Myers College
| Myer's College | |
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| Established | April 19, 1999 |
| Principal | Ms. Naureen Bahadur |
| Location | Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Homepage | myers.edu.pk |
Myer's College is a university-preparatory school located at Chakwal, Punjab, in Pakistan. The College is affiliated with Cambridge International Examinations(PK 035:Myer's College) and offers Cambridge O-LEVELS and A-LEVELS qualifications.
Myer's College is patterned after English public schools and owns over 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land at Balkassar-Motorway Interchange near Chakwal. However, currently the Classes are being held at Kot Sarfraz Khan Campus close to the Central Chakwal city.
History
Myer's College was established on April 19, 1999, when classes were first started in the colonial style historic bunglow built by Raja Muhammed Sarfraz Khan (Late), a famous philanthropist and politician of his time. It was founded by his grandson, Raja Yassir H. Sarfraz and was named after a Rajput prince, Raja Mair, the first settler in this area and ancestor of the Mair-Minhas tribe, an offshoot of the Jamwal Dogra Rajputs.
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The Official opening ceremony of the College was held on 18 November 2000 and Amir of Bahawalpur, His Royal Highness Nawab Salahudin Abbasi was the chief guest on that occasion.
Organization
Myer's College is divided into five schools:
- Pre-School (Montessori-Prep)
- Junior School (Grade 1-4)
- Preparatory School (Grade 5-7)
- Senior School (Grade 8-11)
- College (Grade 12-13)
Each school subdivided into houses that have members from each grade of that school. Houses are designed to promote inter-house competitions and mentorship opportunities. There are currently 5 houses at Myers.
- Khan Sarfraz House
- General Akbar House
- Ch. Chaku House
- Raja Aurangzeb House
- Rashid Minhas House
The Senior school offers School Certificate/O-level in affiliation with Cambridge International Examinations and the College offers Higher School Certificate/A-level (for grades 12-13). Myer's College is also affiliated with Aga Khan Examination board and its college section is now offering Intermediate Level Pre-medical classes.
Top students in Cambridge O Level examinations
Myer's College has produced some excellent results in Cambridge O Levels examinations.Its first candidate appeared in 2005.
- 2005 Palwasha Babur (8 A's Cambridge O'Levels)
- 2006 Rabia Liaqat (5 A's, 3 B's Cambridge O'Levels)
- 2006 Shaheer Shahid (5 A's, 3 B's Cambridge O 'Levels)
- 2007 Syed Ali Hussain(6 A's, 1B Cambridge O'Levels)
- 2007 Hassan Sarfaraz( 6 A's Cambridge O'Levels)
- 2008 Memoona Fatima Khan (8 A's Cambridge O'Levels)
- 2008 Beenish Fatima (7 A's 1B Cambridge O'Levels)
- 2008 Amber Husnain (6 A's, 2B's Cambridge O'Levels)
- 2008 Khawaja Zainulabdin(6 A's, 2B's Cambridge O'Levels)
- 2008 Madiha Anwar (6 A's, 2 B's Cambridge O'Levels)
- 2008 Tahir Ishaq Butt (5 A's, 2 B's Cambridge O'Levels)
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