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Church Missionary Society (CMS) Award
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Sir Edwardes Student of the Year Award
Sir Edwardes Student of the Year Award

Principal Edwardes College Award
Principal Edwardes College Award

Free Education Award
Free Education Award

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51°45′40″N 1°15′12″W / 51.7611°N 1.2534°W / 51.7611; -1.2534

Edwardes College Peshawar
Edwardes College Peshawar
Motto"ad majorem Dei gloriam" (Latin)
Established1900
AffiliationBISE Peshawar , University of Peshawar , Edexcel, UK and Leadership (DSML)
PrincipalProfessor Shujat Ali
Academic staff
109
Students3000
Location
Peshawar
,
Pakistan
CampusUrban
Websitehttp://www.edwardes.edu.pk/

Edwardes College Peshawar is a semi-government degree college which is the oldest higher education institution in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The college, affiliated with the University of Peshawar, has about 3,000 students in Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Business Administration, Higher National Diploma, and Computer Sciences.

The college's undergraduate and graduate degree programs lead to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), 4 year BS Programme in English and Computer Science, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and 5 years LLB degrees awarded through the University of Peshawar Edwardes also offers an A-Level program and the Faculty of Arts (F.A.) and Faculty of Science (F.Sc.) certificates through the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Higher National Diploma (H.N.D.) BS English program in business and information technology offers the option of a third year in an institution in the U.K., U.S.A. or Australia.

Originally a co-educational college, it became a boy's only college in 1930s. Edwardes has become co-educational again since 2000 with about 200 female students and 15 women among its faculty members, with numbers of women anticipated to increase. The college has a vital community life, which includes freedom of worship for all faiths, sporting events, a debating society, drama productions, and student publications. Up to 1974 it was running up by as organisation affiliated with the Church Mission Society however following Nationalisation Reforms of 1974 it was handed over to the Board of Governors headed by NWFP Governor. A ruling of the Peshawar High Court dated 14 Nov 2019 dismissed the plea of the Principal challenging the nationalisation of the college.[1]

In 2019, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa nationalised the college.[2]

History

Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes after whom college was named.
Edwardes College, Peshawar

The Church Missionary Society established the Church Mission College in 1900 as an outgrowth of Edwardes High School, which had been founded in 1855 by the society as the first institution of western-style schooling in the northwest frontier region of what was British India. For many years the college was the only institution of higher education in the northwest frontier. Sir Herbert Edwardes was a British colonial administrator and commander whose name the college later adopted.

The first major college building, now known as the Old Hall, was built in 1910 in a Moghul style that was replicated in a number of the college's later buildings. Edwardes College was visited three times by the founder of the nation, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, by Mahatma Gandhi, and the previous Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. In its early years Edwardes awarded degrees through the University of Punjab; since 1952 its degrees have been awarded through the University of Peshawar.[3]

Hostel

Edwardes has hostel accommodation for about 200 male students.

The main hostel is composed of four halls;

1. Edmonds Hall (1st Year Students)

2. Woolmer Hall (2nd Year Students)

3. B-Block Hall (2nd Year Students)

4. Founder's Hall ( Degree Students)

Centenary Celebrations Postal stamp of Edwardes College by Pakistan Post, 24 April 2000

Decline

The college was in decline as a result of a long running legal battle about its ownership, which is contested between the Provincial Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Diocese of Peshawar. The latter argues that Edwardes College was established as a private missionary educational institution by the Church Mission Society and had its own financial resources, which were created through donations and fee; the authorities contending that all privately owned schools and colleges had been taken over by the government in 1972 and that as such the college had been funded for more than five decades by the provincial government regularly and had become an autonomous institution rather than a private one.

The legal battle had brought the institute to the verge of collapse. Multiple incidents of corruption and abuse of power had come to light, such as the appointment by the principal of family members to key posts without due process. Students held protest demonstrations and some 200 of them left the college. According to the provincial governor, all efforts would be made to restore the trust of parents.[4][5]

Key Programs

Intermediate Courses 

Pre-Medical

Pre-Engineering

General Science

Humanities

4 Years Degree Programs 

BS Computer Science

BS English

BS Economics

BBA (Hons)

BS Law (Five years)

Prospective Courses 

BS Biotechnology

BS Chemistry

BS Physics

BS Political Science

BS in other Social and Pure Sciences

Professional and Management Studies 

Higher National Diploma (HND)

Diploma in Strategic Management

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

A-Level Courses 

Pre-Medical

Pre-Engineering

Arts

Special Courses 

Community Service Program

English Immersion Program

Language Classes Offered 

German

Pashto

Chinese

French

Spanish

Arabic

Persian

Connections

Cambridge University , UK

Liverpool Hope University , UK

PASCH-Goethe Institute FDR , Germany

Colleges and Universities of Anglican Communion (CUAC)

Awards

Governor KPK's Award

Church Missionary Society (CMS) Award

Sir Edwardes Student of the Year Award

Principal Edwardes College Award

Free Education Award

Annual Awards

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ Report, Bureau (15 November 2019). "PHC rejects Edwardes College principal's review plea". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  2. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (17 August 2020). "Nationalisation marred educational system, especially for minorities: study". DAWN.COM.
  3. ^ "Centenary Celebrations of Edwardes College, Peshawar". www.pakpost.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2001.
  4. ^ Church lacks legal authority over Peshawar’s Edwardes College, court rules, Pakistan Today, 23 October 2019. Accessed on 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ Edwardes College property of Church Diocese: KP governor, Dawn, 17 November 2019. Accessed on 20 July 2020.
  6. ^ Khalilur Rehman (governor)
  7. ^ Pandya, Haresh (1 September 2008). "Ahmed Faraz, Outspoken Urdu Poet, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  8. ^ "A Brief Profile Of Ameer Haider Khan Hoti". Awami National Party. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Remembering an icon: Prithviraj Kapoor". The New Indian Express. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Dr Khan Sahib | Former Chief Minister of West Pakistan". Story Of Pakistan. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Aftab Sherpao survives three bids on his life in eight years". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

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