Aitchison College, Lahore
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Lahore Punjab, Pakistan |
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| School type | Semi-Private, boarding school |
| Mottoes | Perseverance Commands Success; original Latin, "Iterum puer nobis" |
| Founded | 2 January 1886, as Punjab Chiefs' College 13 November 1886, as Aitchison College |
| Principal | Michael Thomson |
| Number of students | 1100 (senior school) 750 (prep school) 1000 (junior school) |
| Area | 199-acre (0.81 km2) |
| Website | www |
Aitchison College (Urdu: ایچیسن کالج) 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 as Aitchison College, 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 General Certificate of Education and AS Level/A Level qualifications and is geared towards preparing students for university education. Almost 90% of boys who graduate study overseas for their bachelor program with many gaining entry to the world's top universities. The institute is the only Cambridge Examination Centre situated in a school. Aitchison College is a member of G20 Schools of the World and is recognized as the leader of education in Pakistan.
It was originally formed on 3 November 1886, as the Punjab Chiefs’ College and was renamed Aitchison College on 13 November 1886. The college celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2016. but it can be traced back to 1868 as the Wards School. Ambala, India, after which it became a Chiefs'College in Lahore, Pakistan.
On 3 November 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.
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