Salamat School System
Salamat School System (SSS) is a group of private fee-paying academic institutions throughout Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. SSS provides preschool education, primary education, secondary education and preparation for national and international General Certificate of Education (GCE) examinations. The group currently comprises:
- Kids Kampus (KK) - founded in 1974
- Junior Kampus (JK) - founded in 1974
- Salamat Academy - founded in 1978
- Salamat School for Boys - founded in 1985
- Salamat School for girls - founded in 1985
- International Campus for Advanced Studies (ICAS) - founded in 2001
- ICAS Junior - founded in 2001
- ICAS Prep - founded in 2001
- ICAS Girls - founded in 2003
- Salamat International Campus for Advanced Studies (SICAS) - founded in 2001
History
In 1974, Madam Salamat, a notable educationalist in Lahore, opened the Kids Kampus which offered preschool education. Alongside Kids Campus, Junior Kampus was also opened which offered junior school education. In 1978, Madam Salamat also started the Salamat Academy. The institution was coeducational offering middle school and secondary school education and prepared its graduating students for the SSC examination (also known as Matriculation at local level), a national examination taken by Students of Pakistan on completion of their ten years of education. The Salamat group of institutions quickly rose to fame.
In 1985, due to increased number of students willing to join Salamat Academy, the institution was split up into two further institutions: Salamat School for Boys and Salamat School for Girls. Hence, the system of coeducation in Salamat Academy came to an end but still remains in the Kids Campus and Junior Kampus.
In 2001, the Salamat Schools started offering preparation for the international GCE O Level examinations along with the national SSC examinations. However, GCE O Level went up to Grade 11 while SSC Matriculation only went up to Grade 10. GCE O Level is also considered equivalent of SSC Matriculation in Pakistan. Apart from that, preparation for international GCE A Level was also introduced which composed of Grade 12 and 13. GCE A Level is considered equivalent to national HSC F.A/F.Sc intermediate qualifications. Preparation for HSC, however, is not available in the Salamat institutions and composes of Grade 11 and Grade 12. Both GCE O Level and A Level are taken under the management of University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) division of Cambridge Assessment (UCLES), an examination board which takes its roots from The Famous University of Cambridge in England. The international GCE qualifications were taught in a separate campus which followed a coeducational orientation in Grade 12-13 (GCE A Level). It was named Salamat International Campus for Advanced Studies and came to be commonly referred as SICAS in short.
In 2001, another institution was made alongside SICAS and was named International Campus for Advanced Studies or ICAS. It provides education from Preschool to Grade 11 and has currently three branches: ICAS Junior (Preschool to Grade 3, alternative to Kids Kampus and Junior Kampus), ICAS Prep (Grade 4-8) and ICAS Girls (Grade 9-11). In CONTRAST with SICAS, ICAS Girls started in 2003 instead of 2001, is gender specific to girls and not boys, offers GCE O Level preparation only and not A Level. It must be noticed that SICAS only preparation offers GCE O Level to boys only whereas ICAS Girls provides to girls while SICAS provides preparation for GCE A Level to both.
All academic institutions: Kids Kampus (KK), Junior Kampus (JK), Salamat School for Boys (SSB), Salamat School for Girls (SSG), International Campus for Advanced Studies (ICAS) and Salamat International Campus for Advanced Studies (SICAS) came to be collectively known as the Salamat School System or SSS with Madam Salamat acting as their managing director.
In 2006, SICAS was shifted to a new purpose-built campus. In 2008, SICAS ended its coeducational orientation and created separate branches for boys and girls at A Level. However, this was reversed a year later, in 2009. In 2009, the institution started offering international GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) Level qualifications under administration of CIE, which are taken at the end of Grade 12 in Pakistan. These cover half of The Syllabus of GCE A Level.
See also
Salamat School System:
- International Campus for Advanced Studies
- Salamat International Campus for Advanced Studies