PAF Public School Lower Topa

PAF Public School Lower Topa
I Will Dare
Location
Lower Topa, Murree, Punjab Pakistan
Information
Established	1952
Principal	AVM (R) Syed Imtiaz Hyder
Website	http://www.topians.edu.pk/

Pakistan Air Force Public School Lower Topa is situated at PAF Base, Lower Topa which is located near Murree. Placed on a mountain hilltop, the institution is made up of a series of buildings. These comprise the boarding lodgings, academic blocks, hobbies section, laboratories, administration, library, hospital, etc. The other buildings consist of a mosque, a general purpose hall, an auditorium, a messing block and gymnasium. The college is serving as a nursery for the future leadership of the Pakistan Air Force. A new academic block has just been completed.^[when?] Admission is open for every Pakistani student, however, one Bangladeshi student is admitted in college in every intake.

History

The school was established in 1952. The initial name was Royal Pakistan Air Force Public School Lower Topa with the first principal being Mr. Shaw. The houses were named after the housemasters at that time.

In 1957, the school was renamed as Pakistan Air Force Public School, Lower Topa. The names of the houses were also changed. The new names were after the Indo-Islamic leaders like Allama Iqbal, Zaheer ud-Din Babur, Aurangzeb Alamgir, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Tipu Sultan, and Siraj ud-Daulah.

The institution trained three courses of students at that time. After the course completed its three years of schooling, they appeared in the ISSB test and went to PAF Academy, Risalpur for further training. The school remained open till 1968, in which year PAF College Sargodha was made part of PAF Academy (thus halting the use of the sister school as a "feeder school" to PAF), and Lower Topa as a public school ceased operations.

In June 1998, the need for a feeder school revitalized and after a period of 30 years, the PAF College Lower Topa reopened . Two student entries with 60 boys each were thus inducted, and each subsequent year saw a new student entry. The college started with two houses and then each year one more houses was made functional. Finally, the college gained its full strength by having its all six houses functional by the year 2002.

Philosophy

The boarding institution is based on the Plato's model of Public School. Potential P.A.F officers are inducted indiscriminately, taken out of mother's care and raised as wards of Pakistan Air Force. The Pakistan Air Force maintains a sense of ownness and possessiveness towards its cadets. The Air Force takes care of its boys.

Plato believed that talent was distributed non-genetically and thus must be found in children born in any social class. He builds on this by insisting that those suitably gifted are to be trained by the state so that they may be qualified to assume the role of the ruling class. They are to be taken out of mothers care and raised as wards of state.

Aims & Objectives

The primary aim of PAF Public School Lower Topa is to educate and groom boys for intermediate examination of Federal Board. The mission is accomplished in a healthy environment. The effort is to mould the new entrants into confident and disciplined young men with a strong character and qualities of command and leadership, so that they become future officers of the Pakistan Air Force.

School Administration

The school is run under the principal. Additional administrative hierarchy includes vice principal, adjutant, officer in charge of progress section, two heads of department, six housemasters, and an equivalent number of assistant housemasters to manage administrative matters of the school.

Current Administration

Principal: AVM (R) Syed Imtiaz Haider Vice Principal: Wg Cdr Nasir Javed Psychologist: Sqn Ldr Zulfiqar Admin Officer: Mr.Afsar Shah Medical Officer: Flt Lt Wafa Qazmi Adjutant: Flt Lt Riffat Naz O i/c Sports : Flt Lt Shamsher Khan Afridi O i/c Admission : Mr.Afsar Shah Head of Department (Sciences) : Mr.Junaid Bukhari Head of Department (Humanities) : Mr.Zahir Shah

Student Command System

There are six houses each led by a house captain selected from the senior most entry. They are responsible for the house discipline and are answerable to the school head boy. Other school appointments include 6 School Prefect and 2 House Prefects for each house. First three Head Boys of School are as under:

1. Pre-Cadet Ammar Ali Zeb.

2. Pre-Cadet Talha Yousaf.

3. Pre-Cadet Ammar Iqbal

Academics

The students are prepared for the FBISE. The following subjects are taught:

(a) Secondary School Certificate Examination: English, Urdu, Islamiat, Pakistan Studies, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science. (b) Intermediate Examination (Pre-Engineering Group): English, Urdu, Islamic Studies, Pakistan Studies, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. The students from Bangladesh study geography of Pakistan instead of Urdu.

Achievements

The school holds a record of maintaining highest grade point average every year since its re-induction in the FBISE.

Routine and Activities

Daily Schedule

The daily schedule is drawn up with a view to making optimum utilization of time. The routine program strives to ensure that adequate time is provided for the development of all facets of a student’s personality and abilities. As such equal stress is laid on academic as well as spiritual, moral, intellectual, and physical activities.

Commemoration of National Days

All important national days such as Independence Day, Quaid-e-Azam’s Birthday, Iqbal Day, Defence Day and Air Force Day are commemorated by holding meetings in which the entire student body participates.

Facilities and Miscellaneous

Medical

For round-the-clock medical care, the school has a hospital headed by a qualified doctor with the necessary staff to assist him.

In case a student needing an operation, all efforts are made to inform his parents or guardians. However, if there is no time to inform them, such a student is operated upon without any delay. The parents or guardians of the students are required to submit a written permission for emergency life-saving surgery.

Uniform

While at the school, students have to be in the prescribed dress. They are not permitted to wear private clothes. The uniforms are provided to the students by the school. Any willful damage to the uniforms is charged to the parents. On initial joining, students are required to be in possession of clothing items as given in the joining instructions for the selected students. These clothes should be worn by the students prior to the issue of the School uniform.

School Mess

The mess is under the supervision of the president Mess Committee who is assisted by the Mess Secretary and the Food Member. Students are also associated with the management of the mess. One representative from each house is a member of Mess Committee which would meet regularly to draw up the menu and discuss ways and means of improving the food.

The Mess Committee meeting is presided over by the Principal. Meals include breakfast, lunch, evening tea or cold drinks and dinner. However, there is no provision for extra messing.

Allied Facilities

Support facilities include MI Room, Canteen, Barber Shop, Cobbler Shop, Tailor Shop, and Post Office.

Notable alumni

• Lt Gen Moinuddin Haider, former Governor of Sindh, Federal Interior Minister, and Commander IV Corps, Lahore
• Air Marshal Shahid Lateef, former Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCAS), PAF
• Air Marshal Hifazat Ullah Khan, former Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCAS), PAF
• AVM Khudadad Khan,former Add.DG National Accountability Bureau and former President Inter Services Selection Board Kohat

External links

• Official Website
• Old Boys' Association's Website
• PAF Public School Lower Topa,Unofficial Website