PAF College Lower Topa is an all-boys military boarding school situated at Lower Topa, Murree which is located near Patriata in the Murree region of the Murree District of Pakistan. Situated on a hilltop, the institution is made up of a series of buildings. These comprise the boarding lodgings, academic blocks, hobbies section, laboratories, administration, library, hospital, etc. The other buildings consist of a mosque, a general purpose hall, an auditorium and a messing block. The public school serves as a nursery for the future leadership of the Pakistan Air Force. A new academic block has just been completed in 2017. Admission is open for all Pakistani students.
Aims and objectives
The primary aim of PAF Public School Lower Topa is to educate and groom boys for intermediate examination of Federal Board.
School administration
The school is run under a Principal. Additional administrative hierarchy includes a Vice Principal, an Adjutant, an Officer in-charge of the Progress Section (the Academic, Student Performance & Administration Wing), two Heads of department, Six House masters, and an equivalent number of Assistant House masters to manage the administrative matters of the school. The current School Administration is led by:
Principal: Air Vice Marshal Khalid Dabir HI(M), (Retd)
Vice-Principal: Gp Capt Sohail Mehmood
HoD (Sciences): Sqn Ldr Farrukh Khan
HoD (Humanities): Mr. Tariq Anees
Adjutant Sqn Ldr Saima Habib
Student Command System
There are six houses, each led by a house captain selected from the senior most entry. They are responsible for the house discipline and are answerable to the school head boy. Other school appointments include 1 College Prefect and 2 House Prefects for each house.
Academics
The students are prepared for the FBISE. The following subjects are taught:
(a) Secondary School Certificate Examination: English, Urdu, Islamiat, Pakistan Studies, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science.
(b) Intermediate Examination (Pre-Engineering Group): English, Urdu, Islamic Studies, Pakistan Studies, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
The students from Bangladesh study geography of Pakistan instead of Urdu.
Achievements
The school holds a record of maintaining highest grade point average every year since its re-induction in the FBISE.
There are also excellence and distinction badges for high achiever pre-cadets in academics.
Routine and activities
Commemoration of National Days
All important national days such as Independence Day, Quaid-e-Azam’s Birthday, Iqbal Day, Defence Day and Air Force Day are commemorated by holding meetings in which the entire student body participates.
