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<div>{{Short description|English-medium educational institution in Pakistan}}<br />
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{{Infobox school<br />
| name = Army Public School and College Peshawar<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Aerial view of the Army Public School (APS) auditorium<br />
| motto = "I shall rise and shine"<br />
| location = Warsak Road, Defence Colony<br />
| city = [[Peshawar]]<br />
| province = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]<br />
| country = [[Pakistan]]<br />
| established = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --><br />
| opened = 1992<br />
| type = [[Day school]]<br />
| district = <br />
| authority = {{army|Pakistan}}<br />
| grades = [[Grade 5#Pakistan|5]] to [[Grade 12#Pakistan|12]]<br />
| houses = <br />
| principal = <br />
| viceprincipal = <br />
| pupils = <br />
| medium = [[English-medium education|English-medium]]<br />
| gender = [[Mixed-sex education|Co-education]]<br />
| gender_label = Gender<br />
| campus_size = <br />
| mascot = <br />
| accreditation = [[Secondary School Certificate|SSC]], [[Higher Secondary School Certificate|HSSC]] and [[General Certificate of Education|GCE]]<br />
| schoolboard = [[Army Public Schools & Colleges System]]<br />
| colors = {{plainlist|<br />
* {{color box|Red}} Faith<br />
* {{color box|Blue}} Unity <br />
* {{color box|Orange}} Discipline <br />
* {{color box|Yellow}} Tolerance<br />
}}<br />
| feeders = <br />
| image = Army Public School Auditorium.jpg<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.apsacssectt.edu.pk/}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Army Public School and College''' ({{Lang-ur|{{small|{{Nastaliq|آرمی پبلک سکول اور کالج}}}}}}) is an [[English-medium education|English-medium]] school located in [[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]]. It is one of the 146 school [[campus]]es established and managed by the [[Army Public Schools & Colleges System|Army Public Schools & Colleges System (APSACS)]]. The school was established in 1992, and its student body grew within a two-year span after its founding. It became a part of the APSACS in 1994.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}<br />
It provides education with more emphasis on values. It is an affordable institution that provides international standard education.<br />
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== Location ==<br />
The school is located near Warsak Road in the city of [[Peshawar]].<br />
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== Activities ==<br />
The school offers a variety of programs, with a notable focus on sports, politics, and journalism.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}<br />
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== 2014 terrorist attack ==<br />
{{Main|2014 Peshawar school massacre}}<br />
The Army Public School was attacked by [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan|Tehrik-i-Taliban]] terrorists on 16 December 2014. The ensuing massacre inside the school killing 149 students, including approximately 132 student, and teachers {{citation needed|date=June 2020}}<br />
Following the attack, Pakistani officials announced that the students killed in the school attack will serve as the namesake of more than 120 government schools across the capital city of [[Islamabad]]. The attack intensified the [[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|War in North-West Pakistan]] as the [[Pakistan Armed Forces|Pakistani military]] continued its [[counter-insurgency]] operations against militants operating in the region.<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
{{Stack|[[File:Army Public School.jpg|thumb|250px|Aerial view of the Army Public School and College]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{APSACS}}<br />
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{{Coord|34.0138|N|71.5352|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}<br />
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[[Category:Schools in Peshawar]]<br />
[[Category:1992 establishments in Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1992]]<br />
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