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There's O and A levels and the normal Matric/fsc style syllabus. The others you spoke about, the lawrence college, burnhall, sadiq and co, dont even come close... call them 'boarding schools' thats about it...
Mate, ABHC, and SPS seem comprehensive public schools with an array of academic and non academic options. They usually rank in.
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mate, my brother is a hallian... the place is a hole,,, students hitting teachers, drugs, poor academics... as a kid I used to hear my dad mention it among the best,,, and I used to think it,d be an awesome place... its not. Dealt with hallians coming over for sports fixtures as well... very unpolished and rude/ galli mohalla type kids... no fault of theirs,, but just didnt show class at all... i'll call most of these places 'boarding schools'... nothing more. oh and ABHC had poor academics as well... so I dont know what exactly is happening there... maybe it was once great.. it certainly isnt anymore.
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Thanks for the insight.
Any POV on Sadiq Public School?
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the only kids I thought had class and were polished and stacked nicely were kids from PAF College Sargodha,,, they were a disciplined bunch. Thats another option for you...
it really depends what you want in the end... if its just the elite, gora style wadaira's kids owning their ponies playing polo etc. type environment... Aitchison is it...
If you want balance of excellent extra curricular activities, sports, and very solid academics.... CCH.
With PAF college Sargodha, dont know how good their academics would be, because most kids end up joining the PAF academy from there on... but its definitely a nice well disciplined place... know a couple of guys from there... always heard and experienced good things about it all.
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To be honest, as a young kid, heard about Sadiq Public School as well... Dont know how good the facilities etc. are... know a couple of guys from there too... but both were day scholars, so didnt live the life inside... I cant say I have heard positives, but I havent heard negatives either. The guys were alright too. Worth a try,, but I dont think it would stack equally with the rest.
If you are talking selection criteria... CCH was one tough place to get into. They pick 100 every year out of thousands, with kids taking tests even in the middle east to get in... my best friend was from UK, there to study. Oh and I couldnt make it on my first attempt... second time around... I got picked. The main criteria was very solid academics... you had to sit 3 exams... Urdu with an islamiat section, English, and Maths. MAths was bloody tough. I;ve had positive experiences there... I rate those 5 years as the best of my life... The place has a certain vibe that I cant describe... If a time machine ever got invented that made me turn back into a kid... i'm putting it on a continuous loop and never getting out of it. :)
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Happy Home was good during the late 80's, early 90's.
HAPPY HOME SCHOOL was established by Mrs. Maryam Farooqui in mid-fifties--at her Jamshed Road, Karachi bungalow spread on 1000 sq.yds.
The main teachers I remember of those days/years--were; Shikoh Aapa, Noorbi Aapa, Badar Aapa and not to forget our school gardener Salim.
The school use to commence at 8 am with dua & naat with recess at 11 am when we were served with milk and (Marie) Biscuits.
Maryam Farooqui (Barree Aapa) visioned HHS as one of the finest educational institutions of Karachi going forward---and she succeeded that I know of---except that I left that school from class IV when my urge to join the CANTT PUBLIC SCHOOL-Karachi took me over!
Despite leaving HHS, my family association with Maryam Aapa continues till date. Her daughter Ghazala is married to my Dad's nephew Nizami of the famous Khawaja Hasan Nizami family. Her eldest; Farzana is married to an American and settled in Singapore currently. Her sons Zaheer & Zain are doing good administrating HHS' many branches spread in Karachi & Bahrain. Maryam Aapa's husband Farooqui Saheb was my Dad's colleague at the Pakistan Taxation Service then.
HHS on Shaheed-e-Millat Road became famous for it's DOME which was, then, visible from far away roads...surrounding the building. It had a small but the then--fairly big auditorium. I did my first stage play at school at that auditorium.
The school dwells....and Barree Aapa at the age of 80+ is as active as ever.
Some of the students of HHS who made it big going forward are;
Former Pak Naval Chief Shahid Karimullah, Famous Singer Ahmed Rushdie, Famous beautician Musarrat Misbah...the list goes on.
There is an active website on the alumni of HHS.
HAPPY HOME SCHOOL ZINDABAD---PAINDABAD!
-Raju (former Happy Homer of mid-fifties)
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my first concern is Y U WANA TEACH IN PAKISTAN? if money is ur problem then stick to r great grand motherland> uk.
if u really wana do some real teaching> go to some urdu skool in any urban area of Pakistan.
teaching in KGS, Lyceum, Aitchison, Grammar, or KAS (Karachi American Skool) wont gonna create any difference neither in ur life nor in their.
i say ITS A POINTLESS CALL.
@ KAKA-ATOM-BUM
brother PAF skools…err i say great ppl exist there, along with mostly wanabeeZZ 
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i never see TOO MUCH AMARAT (status issues) in my entire life then my few span of life time in there.
(bucha party have lot to do wid their dad’z rank )
besides its a seperate discussion of Y most kids end up joining the PAF academy, or kakool or watever 
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The true british sense of the word public school..
I would say only Aitchison really qualifies.. You'll find all the wadiara's kids there.. a couple of bright cookies here n there... but its got all the bells n whistles you,d expect in a public school....
That's why it was also known as CHIEF'S COLLEGE
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Not sure what you are after - school that pays good salary? school with name / status ? Public school or school with good academic record?
Public schools were not made for academic results or to produce cadets - they were made for wadera's / sardars etc. The main purpose of them was to groom the kids from elite classes and teach them how to present themselves in public. Whilst at school, these kids meet other kids like them and make contacts that come in handy when they become MNAs / MPAs etc. As there are not many of these type of kids, they also take on normal kids (like me, I was at SPS). These normal kids get the good results to keep them in the top rankings! Back in the days of the Raj, they used to take on the English, all indian aristocracy and tribal sardars / waderas etc. The only true Public Schools in Pakistan are Aitchison, Lawrence College and Sadiq, although Sadiq was a late entrant built after the Raj, to cater for the "kala sahibs" of interior Sindh, Southern Punjab and baluchistan.
On the other hand, schools like KGS, St Patricks and all the convents were made by Christian priests to cater for the English kids and promote christianity. They were built in urban centres. These days their main purpose is academic excellence and therefore they have very high standards and are difficult to get into. However they do not have the acres of land the Public Schools have and therefore do not have all the facilities.
Then you have the modern schools such as City Schools, Beaconhouse etc. Totally commercial , however some branches have very high standards. They are catching up with the old dinosaurs as they use modern methods and normally copy their syllabus from UK / US.
As far as Sadiq Public School is concerned, it is a great school. It is huge - the largest in Pakistan. It has tennis courts, squash courts, horse riding, swimming pools, cricket, hockey and football pitches, 5 boarding houses, a separate girls' campus, junior school and senior school, hospital, mosque, library, shops, tailors, hair dressers, most of the teachers live within the school walls and then there is agricultural land leased out as well ! I think it is spread over 450 acres. It is true that it is full of rich kids but it has normal kids as well. Only problem is that Bahawalpur is not your Karachi / LHR / ISB type of city.
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Yah SPS seems good from its prospectus and web.
I cant teach at an Urdu school. I dont (functionally) speak Urdu.
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^^ Therefore i reckon , you should try some Peela ( yellow ) school , my china plate !
Kids up there will teach ya things , u never been taught !
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China school?
You mean like Beijing Prep?
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peela skoolz 
i believe if u want to come up with an ecstatic oeuvre then better go there. AN UTTERLY MAGNIFICENT and FANTASTIC DIMENSION U MAY SEE there. :jano:
brother** legbreakgoogly ** i asked u some question! 
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Which question. Sorry, I didnt see it. Ask and I shall answer.
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I'd say, focus on your studies first. Go for a PhD and then return to your fatherland. :--)
Getting into these schools that you are interested in teaching might not be that easy with just a Masters degree, I think and I say this because the market is saturated already. Go for a higher degree and your chances of outshining others and getting inducted as a faculty will be a lot more higher then, lets say if you are to return with merely a Masters degree.
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yes LBG, a Phd degree could get ya over 100k per month in Pakistan . Which is not bad at all .
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If I get a PhD, teaching in a highschool would be out of the question. I may go for a MLitt later on.
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okay :--) goodluck!!!
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China school?
You mean like Beijing Prep?
Na , I was saying Peela ( Yellow) school , china plate was just a cockney rhyming slang for mate . School and its color has nothing to do with China .
It is a term used for some very good schools and you will find them in every city of Islamic republic of Pakistan .
To increase your interest , let me tell you that Pakistani prime minister Shukat Aziz and your favourite cricketer Shahid Afridi were among many talented students of Peela School projects.
So here ya Go bud ! :)
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Afridi...favourite?
Errrrrrr.....no.