Divisional Public Schools and Colleges

Divisional Public Schools and Colleges (DPS or DPSC), established in 1963, is a series of mega-schools at the division level in Punjab, Pakistan. The series consists of one of the largest institutions providing education at school level in Pakistan. They are selective schools. The scheme of Divisional Public Schools was initiated in 1958–59, when the “Sharif Commission”, a special commission on national education for secondary education submitted detailed recommendations on primary through post-graduate education.

Divisional Public Schools
Location
Bahawalnagar • D.G Khan • Faisalabad • Gujranwala • Gujrat • Jaranwala • Lahore • Lalamusa • Okara • Rawalpindi • Sahiwal • Sargodha , Punjab Pakistan
Information
School type	Semi-Private, Independent school, Selective school, Boarding school
Established	1963
Status	Active
School board	BISE, CIE and Edexcel
Gender	Boys and girls
Language	English Medium
Houses	Names vary with campus. Colours:
Website	www.dpsrwp.edu.pk • www.dpslahore.edu.pk • dpsfsd.edu.pk

Such institutions were named Divisional Public Schools; the funds required to initiate their operation and maintenance were to be generated through private philanthropy. These institutions were not allowed to charge fee more than the minimum necessary expenditures.

All the Divisional Public Schools are the offshoots of this plan and owe their existence to the recommendations of the Sharif Commission.^[1] The first two schools were simultaneously built in Faisalabad^[2] and in Lahore's Model Town neighbourhood in 1963.^[3] Later, such schools were established in Sahiwal,^[4] Sargodha,^[5] Gujranwala,^[6] Rawalpindi and Dera Ghazi Khan.

Divisional Public Schools are the largest schools regarding their area in almost all cities, except Lahore where Aitchison College is largest.

Divisional Commissioners are generally the chairmen of BOG of Divisional Public Schools.

Schools

First two Schools

• Divisional Public School Faisalabad.
• Divisional Public School, Model Town, Lahore.

The following autonomous campuses are currently running.

• Divisional Public School, Bahawalnagar
• Divisional Public School, Chichawatni^[7]
• Divisional Public School, Burewala^[8]
• Divisional Public School, Dunyapur
• Divisional Public School and College, D.G Khan^[9]
• Divisional Public School, Faisalabad^[10]
• Divisional Public School, Model Town, Lahore
• Divisional Public School, Township, Lahore^[11]
• Divisional Public School, Lalamusa^[12]
• Divisional Public School and College, Sahiwal^[13]
• Divisional Public School and College, Sargodha^[14]
• Divisional Public School, Samundri^[15]
• Divisional Public School and College, Rawalpindi^[16]
• Divisional Public School, Toba Tek Singh^[17]
• Quaid-E-Azam Divisional Public School and College
• Divisional Public School, Okara City, District Okara.
• Divisional Public School, Depalpur, District Okara.
• Divisional Public School, Haveli Lakha, District Okara
• Divisional Public School, Renala Khurd, District Okara
• Divisional Public School, Gogera, District Okara
• Divisional Public School, Hujra Shah Muqeem, District Okara

Notable people

• Abid Sher Ali
• Senior Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan (Justice Supreme Court)
• Zahid Akhtar Zaman (Chief Secretary Punjab)
• Justice Jawwad Hassan
• Atif Aslam (Prominent Pakistani Singer)
• Noman Ijaz (Prominent Senior actor)
• Saad Salman
• Sami Khan (Leading Actor)
• Asad Rehman Gillani (Federal Secretary of BOI)

Gallery

• 
  An auditorium at Quaid-E-Azam Divisional Public School and College, Gujranwala.

References

1. "Divisional Public School and Inter College Lahore". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
2. "Divisional Public School & College, Faisalabad - Welcome". Dpsfsd.edu.pk. 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
3. "Divisional Public School and Inter College Lahore". Dpslahore.net. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
4. "Divisional Public School & College Sahiwal". Dpsswl.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
5. Divisional Public School & College, Sargodha. "Divisional Public School & College Sargodha". www.dpsc.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 2018-01-04.
6. "Quaid-e-Azam Public College Gujranwala". qpc.edu.pk. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
7. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (December 15, 2020). "Rs180m for DPS". DAWN.COM. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
8. "BUREWALA City News". The News International.
9. Birmani, Tariq Saeed (September 22, 2020). "No one ready to head financial crisis-stricken DPSC". DAWN.COM.
10. Correspondent, The Newspaper's Staff (May 5, 2017). "DPS teachers demand better job structure". DAWN.COM. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
11. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (April 15, 2020). "DPS lays off 18 teachers". DAWN.COM.
12. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (August 3, 2015). "DPS branch to be established at Lalamusa". DAWN.COM. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
13. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (May 14, 2020). "114 kanal state land allocated to DPS for new building". DAWN.COM. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
14. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (January 13, 2023). "BoG considers new curriculum for DPS". DAWN.COM. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
15. "Samundri DPS students donate to dam fund". The News International.
16. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (February 19, 2022). "Divisional Public College building to be rehabilitated". DAWN.COM.
17. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (July 26, 2014). "Toba DPS achievement". DAWN.COM. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)