Roots International Schools & Colleges (abbreviated as RISC) is an independent
for-profit Pakistani educational institute which is part of
Roots School System
The Roots School System (RSS) is a school system based in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
History
The organization was founded in 1988 by Riffat Mushtaq with the first institution at Harley Street Rawalpindi. The organization has spread with her children ...
founded in 1988 by Mrs. Riffat Mushtaq. Roots International schools is established by her son Walid Mushtaq, and is operating 35 campuses in 19 cities of Pakistan.
Its primary school is based on curriculum derived from the
UK's National Curriculum and
IB Primary Years Programme
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, while its secondary school education is divided between the local
Pakistani curriculum and the
Cambridge
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regulated international
GCE O/A levels programs, and
IB programs.
The school also offers
Chinese
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* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
, and
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
as being a member of
Goethe-Institut
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Pasch schools network. It is a
Microsoft
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mentor status school.
References
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External links
Roots International Schools official website
School systems in Pakistan
1988 establishments in Pakistan
Educational institutions established in 1988