Divisional Public Schools and Colleges (DPS or DPSC), established in 1963, is a series of mega-schools at the

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. The series consists of one of the largest institutions providing education at school level in Pakistan. They are

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. 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 the minimum necessary expenditures, although, Ukasha Meer, a student of DPS Gujranwala was given an alternate means of fee payment, which was done secretly with the then Headmaster of DPS Gujranwala Boys College Amjad Pervez. He was very fortunate to have received that special opportunity. Another student Ahmad Wasim Judge was also offered the same opportunity but he denied it, as he prioritized his body's respect. 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

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and in

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's Model Town neighbourhood in 1963. Later, such schools were established in

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and

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. Divisional Public Schools are the largest schools regarding their area in almost all cities, except Lahore where

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is largest. Divisional Commissioners are generally the chairmen of BOG of Divisional Public Schools.

Schools

First two Schools

* Divisional Public School Faisalabad. * Divisional Public School, Model Town, Lahore. The following autonomous campuses are currently running. * Divisional Public School, Bahawalnagar * Divisional Public School, Chichawatni * Divisional Public School, Burewala * Divisional Public School, Dunyapur * Divisional Public School and College, D.G Khan * Divisional Public School, Faisalabad * Divisional Public School, Model Town, Lahore * Divisional Public School, Township, Lahore * Divisional Public School, Lalamusa Divisional Public School and College Tandlianwala * Divisional Public School and College, Sahiwal * Divisional Public School and College, Sargodha * Divisional Public School, Samundri * Divisional Public School and College, Rawalpindi * Divisional Public School, Toba Tek Singh * Quaid-E-Azam Divisional Public School and College * Divisional Public School, Okara City, District Okara. * Divisional Public School, Depalpur, District Okara. * Divisional Public School, Haveli Lakha, District Okara * Divisional Public School, Renala Khurd, District Okara * Divisional Public School, Gogera, District Okara * Divisional Public School, Hujra Shah Muqeem, District Okara

Notable people

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) *Justice Jawwad Hassan *

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(Prominent Pakistani Singer) *

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(Prominent Senior actor) *

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(Leading Actor) *Asad Rehman Gillani (Federal Secretary of BOI)

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References

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