St Paul's English High School is a a private boys' high school in Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

, Sindh

Sindh

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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, operated by the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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. Fr Anthony Martis was the principal, Angelo Borges the senior vice principal, and Leonard Dias the vice principal.

History

St. Paul's English High School was formed in the year 1942 and started in the rooms of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Saddar, Karachi, later moving to a location opposite PNS Dilawar in Saddar, Karachi that was previously a graveyard.

Organization

The schools comprises three sections, an English-medium ("St Paul's English High School" or 'section A') operating in the mornings, another (again "St Paul's English High School" or 'section B') in the afternoons and a third Urdu-medium school ("St Paul's Urdu High School" or 'section C') which also operates in the morning but in a separate campus. The morning classes cater to students enrolled for both matriculation and O levels the afternoon class is also enrolled for both matriculation and O levels

Silver Jubilee celebrations

The school does some extraordinary preparations for the Silver Jubilee of teachers. Who have served the school for 25 years. The celebrations make the jubilarians the star of the show.

Curriculum

Subjects taught are Biology, Physics, Chemistry, English Language, English Literature, Urdu, Mathematics, Islamic Studies, Commerce, Sindhi, Business Studies, History, Geography, Computer Science, Add-Maths, Accounting, Economics and Catholic Scripture.

School Maqazine

The School's magazine usually prints every 5 years. The Magazine is edited by the Editorial Board and some English Teachers.

Extracurricular activities

For the promotion of extracurricular activities special boards are established, responsible for debates, exhibitions etc., under the guidance of teachers and senior students, which include:

• English
  English language
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   Literary Society
• Urdu
  Urdu
  Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
  
   Literary Society, and
• Scientific Society

There are chess and Scrabble clubs; the school participates in debate competitions held in the city.

The school party is held around Christmas.

Teachings and facilities

Section A is considered the primary section of the school and conducts classes from grades 1 to 5. Students are later given an option to study either for Pakistan's matriculation or Cambridge GCE

General Certificate of Education

The General Certificate of Education or GCE is an academic qualification that examination boards in the United Kingdom and a few of the Commonwealth countries, notably Sri Lanka, confer to students. The GCE traditionally comprised two levels: the Ordinary Level and the Advanced Level...

s. The matriculation system would conduct classes for grades 6 to 10 while an extra grade (11th) is added to the GCE courses. While the section A is for boys only, the other two sections have a coeducational attendance. Section B is different from the primary section in that it consists of classes from Kindergarten I and II, then grade 1 onwards to 10. There is no choice of further education, and students must study courses that fall under the matriculation curricula. Classes are held in the afternoons and are for both boys and girls.

Section C is built on a separate campus joined with A and B and teaches in an Urdu environment from grades 1 to 10.The school also has a library and computer laboratories, an on-campus clinic, and three canteens.

Sports

The school has Table Tennis

Table tennis

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, Cricket

Cricket

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, Basketball

Basketball

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 and Association Football teams. It also holds the inter class Cricket tournament which are held between different sections of the same standard.

Alumni

Notable alumni includes:

• Qasim Umar
  Qasim Umar
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  , former Pakistani Cricketer
• Louis 'Gumby' Pinto, Pakistani musician.
• Abdul Muqeet & Abdul Moiz, founders of Pakistan's first Search Engine PKSearch along with AdMedia Pakistan's first advertising network.
• Imran Anwar
  Imran Anwar
  Imran Anwar is a Pakistani American technologist, electrical engineer, business entrepreneur, journalist, television personality, photographer and speaker....
  
  ,founded the .pk internet email domain for Pakistan and introduced branded credit cards to Pakistan.
• Shallum Asher Xavier
  Shallum Asher Xavier
  Shallum Asher Xavier is a Pakistani guitarist, composer and music producer. He has been recording professionally for 15 years, and has played as a session musician and recorded with most of the renowned Pakistani mainstream artists including Ali Haider, Najam Shiraz, Zeb and Haniya, Hadiqa Kiyani,...
  
  . Pakistani Musician (Lead Guitarist Fuzön
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  ).

Inayat Ali Khan Dr
Consultant Neurosurgeon

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