The International School, Karachi

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The International School; Karachi, Pakistan
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The International School, Karachi
F/23, Block 5, Rojhan Street, Clifton

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Coordinates 24°49′05″N67°01′22″E / 24.818118°N 67.022910°E / 24.818118; 67.022910
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School type Private, co-educational day school
Motto"Education is the silent force"
Founded1996
FounderTaymur Mirza
PrincipalMs. Samia Majid
Gender Co-educational
Age4to 18
Houses  Africa
  Asia
  Europe
AlumniTISians
Website The International School, Karachi

The International School (TIS) is a private, co-educational day school located in the Clifton locality of Karachi, Pakistan. [1]

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Catering to pupils from the pre-school to high school level, it offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) PYP, MYP and DP.

As of July 2019, the PYP, MYP and DP Coordinators at TIS are Henna Ahmed and Nayma Hasan. The Principal of the School is Samia Majid.

History

The International School was established by Taimur Mirza in 1996, being the first IB-affiliated educational institution to open in Pakistan. [2] [3]

Subjects offered

As of 2019, The International School offers the following subjects: [4] [5] [6]

MYP

MYP 1 to 3

MYP 4 and 5

Only foreign national students may take French or Arabic instead of Urdu, which is compulsory for Pakistani students until MYP 5. Pakistani national students are permitted to take a foreign language course instead of Urdu in DP.

Pakistani national students in MYP 3, 4 and 5 are also required to take Pakistan Studies, while Pakistani Muslim students are also additionally required to take Islamiat/Islamic Studies.

All MYP 4 and 5 students also have the mandatory Personal Project and Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) requirement.

DP

All DP students also have the compulsory Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay and CAS requirement.

Sports day

The school has an annual sports day, with students divided into three teams in accordance to their houses; Africa, Asia and Europe, with Black, dark green and dark blue being the colours of the teams respectively.

Certifications

Besides for being accredited by the International Baccalaureate as an official IB school, it also is accredited by the Department of Education and Literacy of the provincial Government of Sindh, and is certified with Cambridge International Examinations and Edexcel, and part of the Association of IB World Schools in Pakistan (IBPAK) [7] [1] [8]

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