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S.No
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CRITERIA
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|
I
|
Authorization
of the Department of State to open an American
School in Pakistan (for American Embassy Schools
- AES) |
|
II
|
Grant
(and its amount) by the Department of State
to the School -(for AESs) |
|
III
|
Role
of American Embassy in Pakistan in monitoring
the academic standards in the school affairs
especially in case of LPSs |
|
IV
|
Representation
of American Embassy on Schools' Board of Directors
(for AESs)
Representation
of IBCC on Schools' Board of Directors (for
Local Private Schools-LPSs)
|
|
V
|
North
American nationality of Superintendent and
one of the Principals of the School (Elementary/Secondary
- for AESs)
North
American Qualification or any Foreign Qualification/Training
for Superintendent and one of the Principals
of the School (Elementary/Secondary - for
LPSs)
|
|
VI
|
North
American Professional (Managerial / Administration)
Certification / Credential for the Superintendent
& Administrative Senior staff (for AESs)
North
American Qualification or any Foreign Qualification/Training
of Professional (Managerial/Administration)
Certification/Credential for the Superintendent
& Administrative Senior staff (for LPSs)
|
|
VII
|
North
American Teaching Certification/Credential
or equivalent foreign qualifications for all
teaching faculty (for AESs)
North
American Qualification or any Foreign Qualification/Training
for all teaching faculty (for LPSs)
|
|
VIII
|
Registration
of American (Private) School with local Directorate
of College Education under Section 3 of the
Private Educational Institutions (Promotion
and Regulation) Ordinance, 1984. |
|
IX
|
Accreditation
of American Schools with one of the recognized
Accreditation Associations in USA such as (ACSI,MSA,
NEA, NCA, NA, SA, WA and ECIS) |
|
X
|
Representation
of IBCC on Accreditation Mission/Visit while
processing accreditation of a Pakistani School
by an Accreditation Association |
|
XI
|
Curriculum
based on Academic Standards published by North
American Professional Teaching Associations
in a subject (such as National Council of the
Teachers of Mathematics, National Science Teachers
Association, etc.) and copy be provided to IBCC
on yearly basis |
|
XII
|
Examination
at 10-12 grades by an External Examining Body,
i.e. Advance Placement Test(s) by College Board,
Princeton, New Jersey, USA, in Elective Subjects
of Pre-Engineering, Pre-Medical and Humanities/Arts
Groups. Mathematics and English will be treated
equal to AP Courses (for AESs) and there will
be 10% deduction for these two subjects for
LPSs |
|
XIII
|
Examination
of Compulsory Subjects by Pakistani Board(s)
for LPSs in Pakistan Studies, Islamiyat/Ethics
(for foreigners), and Urdu/any language other
than English (for foreigners) for Pakistani
Students of the School at 9-10 and/or 11-12
grades on an analogy to UK Examination System |
|
XIV
|
Three
elective subjects (Physics, Chemistry and Maths/Biology)
for Science student(s) & three in Humanities/Arts
must be offered at 11 & 12 grades corresponding
to HSSC level of Pakistan. There must be two
electives with AP Courses and for third elective
subject there will be 5% deduction for AES and
10% for LPSs |
|
XV
|
Minimum
credits from grade 9-12 in case of local American
School(s) must be 24 |
|
XVI
|
Separate
laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Biology
and Computer Science |
|
XVII
|
Suitable
school building for Primary, Middle and Secondary
school sections |
|
XVIII
|
For
equivalence purposes, periodic inspection of
the School by a Committee appointed by IBCC |
|
XIX
|
Each
American Embassy/Private School to provide their
courses of studies to IBCC for grades 9-12,
subsequently notifying changes, whenever made |
|
XX
|
For
Grade 9 and 10, English and Mathematics as AP
courses and for three electives 5% deduction
for AESs and 10% for LPSs |
