Karachi Grammar School

Karachi Grammar School
Logo of Karachi Grammar School (Crest)
Location
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Pakistan
Coordinates24°51′53″N 67°01′42″E / 24.864751°N 67.028395°E / 24.864751; 67.028395
Information
School typeIndependent school, Day school, Selective school
MottoLucerna Meis Pedibus[1]
(A lantern to my feet)
Religious affiliation(s)Anglican
Church of Pakistan (formerly Church of England)
Founded1847; 177 years ago (1847)
FounderThe Reverend Henry Brereton
StatusActive
PrincipalCarl P.Lander
GenderCo-educational
Age3 to 19
Houses  Frere
  Napier
  Papworth
  Streeton
Publication
  • The Grammarian
  • The Pulse
AlumniOld Grammarians' Society
Websitewww.kgs.edu.pk

Karachi Grammar School (Urdu: کراچی گرامر اسکول) is an independent, English-medium school located in 3 different campuses across Karachi. The main and oldest campus is located in Saddar, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is a highly selective, coeducational day school (formerly a day/boarding school) serving approximately 2,400 students aged between three and nineteen years.[2]

Established in 1847 by the Reverend Henry Brereton, the first chaplain of Karachi, as a school for "English and Anglo-Indo children", it is the oldest private school in Pakistan and the second oldest in South Asia,[3][4] a member of the Winchester International Symposium and a former member of the Headmaster's Conference.

Since the 1980s, Karachi Grammar School has expanded from a school with a population of a few hundred students to a large institution that now occupies three sites and teaches more than two thousand students.

  1. ^ "Mission Statement of KGS". Archived from the original on 2010-08-23.
  2. ^ "About us". www.cambridgeinternational.org.
  3. ^ "Pakistan Stamps". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29.
  4. ^ [1][dead link]