Criteria/Guidelines For Equivalence Of American Schools In Pakistan
S.No | CRITERIA |
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 |
Legend:
Accreditation Associations:-ACSI – Association of Christian Schools InternationalECIS – European Council of International SchoolsMSA – Middle States AssociationNA – Northwest AssociationNCA – North Centra! AssociationNEA – New England AssociationSA – Southern AssociationWA – Western Association