Aitchison College
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"Rursum puer" (Latin)
"Perseverance Commands Success" (English)
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| Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | |
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| School type | Private, boarding school |
| Founded | January 2, 1886 as Punjab Chiefs' College November 13, 1886 as Aitchison College |
| Principal | Michael A. Thompson |
| Number of students | 1100 (senior school) 750 (prep school) 1000 (junior school) |
| Area | 186-acre (0.75 km2) |
| Publication | Yearbook, The Aitchisonian (Consists of Newsletter, Aitchisonian), Comet, The Preppy |
| Alumni | ACOBA (Aitchison College Old Boys' Association) |
| Website | www |
Aitchison College is an independent, semi-private boys school for boarding and day students from grade 1–13. The school is located in Lahore, Pakistan.
Established in 1886, it has a tradition of providing an education that uses academics, sports, and co-curricular activities as tools for character development. The school follows a curriculum designed to culminate in International GCE O and A Level qualifications and is geared towards preparing students for university education. The institute is a Cambridge Examination Centre.
It was originally formed on January 2, 1886 as the Punjab Chiefs’ College and was renamed Aitchison College on November 13, 1886. The college is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2016.
On November 3, 1886, the Viceroy Earl of Dufferin and Ava laid the foundation stone of the main building. The building was designed by Bhai Ram Singh and built by Sir Ganga Ram, one a leading architect and the other a leading builder of that time.
The College is named after the then Lt. Governor of the Punjab, Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, who, addressing the students in 1888, said:
Much, very much, is expected of you. I trust you will use well the opportunities here afforded of you both for your education and for the formation of your character. ... This is an institution from which you will banish everything in thought and word and act that is mean, dishonorable or impure, and in which you will cultivate everything that is virtuous, true, manly and gentlemanly.
The history of Aitchison College goes back to the Ward's School at Ambala which was envisioned in 1864 by Captain Tighe, then D.C. of Ambala. Established in 1868, it was originally intended for the education of young princes of the District but on the insistence of Sir Henry Davies, it widened its scope in 1874 to cater for the education of all the other heirs of the Princely states living in other parts of Punjab. The present constitution of Aitchison College is still based on the set of rules framed for the Wards' School.
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