Lahore College of Arts and Sciences


Lahore College of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1987, is a private fee-paying academic institution with most of its campuses located primarily in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. LACAS provides preschool, primary and secondary education and preparation for international General Certificate of Education examinations.
The institution has currently seven campuses in the city of Lahore; one each in Johar Town, Burki Road, Gulberg, Upper Mall, and Model Town, and two at Canal Side. One campus was established in the city of Gujranwala and another in Faisalabad.

Branches

Johar Town campus

The LACAS Johar Town campus is situated in the Johar Town housing scheme of Lahore. It currently offers classes from Preschool to Grade 11. All classes are coeducational except for Middle Section have separate branches for boys and girls.
The LACAS Burki Road campus is situated in the Paragon Society on Burki Road of Lahore Cantonment, Lahore. It currently offers classes from Preschool to Grade XI.
On 14 April 2010, it was officially announced by the Managing Director of the institution at the Annual Excellence Awards Distribution Ceremony that a new purpose-built campus will open in Gulberg in August 2010. The new campus houses only the A Level section.

Organization

Curriculum

;GCE Advanced Levels
Courses offered at CIE and Edexcel International GCE, AS/A Level are:
A-Level section is organized into four groups. 'Group' in LACAS is a class of students who share a similar combination of courses that fit their career choices and appropriate for their academic lifestyle. During the freshmen orientation, all students are required to initially select four or five courses from one of the four groups.

Monitoring

'Formal assessments' and assignments/coursework are scheduled regularly and the grades are included in the end of term report. Examinations are held at the end of each academic term/semester. All these factors contribute to the scoring of a given course in an 'Academic Progress Report'. 'Parent Teacher Meetings' are scheduled every term where the progress of each student is discussed in detail.