F. G. Sir Syed College

F. G. Sir Syed College is a boys' college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It includes a high school (intermediate level) and undergraduate classes. It is affiliated with Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, and with the University of the Punjab (for the undergraduate level).

F. G. Sir Syed College ایف۔جی سر سید کالج
Address
195, The Mall Saddar Rawalpindi , Punjab , 46000 Pakistan
Information
Type	High school
Mottoes	Hold the Horizon
Established	1969; 56 years ago (1969)
Principal	Prof. Ahmed Raza (P) Associate Prof. Ashfaq Ahmed (V.P)
Staff	50fgssc.edu.pk
Gender	Boys (Intermediate level) Boys and girls (Graduation level)
Age range	~15-20
Number of students	1200
Classes	FSc, FA, ICs, BSc
Average class size	~50 students in Intermediate
Language	English/Urdu
Hours in school day	Morning Shift : 7:40-12:45 Evening Shift : 12:45-15:00
Houses	Quaid-e-Azam House, Allama Iqbal House, Sir Syed House, Tipu Sultan House
Sports	Football, lawn tennis, cricket, table tennis, badminton, hockey (only teams)
Publication	Sir Syedian (annual)
School fees	5650/year (Pre-med) Approx 5700/year (Intermediate) Approx 6500/year (BS) (2022)
Affiliations	FBISE, University of Punjab
Website	www.fgsdu.edu.pk

History

The institution began as a public school in 1958. In 1968 it was raised to an inter college. Degree classes (bachelor's) were introduced in 1972.^[1] The school and college wings were separated in 1975 as independent institutions. Prof. Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was the one who delivered the first ever lecture of the college when the college started. His son, an ex-student of the college, Prof. Naseem Abbas, became the first teacher's son to be a lecturer in the same department (Pol. Sc.) in January 2000 to 2001 and again in 2005–2006. He was the youngest Head of Department in the college's history.

Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik, PhD, PAS, UNESCO Confucius Laureate and former Federal Secretary, Government of Pakistan studied here in 1976–78.

Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, ex-Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan) is also an alumni.

Administration

The college was run by the Cantonment Board, Rawalpindi until its nationalization on 1 June 1975. It is presently under the administrative control of the Federal Government Educational Institutions (Cantts/Garrisons) Directorate, General Headquarters (Pakistan Army), Rawalpindi.

Principals

• Abdul Qadir Qureshi (1968–1974)
• M. H. Hamdani (1974–1982)
• Amin Bhatti (1982–1998)
• Ghulam Sarwar (1998–2004)
• Prof. Muhammad Safdar Satti (2004–2005)
• Prof. Obaidullah Bhatti (2005–2009)
• Prof. Muhammad Aslam (2009)
• Prof. Iftekhar Yousaf (2009–2011)
• Prof. Khalid Zareef (2010–2017)
• Prof. Abdullah Khan Niazi (2017-2018)
• Prof. Muhammad Naeem (2018-2019)
• Prof. Irfan (transferred)
• Prof. Ahmad Raza (current)

Academic programs

The college offers Pre-Engineering, Pre-Medical and General Science (With Computer Science & Statistics) subjects to the students who have completed their matriculation (equivalent to O‑Level). I.Com program was started in 2009. ICS program was started in the year 2000. It was a brain child of Prof. Zahoor of the Statistics Department. He established computer labs and managed these for almost 10 years. The college also offers HEC-accredited graduation programs for boys and girls, teaching Bachelors in Sciences for Computer Science, Physics, Economics, Mathematics and Urdu. Bachelors in Business (BBA) is also offered here.^[2]

Departments

Arts discipline

• English
• Urdu
• Islamic Studies
• History
• Pakistan Studies
• Political Science
• Economics
• Health and Physical Education
• Civics
• Psychology
• Arabic

Science discipline

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Mathematics
• Computer Science
• Statistics