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The Government College of Science Wahdat Road (GCS) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan is located along the Wahdat Road in the locality of Allama Iqbal Town (hence its name). The college was founded on 8 August 1973; M. A. Saeed was its first principal.
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- 42 report government college of science wahdat road orgnized a seminar for dengue awareness
- The Institution
- Campus
- Academics
- History
- Sports and co curricular activities
- Notable alumni
- References
The Institution
The college, by its present name, came into being on 8 August 1973,in compliance with the orders of the then Governor of the Punjab, after merging Government Superior Science College, Lahore and Government Degree College, Wahdat Road, Lahore. At the same time the building which was constructed to house Govt. Intermediate college for Girls, Gulberg, Lahore and which remained unutilized, was also annexed to the college building and was named Government College of Science, Wahdat Road, Lahore. Thus the Government College of Science emerged from the blend of these three institutions and a renowned educationist, Prof. M.A. Saeed was appointed its first principal. The new college started functioning with new vigor, ambitions and targets. The post-graduate teaching was started in Physics (1970), Chemistry (1974), Economics and Mathematics (1994) and Zoology (2005).
Campus
The college has a separate new block having master classes in mathematics and economics and a newly constructed commerce/computer block to accommodate the increasing number of students and to introduce other teaching disciplines in future.
The college is affiliated with the board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (B.I.S.E) Lahore and the University of the Punjab (PU), Lahore, for its BS four-year degree program and post-graduate classes.
Academics
The BS four-year program was started in 2010 with the introduction of sixteen disciplines including English, Economics, Islamiat, BBA, Chemistry, Statistics, Physics, Sociology, Botany, Zoology, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Information Technology, Political Science, Education and Urdu.
The college won the Board Championship in boxing in 2004-05. To boost up the sports activity, a boxing ring is being set up on the college campus.
History
The college by its present name came into being on 8 August 1973, in compliance with the orders of the then Governor of the Punjab, after merging Government Superior Science College, Lahore and Government Degree College, Wahdat Road, Lahore. At the same time the building which was constructed to house Government Intermediate college for Girls, Gulberg, Lahore and which remained unutilized, was also annexed to the college building and was named Government College of Science, Wahdat Road, Lahore. M. A. Saeed was appointed its first principal.
Sports and co-curricular activities
The college has a sports board and a societies board which organize sports and extra-curricular activities.