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'''Sanobarz King'''


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Chand Bagh School
Logo of Chand Bagh School
Location
Map
Muridke, Punjab

Pakistan
Coordinates31°48′08″N 74°09′00″E / 31.80222°N 74.15000°E / 31.80222; 74.15000
Information
TypePublic school
EstablishedSeptember 1998
Sister schoolThe Doon School
Staff40 (teaching)
Number of students600
Area190-acre (0.77 km2)
Colour(s)Black and yellow
FounderGhulam Jilani Khan
HousesAbaseen, A.J., Ghani, Mehran, Qarshi, Saigol, Sanobar, & Z.H.
PrincipalColonel (Retd) Syed Nusrat Ali Shah Kazmi[1]
Websitechandbagh.pk

Chand Bagh School (Urdu: چاند باغ پاٹھ شالا) is an independent boarding school for boys at Muridke in Pakistan, approximately 40 km north of Lahore.

The school opened in September 1998, having been conceived as a Pakistani version of The Doon School of undivided India. The name "Chand Bagh" refers to the Doon School's estate at Dehradun.

History and name

The origins of the school lie in the partition of India of 1947 and the series of Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts which have since followed. In 1985 a group of Pakistan's "Ex-Doscos", alumni of the Doon School, who had attended it in the days of British India, travelled to Dehradun in India to attend the school's 50th anniversary celebrations. On their return they formed a Doon School Society of Pakistan, which aimed to create a Pakistani version of their old school.[2] After many years in gestation, the school was finally founded by Lieutenant General Ghulam Jilani Khan, a former Governor of the Punjab Province, himself a Dosco,[3] and ten fellow-trustees. In many respects Chand Bagh is modelled on Doon.[4]

The name "Chand Bagh" means "moon garden"[5] and was chosen in memory of the original Doon School, which had been established in 1935 on the Chand Bagh estate at Dehradun,[6] now in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

The principal architect of the new buildings, which have Romanesque influences, was Kamil Khan Mumtaz.[7] The school opened its doors in September 1998 and occupies a campus of some 190 acres.[8] Around the campus are the Chand Bagh Farms, a further 270 acres.

Education at the school

The school laboratories

The school teaches in the English language. Boys are admitted in April into Grades 6, 7, 8 and 12[8] and work towards passing O-Levels and A-Levels of the University of Cambridge International Examinations Board. The student–teacher ratio is maintained at 15:1.[9] Entry is selective, based on an admission test. In March 2011 tests took place in Karachi, Rahim Yar Khan, Quetta, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit, Sukkur and Peshawar, and also in Hyderabad in India.[10]

In Grades 6, 7 and 8 all boys take English, Urdu, Art, Computing, General Science, Geography, History, Islamiyat, Mathematics, and Physical Education. On entering Grade 12, all pupils need to choose subjects to follow for their final two years of secondary education, taking three or four A-Level courses. The main options are Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Business studies, Urdu, Computing, Economics, and Accounting, plus the General Papers. The school thus gives its boys a grounding in humanities and natural sciences but focusses on the sciences in Grades 12 and 13.[9]

In 2011 the school advertised for new staff, stating that it was "looking for young dedicated faculty members as part of its expansion programme", naming twelve subjects, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Islamiyat, Economics, Accounting, History, Geography, Mathematics, Business Studies, Computing, and English.[11][12]

In school sports, Chand Bagh competes against Aitchison College at cricket, hockey, football and basketball.[13] In September 2006 there was a cricket match against the Wynberg Boys' High School of South Africa.[14][15]

The school hosts the annual All-Pakistan Art Competition, and that of 2011 was the ninth such event, when students from twenty-six institutions stayed at the school and were asked for work on the subject of "Ray of Hope". The judges presented shields and a trophy, and all paintings were later on display in Lahore. The principal of the school, Syed Nusrat Ali Shah Kazmi, opened the exhibition and said the competition was intended to discover potential.[16]

Official support

Founder's Day, 2010

In 2010 Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister of the Punjab, was the main speaker at the school's annual Prize Day. He used the occasion to announce the provision of a grant of Rs 50 million for the school's Endowment Fund and two new buses.[17] He said

Time has come that we find ways for providing education to the poor but talented students in the prestigious educational institutions so that their abilities could be polished and used for the progress and prosperity of the country.[17]

At the ninth Founder's Day, on 26 February 2011, the main speaker was Yousaf Raza Gillani, Prime Minister of Pakistan, who saluted the vision of General Ghulam Jilani Khan "which created opportunities for the deserving students of the less privileged sections to acquire quality education in the school like Chand Bagh". He concluded by announcing the payment of Rs 40 million "as first instalment for endowment fund".[1] This led to criticism in Pakistan Today, which quoted sources as suggesting that "...at a time when thousands of schools in the province were without proper buildings, endowing an elite school was a waste of public funds".[3] The Economist of Pakistan commented that "This elitism has left a big question mark on the Punjab government's sincerity to provide education to all."[18]

When the Punjab Assembly approved its budget for the year 2011-2012, Chief Minister Sharif commented on the grants of Rs50 million for the school. He said Chand Bagh was "not only for rich families" and that it also offered places for orphans.[19]

Principals

Sanobarz King

Associated school

The separate Chand Tara School, opened in 1999, caters for girls of all ages up to the Higher Secondary Education Certificate and also for boys up to Grade 5.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b Speech of Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan, On the occasion of 9th Founder's Day of Chand Bagh School at infopak.gov.pk, accessed 25 March 2012
  2. ^ 'THE CHAND BAGH SCHOOL (Project of Doon School Society of Pakistan)', in Educational Directory of Pakistan 1995-96 (Ibrahim Publishers, 1995), p. 318
  3. ^ a b Nauman Tasleem, Punjab govt donates Rs 60m to an elite school dated 17 June 2011 at pakistantoday.com.pk, accessed 24 March 2012
  4. ^ Azhar M. A. Qureshi, HISTORY & BACKGROUND at chandbagh.edu.pk, accessed 22 March 2012
  5. ^ Jaskiran Chopra, Month of deja vu for Doon, Mussoorie old-timers from The Pioneer dated 31 August 2011 at dailypioneer.com, accessed 24 March 2012: "September is a memorable month for the famous Doon School as it was in this month in the year 1935, 76 years ago, that... Athar Hussain was the very first student to join the school and he arrived on the picturesque Chand Bagh (Garden of the Moon) campus on September 9, 1935."
  6. ^ The Indian Year Book, vol. 29 (Bennett, Coleman & Co., 1942) p. 373
  7. ^ Kamil Khan Mumtaz, Modernity and tradition: contemporary architecture in Pakistan (Oxford University Press, 1999), p. 123
  8. ^ a b Principal's Message at chandbagh.pk, accessed 22 March 2012
  9. ^ a b About Us at chandbagh.bravehost.com, accessed 22 March 2012
  10. ^ Admissions in Chand Bagh School for session 2011-12 at friendsmania.net, accessed 12 April 2012
  11. ^ Jobs in Chand Bagh School, Muridke at dailyjobads.com, accessed 12 April 2012
  12. ^ Chand Bagh School Lahore Jobs at paperpk.com, accessed 12 April 2012
  13. ^ Aitchison College vs Chand Bagh School at aitchison.edu.pk, accessed 22 March 2012
  14. ^ Other matches played on Chand Bagh School Ground, Muridke at cricketarchive.com, accessed 12 April 2012
  15. ^ Chand Bagh School, Muridke v Wynberg Boys High School at pcboard.com.pk, accessed 12 April 2012
  16. ^ Mansoor Malik, Hope sprouts among budding students dated 28th November, 2011, at dawn.com, accessed 12 April 2012
  17. ^ a b Punjab CM advises young generation to work hard dated February 27, 2010, at maverickpakistanis.com, accessed 22 March 2012
  18. ^ Double standards on education policies by Punjab government dated 11/06/18 at economistpakistan.com, accessed 12 April 2012
  19. ^ NA approves federal budget for 2011-12 dated 23 June 2011 at geo.tv, accessed 9 April 2012
  20. ^ Chand Tara at chandbagh.pk, accessed 12 April 2012
  • Chand Bagh School
  • Ghulam Jilani Khan, Founder
    Ghulam Jilani Khan, Founder
  • Welcome
    Welcome
  • The mosque
    The mosque
  • Main entrance
    Main entrance
  • Some sports
    Some sports
  • Adventure training
    Adventure training
  • Health centre
    Health centre
  • Summer workshop
    Summer workshop
  • Near sports fields
    Near sports fields
  • School library
    School library
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