The International School, Karachi

The International School (TIS) is a private, co-educational day school located in the Clifton locality of Karachi, Pakistan.

Catering to pupils from the pre-school to high school level, it offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) PYP, MYP and DP.

As of July 2019, the PYP, MYP and DP Coordinators at TIS are Henna Ahmed and Nayma Hasan. The Principal of the School is Samia Majid.

History
The International School was established by Taimur Mirza in 1996, being the first IB-affiliated educational institution to open in Pakistan.

Subjects offered
As of 2019, The International School offers the following subjects:

MYP 1 to 3

 * English
 * Urdu
 * French
 * Humanities
 * General Science
 * Mathematics
 * Visual Arts
 * Physical Education
 * Arabic

MYP 4 and 5

 * English
 * Urdu
 * French
 * History
 * Geography
 * Integrated Humanities
 * Biology
 * Chemistry
 * Physics
 * Arabic
 * Mathematics
 * Visual Arts
 * Physical Education
 * Inter-disciplinary Project

Only foreign national students may take French or Arabic instead of Urdu, which is compulsory for Pakistani students until MYP 5. Pakistani national students are permitted to take a foreign language course instead of Urdu in DP.

Pakistani national students in MYP 3, 4 and 5 are also required to take Pakistan Studies, while Pakistani Muslim students are also additionally required to take Islamiat/Islamic Studies.

All MYP 4 and 5 students also have the mandatory Personal Project and Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) requirement.

DP

 * English (SL/HL)
 * Urdu (SL/HL)
 * French (SL only)
 * Arabic (SL only)
 * Spanish (SL only)
 * Biology (SL/HL)
 * Chemistry (SL/HL)
 * Physics (SL/HL)
 * Mathematics (SL/HL/Studies)
 * Business and Management (SL/HL)
 * Economics (SL/HL)
 * Global Politics (SL/HL)
 * Visual Arts (SL/HL)

All DP students also have the compulsory Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay and CAS requirement.

Sports day
The school has an annual sports day, with students divided into three teams in accordance to their houses; Africa, Asia and Europe, with Black, dark green and dark blue being the colours of the teams respectively.

Certifications
Besides for being accredited by the International Baccalaureate as an official IB school, it also is accredited by the Department of Education and Literacy of the provincial Government of Sindh, and is certified with Cambridge International Examinations and Edexcel, and part of the Association of IB World Schools in Pakistan (IBPAK)