The middle section holds an annual bake-sale for which a single house is responsible. The middle section and the senior section each host plays and drama festivals every year. Vorlage:Fact

The school also has a history of winning national debate competitions and several students, among them Shahpur Kabraji, Sofyan Sultan, Yassir Ghanchi, Jaffar Khan and Sarah Malkani, have represented Pakistan in the World Schools Debating Championships.[4]

Apart from the many sports facilities offered, Karachi Grammar School has a wide variety of extra-curricular societies that the students can join in.

One of the most well-known of their societies is the social-service society known as the 'Helpers Society' which holds fund-raisers such as concerts and bake-sales in order to raise money for charity, create awareness, but also let the students enjoy themselves while taking part in organising such events. Vorlage:Fact

The following are the societies in KGS College Section:

  • Chess and Scrabble Society  -  Patron: Ms. Saman Shamsie
  • Conservation Society  -  Patron: Mrs S.Currimbhoy
  • Cybernetics Society  -  Patron: Ms. A.Khalfe
  • Debating Society  -  Patron: Mrs K.Mehboob
  • Directors Cut  -  Patron: Ms. Shazaf Haider
  • Documentary Society  -  Patron: Ms. Aisha Shoaib
  • Drama Council  -  Patron: Mrs. Shumaila Jamal Khan
  • Eastern Music Society  -  Patron: Mrs. D.F.C Mujahid
  • Economics Society  -  Patron: Mrs. Atia Siddiqui
  • Elocutus Society  -  Patron: Mrs. Fehmina Jamal
  • Geber Society  -  Patron: Mr. Rana Shahid Javed
  • Helpers Society  -  Patron: Mrs. R.J. Effendi
  • History Society  -  Patron: Mrs. Yasmin Syed
  • Islamic Society  -  Patron: Mrs. D.F.C. Mujahid
  • Journalism Society - Patron: Mrs Saman Shamsie
  • Mathematics Society  -  Patron: Mr . S.M. Hussain
  • Philosophy Society  -  Patron: Mrs. S. Ahsanuddin
  • Photography Society  -  Patron: Mrs. Ainee Shehzad
  • Sounds Society  -  Patron: Mrs. S.Ahsanuddin
  • Tennis Society  -  Patron:
  • The Readers Bar  -  Patron: Ms. Aimal Asi
  • Urdu Society  -  Patron:
  • World Affairs Society  -  Patron: Mrs. Amna Zuberi
  • Writer's Forum  -  Patron: Ms. Saman Shamsie
  • Young Leaders Society  -  Patron:
  • Human Rights Society - Patron: Ms. Shumaila Jamal Khan

House system

The four school houses are:

The creation of Papworth in 2000 caused house-loss from the other three houses as the traditional lineage-based system of housing selection is in decline, as pupils were for a while able to switch their houses. It has also caused many of the older Naprietes to refer to themselves as the true blues. The house colours are Red, Navy Blue, Green, and Maya Blue, respectively - out of respect for Grammar School's long standing relationship with Cambridge University the Mayan Blue colour was alloted to Papworth House as that happens to be akin to the colour on the Cambridge Examination Certificates.

Children, their parents and their siblings are all put into the same house if they studied/study in Karachi Grammar School.

Campuses

The original campus, located at 94 Depot Lines in the Saddar area, now houses only classes seven to nine and is known as the Middle School. In 1991, the Kindergarten and Junior Section was opened on Khayaban-e-Saadi in the Boat Basin area of Clifton for nursery, kindergarten, and classes 1 to 6. The latest addition to the school, the College Section in 1999, is also located on Khayaban-e-Saadi a few hundred meters from the Kindergarten and Junior Section, and contains the 'O' and 'A' Level students.

  • College Campus, Clifton
    College Campus, Clifton
  • Middle School, Saddar
    Middle School, Saddar
  • Junior School, Clifton
    Junior School, Clifton

Social role

Tution fees at KGS are moderate in consideration to other private schools in Karachi.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ a b Pakistan Stamps. Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag. Der Name „pakstamps“ wurde mehrere Male mit einem unterschiedlichen Inhalt definiert.
  2. ↑ Karachi Grammar School.
  3. ↑ Subject taught at KGS
  4. ↑ See World Schools Debating Championships. Past patrons of the championships include Tony Blair and Nelson Mandela.
  5. ↑ Obituary: Benazir Bhutto, 1953-2007, The Times, December 27, 2007. Abgerufen am 20. Januar 2008 

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