Divisional Public Schools and Colleges (DPS or DPSC), established in 1963, is a series of mega-schools at the
division level in
Punjab,
Pakistan. The series consists of one of the largest institutions providing education at school level in Pakistan. They are
selective schools. The scheme of Divisional Public Schools was initiated in 1958-59, when the “Sharif Commission”, a special commission on national education for secondary education submitted detailed recommendations on primary through post-graduate education.
Such institutions were named Divisional Public Schools; the funds required to initiate their operation and maintenance were to be generated through private philanthropy. These institutions were not allowed to charge fee more than necessary expenditures.
All the Divisional Public Schools are the offshoots of this plan and owe their existence to the recommendations of the Sharif Commission. The first two Schools were simultaneously built in
Faisalabad and
Model Town, Lahore in 1963. Later, such schools were established in
Sahiwal,
Sargodha,
Gujranwala
Gujranwala ( ur, , label=none; ) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Pakistan. It is also known as "City of Wrestlers" and is quite famous for its food. It is the 5th most populous city proper after Karachi, Lahore, Faisala ...
,
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...
and
Dera Ghazi Khan.
Divisional Public Schools are the largest schools regarding their area in almost all cities except Lahore where
Aitchison College
Aitchison College ( ur, ایچیسن کالج) is an independent, semi-private boys school for boarding and day students from grade 1–13 in Lahore, Pakistan. It has a tradition of providing an education that uses academics, sports, and co-curri ...
is largest.
Divisional Commissioners are generally the chairmen of BOG of Divisional Public Schools.
List of Divisional Public Schools
The following autonomous campuses are currently running.
* Divisional Public School & intermediate College Lahore
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Divisional Public School & College Faisalabad
* Divisional Public School Rawalpindi
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Divisional Public School and College, Sahiwal
*
Quaid-E-Azam Divisional Public School and College, Gujranwala.
* Divisional Public School Sargodha
* Divisional Public School D.G Khan
* Divisional Public School Township, Lahore
* Divisional Public School Bahawalnagar, Bahawalnagar
* Divisional Public School Dunyapur, Dunyapur
Notable people
*
Abid Sher Ali
*
Atif Aslam
*
Noman Ijaz
*
Saad Salman
*
Sami Khan
References
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Schools in Punjab, Pakistan
School systems in Pakistan
1963 establishments in Pakistan
Educational institutions established in 1963
Schools_in_Rawalpindi