Lahore College of Arts and Sciences

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Lahore College of Arts and Sciences
Location
Gulberg campus: 26/H Gulberg II B.R. campus: Imperial Garden Block, Paragon City, Burki Road, Lahore Cantt J.T. Campus: 302 F/II, M.A, Johar Town M M Alam Road campus Lahore Gujranwala , Punjab Pakistan
Information
Other name	LACAS
School type	Private, pre-school, primary and preparatory
Motto	To live in truth
Opened	1987; 34 years ago (1987)
Founder	Nazi Qureshi
School board	Nazi Qureshi Zainab Qureshi
Principals	Ayesha Zaigham Sara Ajmal Rubina Sajjad Naveela Abbas
Years offered	3–4 to 18–19
Gender	Mixed
Number of students	4,000–5,000
Average class size	31
Education system	GCE (CIE and Edexcel)
Classes offered	O and AS/A Level
Language	English Medium
Schedule	Day school
Campuses	13
Houses	Iqbal, Jinnah, Sir Syed
Colour(s)	White, red, and black
Yearbook	The Vision, The Swing (A-Level newsletter)
Website	www.lacas.edu.pk

Lahore College of Arts and Sciences (abbreviated as LACAS) is a private fee-paying academic institution with most of its campuses located primarily in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.^[1] Founded in 1987, LACAS provides preschool, primary and secondary education and preparation for international General Certificate of Education (GCE) examinations.

The institution has currently seven campuses in the city of Lahore; one each in Johar Town,^[2] Burki Road,^[3] Gulberg,^[4] Upper Mall,^[5] and Model Town,^[6] and two at Canal Side (a girls campus on Rasulpur Road;^[7] a boys campus at Raiwind Road).^[8] One campus was established in the city of Gujranwala^[9] and another in Faisalabad.^[10]

Branches[]

Johar Town campus[]

The LACAS Johar Town campus is situated in the Johar Town housing scheme of Lahore. It currently offers classes from Preschool to Grade 11 (including GCE O Levels). All classes are coeducational except for Middle Section have separate branches for boys and girls.

• Junior Section: Preschool (Play Group, Nursery, Kindergarten), Grade I to III.^[11]
• Middle Section (Boys): Grade IV to XI (including GCE O-Level).^[12]
• Middle Section (Girls): Grade IV to XI (including GCE O-Level).^[13]

Burki Road campus[]

The LACAS Burki Road campus is situated in the Paragon Society on Burki Road of Lahore Cantonment, Lahore. It currently offers classes from Preschool to Grade XI (including GCE O Level).

• Junior Section: Preschool (Play Group, Nursery, Kindergarten), Grade I to V.^[14]
• Middle Section: Grade VI to XI (including GCE O-Level).^[15]

Gulberg Alevels campus[]

On 14 April 2010, it was officially announced by the Managing Director of the institution at the Annual Excellence Awards Distribution Ceremony that a new purpose-built campus will open in Gulberg in August 2010.^[16] The new campus houses only the A Level section.

• A Level Section: Grade XII to XIII (GCE A Level).^[17]

Academics[]

Organization[]

Curriculum[]

GCE Advanced Levels

Courses offered^[18] at CIE and Edexcel International GCE, AS/A Level are:

A-Level section is organized into four groups. 'Group' in LACAS is a class of students who share a similar combination of courses that fit their career choices and appropriate for their academic lifestyle. During the freshmen orientation, all students are required to initially select four or five courses from one of the four groups.^[19]

Monitoring[]

'Formal assessments' and assignments/coursework are scheduled regularly and the grades are included in the end of term report. Examinations are held at the end of each academic term/semester. All these factors contribute to the scoring of a given course in an 'Academic Progress Report'. 'Parent Teacher Meetings' (PTM) are scheduled every term where the progress of each student is discussed in detail.^[20]

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External links[]

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