Sadiq Public School
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Bahawalpur, Punjab,  Pakistan |
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| Motto | "Do The Right,Fear No Man" |
| Founded | March 04, 1953 |
| Area | 451 acres (1,830,000 m2) |
| Website | http://www.sps.edu.pk |
Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur, Punjab is a boarding college-preparatory school in Pakistan. It now also takes day pupils. It is one of the largest schools in Pakistan and its area of 451 acres (1.83 km2) makes it both the largest in the country and in continental Asia.
The curriculum includes education from KG to O-level and A-level as well as local board Matriculation/Intermediate. The school has over 1400 boys and 600 girls supported by a staff of about 135.
The foundation stone of the school was laid by Nawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan V the reigning nawab Bahawalpur State on 4 March 1953 and the school started functioning on 18 January 1954.
When Pakistan came into being, there were only two public schools in the country namely the Aitchison College, Lahore and the Lawrence College, Ghora Ghali, Murree. The people of Baluchistan, Sind and Southern Punjab sent their children considerable distances to attend those schools.
Nawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan V and Chief Minister of Bahawalpur State saw the need for an institution which would provide the same quality of educational opportunities to the people of the Southern Punjab.
In order to accomplish this project, the Ameer of Bahawalpur State, Sadeq Mohammad Khan V allocated a sum of rupees one million and nine hundred thousand for the construction of the buildings. In addition, 2,050 acres (8.3 km2) of land was given by the nawab at a token price. The site was transformed into a spacious campus of lawns and playing fields, in the midst of which rose nine buildings ready for use. The school started its operations on January 18, 1954 when Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, inaugurated it.
Makhdoomzada Syed Hassan Mahmood, the then Chief Minister of Bahawalpur State was the main force behind the completion of this project which was completed in less than a year. The first batches of 'O' Level, Matriculation and Intermediate classes appeared in 1957, 1958, 1966 respectively.This school is rated 5 star hostel and school by Cambridge University Sadiq Public School is one of the only two schools of Pakistan which are the members of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses Conference (HMC)
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