Lahore Grammar School
Lahore Grammar School لاہور گرامر اسکول | |
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Location | |
Pakistan | |
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School type | Private, Preparatory |
Established | 1979 |
Status | Open |
School board | CIE and Punjab Education Board |
Years offered | 3–4 to 18–19 |
Average class size | 15–35 |
Education system | GCE and SSE |
Classes offered | Pre school, Nursery, K.G 1-8th grade, O Level, Matric and AS/A Level |
Language | English, Urdu |
Schedule | Day school |
Campuses | Johar Town, 55 Main, DHA Phase 1, DHA Phase 5, Model Town, 1A1, Paragon, Cantt, Canal, Shahjamal |
Website | lgs |
Lahore Grammar School (LGS) is a private school system based in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, with branches spread throughout the country.
The system was established in 1979 at its 55 Main Gulberg campus. Today, LGS has multiple branches in Pakistan. There are six branches in the Johar Town area, four branches in the Gulberg area, several branches in DHA, including one in Phase V and one in Phase I, Cantt and one built in Paragon City in 2009. These branches are spread out across the country and offer private education to boys and girls from Preschool to Matric and A Levels. They also offer the IB Primary Years Programme. LGS has campuses in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Gujrat, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Peshawar, Quetta, Sialkot, Sheikhupura, Wah Cantt, and Dera Ghazi Khan.[citation needed]
History
Lahore Grammar School was established in January 1979. The first branch of LGS was the 55 Main Gulberg branch. They also opened LandMark Branches[citation needed]
Co-Curricular
The School's co-curricular activities range from educational events to sports programs. Most of the branches have ecological and environmental societies, which campaign against the degreening of Lahore and the concomitant decline in Lahore's air quality. Many branches have a community service program, proving students with opportunities to volunteer at organisations. Some of these include the Pakistan Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, the Rising Sun Institute, Fatima Memorial Hospital, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), and Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital.[citation needed]
Bonfires are an annual tradition for junior branches. Each branch has its own event. The event is an opportunity for pupils to take a break from schoolwork and interact with each other.[citation needed]
Annual Interschool events are also held, including Grammania, TSMUN, Grammathon, Grammun and Grammanation. These events usually host up to 500 delegates and are mainly managed by the student body, therefore contributing to their skills outside the classroom. The events are mostly followed by social events such as concerts, talent shows, fashion walks and qawwali nights.[citation needed]
Concerts by musical bands are held annually. The bands may be local or the school's own bands. All major branches put on an annual play, in Punjabi, Urdu or English. Plays like Andhera Ujala were screened on television channels whereas Khatra-e-Jaan which had a number of LGS participants also received favorable reviews across Lahore. The school's network has gone on educational trips to Lahore, all over Pakistan and to abroad countries including Germany, India, China, the United States, Uzbekistan, Greece, Spain, and Egypt.
Students
The school has a total of 16,000–24,000 students in all of its branches combined. Most students are:[citation needed]
- Children of overseas Pakistanis
- Children of politicians
- Children of employees that work at Lahore Grammar School
- Children of Upper middle Class families
Subjects
There are 5 compulsory subjects for Matric and O-Levels
- Maths
- Islamiyat
- Urdu Syllabus A or B
- Pakistan studies
- English
They also offer the following optional subjects for O-Levels:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Cambridge O level history
- ICT
- Computer science
- Global perspectives (mandatory from Grade 9–10)
- Economics
- Commerce
- Accounting
- Literature
- Sociology
- Environmental management
- Arts & design
- Additional maths
Controversy
Events
In June 2020, teachers working for LGS Gulberg had been accused of sexual misconduct by students.
Female students and alumni from LGS 1-A/1 (LGS Gulberg) exposed faculty members for inappropriate behaviour and sexual harassment publicly due to LGS's administration not taking appropriate action. Such behavior had been claimed to have been happening for many years. Four teachers were suspended.
Multiple other staff members, including the principal, were also suspended by LGS management following claims indicating they were suppressing complaints against misconduct, and slut-shaming the girls for their clothing.