| Beaconhouse School System | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Information | |
| Funding type | Private school |
| Motto | Seek the Light |
| Status | Open |
| Grades | 1–12 |
| Language | English-medium |
| Color(s) | Blue and Yellow |
| Qualifications | General Certificate of Education |
| Boards | University of Cambridge International Examinations |
| Website | www |
Beaconhouse School System (BSS) in Pakistan is the Pakistan-based branch of an international company with the same name. It is a group of private fee-paying academic institutions located throughout 30 cities in Pakistan. BSS provides preschool education, primary education, secondary education and preparation for the international General Certificate of Education (GCE) and local Secondary School Certificate(SSC) examinations.
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world’s sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 212,742,631 people. In area, it is the 33rd-largest country, spanning 881,913 square kilometres. Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China in the far northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the northwest, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.
The Beaconhouse School System is one of the largest private and international school networks in the world. It was established in November 1975 as the Les Anges Montessori Academy for toddlers. It has since grown into a global network of private schools, institutes, and universities, giving education to over 274,000 students from pre-school to post-graduation. Many of these students study at the group's flagship network, the Beaconhouse School System, while others are enrolled at The Educators, a parallel school network operated by the group.
Private schools, also known to many as independent schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments. Children who attend private schools may be there because they are dissatisfied with public schools in their area. They may be selected for their academic prowess, or prowess in other fields, or sometimes their religious background. Private schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students for tuition, rather than relying on mandatory taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be able to get a scholarship, lowering this tuition fee, dependent on a student's talents or abilities, need for financial aid, or tax credit scholarships that might be available. Some private schools are associated with a particular religion, such as Judaism, Roman Catholicism, or Lutheranism. For the past century, roughly one in 10 U.S families has chosen to enroll their children in private school.
