Army Public Schools & Colleges System
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| Army Public Schools & Colleges System APSACS | |
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| Location | |
| Information | |
| School type | Army School; semi-private, preparatory |
| Motto | "I shall rise and shine!" |
| Opened | 1975 |
| School board | FBISE, CIE and Edexcel. |
| Teaching staff | 18,462 |
| Years offered | 3-4 to 18-19 |
| Gender | Mixed with separate sections for males and females in most schools. |
| Number of students | 301,855 |
| Average class size | 30 |
| Education system | SSC, HSSC and GCE |
| Classes offered | O and AS/A level, Matriculation, Intermediate |
| Language | English-medium education |
| Schedule | About 6 hours (7.30 am to 1.30 pm) in summer and (8.00 am to 2.00 pm) in winter |
| Houses | Faith Unity Discipline Tolerance |
| Alumni | Apsacian |
| Directors APSACS | 1.Brigadier (R) Ramzan [Director] 2. Brigadier. (R) Tahir Ali Syed [Regional Director X Corps] |
| Branches | 230. |
| Website | apsacssectt |
Army Public Schools & Colleges System (APSACS) is a school system operated by Pakistan Army with over 230 branches. APSAC System operates in 18 regions across Pakistan, with supervision by 18 regional directors.[1] They are sub-divided into 18 regions.[2] APSACS Secretariat serves as central unifying body, which controls technical aspects of the system. It is one of the largest educational system of Pakistan
History[edit]
Army Public School was founded by Pakistan Army to provide quality education to the children of Pakistan Army personnels.[3] The schools are well-equipped with labs, at par with any American suburban school.[3] The students can opt for O Levels examination system, a British qualification, or local qualification.[3]
List of regions[edit]
- Joint Staff (JS) region: 1 school
- Rawalpindi I (QMG) region: 3 schools
- Rawalpindi II (E in C) region: 6 schools
- Rawalpindi III (X Corps) region: 40 (estimate) schools (largest region) | Regional Director is Brigadier (R) Tahir Ali Syed SI (Military)
- Mangla region: 5 schools
- Multan region: 7 schools
- Lahore region:15 schools
- Karachi region: 19 schools
- Peshawar region: 19 schools
- Quetta region:14 schools
- Gujranwala region: 15 schools
- Bahawalpur region: 10 schools
- Rawalpindi IV (AAD) region:13 schools
- Rawalpindi V (ISI) region: 6 schools
- Rawalpindi VI (GHQ) region: 7 schools
- Nowshera/Attock region: 7 schools
- Abbottabad region: 3 schools
- Cherat region: 6 schools
Faculty[edit]
- Umera Ahmed - former teacher at Army Public College, Sialkot's Cambridge wing, known for her critically acclaimed works, including Pir-e-Kamil, Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan, Shehr-e-Zaat, Zindagi Gulzar Hai
- Tahira Qazi - Principal of APS&C for Boys Peshawar from 2006 to 2014, and associated with APSACS since 1994, she was killed along with 140+ others by the Taliban while rescuing her school children, in the Peshawar School Attack, 2014 on 16 December.[4][5]
- Saeed Rashid PP - writer, teacher and historian, was the Principal of Army Public School Jhelum and Mangla Cantt from 1990 to 1994.
See also[edit]
- 2014 Peshawar school attack
- Army Burn Hall College
- Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
References[edit]
- ^ "APSACS Locations across Pakistan". www.apsacssectt.edu.pk. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "APSACS Organization". www.apsacssectt.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Pakistanis Question Perks of Power". Washington Post.
- ^ Tribune.com.pk (4 March 2015). "APS principal refused to leave school until the last child was rescued". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ Warner, Frank. "L. Macungie woman loses sister on Pakistan's 'darkest day'". mcall.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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