Lahore Grammar School
لاہور گرامر اسکول
Location
Lahore Islamabad Faisalbad Sialkot

Pakistan
Information
School typePrivate, Preparatory
Established1979
StatusOpen
School boardCIE and Punjab Education Board
Years offered3–4 to 18–19
Average class size15–35
Education systemGCE and SSE
Classes offeredPre school, Nursery, K.G 1-8th grade, O Level, Matric and AS/A Level
LanguageEnglish, Urdu
ScheduleDay school
CampusesJohar Town, 55 Main, DHA Phase 1, DHA Phase 5, Model Town, 1A1, Paragon, State Life, Canal, Shahjamal
Websitelgs.edu.pk

Lahore Grammar School (LGS) is a private school system based in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, with branches spread throughout the country.[1]

The system was established in 1979[2] at its 55 Main Gulberg campus. Today, LGS has multiple branches in Pakistan. There are six branches in the Johar Town area, four branches in the Gulberg area, several branches in DHA, including one in Phase V and one in Phase I, State Life and one built in Paragon City in 2009, furthermore there are branches in LGS Mt, where the school unnecessarily bans people’s meme accounts. These branches are spread out across the country and offer private education to boys and girls from Preschool to Matric and A Levels. They also offer the IB Primary Years Programme.[3] LGS has campuses in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Gujrat, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Peshawar, Quetta, Sialkot, Sheikhupura, Wah Cantt, and Dera Ghazi Khan.

History

Lahore Grammar School was established in January 1979.[4] The first branch of LGS was the 55 Main Gulberg branch.[5] They also opened LandMark Branches

Co-Curricular

A concert organised by the students of Lahore Grammar School

The School's co-curricular activities range from educational events to sports programs. Most of the branches have ecological and environmental societies, which campaign against the degreening of Lahore and the concomitant decline in Lahore's air quality. Many branches have a community service program, proving students with opportunities to volunteer at organisations. Some of these include the Pakistan Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, the Rising Sun Institute, Fatima Memorial Hospital, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), and Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital.

Bonfires are an annual tradition for junior branches. Each branch has its own event. The event is an opportunity for pupils to take a break from schoolwork and interact with each other.

Annual Interschool events are also held, including Grammania, TSMUN, Grammathon, Grammun and Grammanation. These events usually host up to 500 delegates and are mainly managed by the student body, therefore contributing to their skills outside the classroom. The events are mostly followed by social events such as concerts, talent shows, fashion walks and qawwali nights.

Concerts by musical bands are held annually. The bands may be local or the school's own bands. All major branches put on an annual play, in Punjabi, Urdu or English. Plays like Andhera Ujala were screened on television channels whereas Khatra-e-Jaan which had a number of LGS participants also received favorable reviews across Lahore.[6] The school's network has gone on educational trips to Lahore, all over Pakistan and to abroad countries including Germany, India,[7] China, the United States, Uzbekistan, Greece, Spain, and Egypt.[8]

Students

The school has a total of 16,000–24,000 students in all of its branches combined. Most students are:

Subjects

There are 5 compulsory subjects for Matric and O-Levels

They also offer the following optional subjects for O-Levels:

Controversy

Events

In June 2020, teachers working for LGS Gulberg had been accused of sexual misconduct by students.

Female students and alumni from LGS 1-A/1 (LGS Gulberg) exposed faculty members for inappropriate behaviour and sexual harassment publicly due to LGS's administration not taking appropriate action. Such behavior had been claimed to have been happening for many years. Four teachers were suspended.[9][10][11][12]

Multiple other staff members, including the principal, were also suspended by LGS management following claims indicating they were suppressing complaints against misconduct, and slut-shaming the girls for their clothing.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Private schools – quality of education in Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 24 June 2012. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "LAHORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL | Prepared to Lead". Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Elementary – Lahore Grammar School". lgsdefence.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "About LGS – Enterprise School System". Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "LAHORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL | Prepared to Lead". Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ↑ عبادالحق بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، لاہور (1 January 1970). "BBC Urdu: Khatra-e-Jaan". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Lahore Grammar School – Honour Awards". Lgs.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Newsletter – June 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "LGS students come out against harassment, share inappropriate messages they received from their male teachers". Siasat.pk News Blog. 29 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "LGS fires four faculty members for sexually harassing students". Daily Pakistan Global. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Students come forward as sexual harassment cases rife in LGS". Daily Times. 29 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  12. ↑ Zaman, Faisal (2 July 2020). "Elite private school in Lahore rocked by harassment scandal". Global Village Space. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "LGS suspends principal, administrator and coordinator over sexual harassment scandal | Pakistan Today". pakistantoday.com.pk. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

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