Army Burn Hall College
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| Motto | Quo Non Ascendam (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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To what heights can I not rise? |
| Established | 1943 |
| Location | Abbottabad, Pakistan |
| Website | abhc.edu.pk |
Army Burn Hall College (ABHC) is a school and college, formerly operating along English public school lines in Abbottabad, Pakistan, with separate sections for boys and girls; and now gradually turning into a cadet-type institution. The girls' section (originally called Junior Burn Hall) is on the Mall, a main road near the city center while the boys' branch (originally called Senior Burn Hall) is near Mandian. The school was founded by missionary Fathers in 1948 and since 1977 has been run by the Pakistan Army Education Corps.
The school was originally established in Srinagar, Kashmir in 1942 by the English Mill Hill Missionary Fathers, who also ran the Mill Hill School in England. In 1948, a year after Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire, a few of the Fathers moved to Abbottabad with a handful of students and set up the school in a small building, at the Abbott Hotel. Since the British Empire was built by men who came from the English public school system, the Fathers replicated the system and promoted sports and extra-curricular activities such as music, debate, dramatics, and art as a means of character building.
Later on, additional space was acquired and more buildings were added to accommodate an increasing number of students and the school came under the control of the Diocesan Board of Education, Rawalpindi. In 1956, a school building was constructed a few miles outside the town, on Mansehra Road. The new building complex had sports facilities and a swimming pool. Its purpose was to provide more room for the seniors and it became known as Senior Burn Hall, while the campus in the city center became known as Junior Burn Hall.
The seven sports played at the school were cricket, hockey, football, basketball, tennis, swimming, and athletics, with inter-house competitions between St Michaels and St Andrews (later renamed St Gabriel's). St Michael's was represented by a black shield with gold border, crossed white lance and sword. St Gabriel's was represented by a lion holding a fiery torch.
In 1966 and 1967, foreign experts had come to assist in building the Tarbela Dam and their families stayed in Abbottabad. Two daughters of one of the consultants joined the school and were the first foreign girls to enroll in Senior Burn Hall.. Foreign students came from Morocco, Egypt, Somalia, Laos, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Kenya, and other countries.
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