The Educators - Other Beaconhouse Programmes in Pakistan

Other Beaconhouse Programmes in Pakistan

The Educators

Established in 2002 in Pakistan, The Educators is a parallel private school network managed by Beaconhouse. It imparts a standardised quality of education across the nation at a tuition fee that is less than half that of Beaconhouse. The Educators operates on a franchise model in which Beaconhouse is the franchisor. As of 2012, 306 Educators schools are functional throughout the country, educating over 104,000 students. The Educators network consists of preschools, primary and secondary schools, and intermediate colleges.

TNS Beaconhouse

TNS Beaconhouse is a private, coeducational, International Baccalaureate-certified school in Lahore that emphasizes the project-based Reggio Emilia approach to learning. It offers the IB Middle Years Programme and is a certified centre for the IGCSE. The establishment of TNS Beaconhouse in September 2007 was to a great extent influenced by the first-ever international conference on education in Pakistan, ‘Towards 2035: The School of Tomorrow’ hosted by the Beaconhouse Group in 2005 which featured radical thinkers like Noam Chomsky and Roger Schank. The conference addressed the changing role of education and the nature of schools over the next 30 years and beyond, sparking a quiet revolution at Beaconhouse.

Gymboree Play and Music

As the franchisee of Gymboree programmes in Pakistan, Beaconhouse operates two Gymboree Play and Music centres in Lahore.

The Early Years

Established in 2006, The Early Years is a child development centre in modern, purpose-built premises in Lahore.

Bubbles

‘Bubbles’ is a playgroup programme developed by Beaconhouse, offered at selected schools in Malaysia and Pakistan.

The Discovery Centre SmartSchool

The Discovery Centre SmartSchool in Karachi serves students with an interest in technology by integrating hands-on projects using the internet, film-making tools and other technology into a curriculum of science, math and humanities classes. The Discovery Centre also offers workshops to students of other schools during the summer vacations, as well as through institutional partnerships with schools during the academic year.

Beaconhouse National University

The Beaconhouse Group was one of several major sponsors that helped fund the establishment of Beaconhouse National University (BNU), a private liberal arts university that opened in Lahore in September 2003. BNU's faculties range from Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Media and Communications, and Education, to Architecture and Design, Visual Arts, and Information and Computer Technologies. It has an international faculty from Pakistan, England, Holland, Canada, France, Germany and other countries. BNU is segregated by discipline into several schools: the Institute of Psychology, the School of Visual Arts and Design, the School of Architecture, the School of Liberal Arts, the School of Mass Communication, the School of Computer and Information Technology, the School of Education, and the School of Social Sciences.

The University’s Vice Chancellor, Sartaj Aziz, is a former Finance Minister of Pakistan, while its Board of Governors counts among its members Nasreen Mahmud Kasuri (chairperson of Beaconhouse), Parvez Hassan (corporate lawyer and social activist), Shahid Kardar (economist and former Finance Minister), Hussain Dawood (industrialist), and others who have associated themselves because of its non-profit status. Beaconhouse National University was awarded a charter by the Government of Punjab in July 2005, giving it degree-awarding status.