About

Headstart School was founded in 1991 by Naznin Murtaza and Late Najib Murtaza,began as a Montessori in F-6/3 Sector of Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It is registered as private limited company. It has seven locations in Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

 with enrollment of more than 1,700 students and 290 members of faculty and staff.

It has a co-educational setup from montessori to class 5 and beyond up to A-level.

Headstart Robofort started under the supervision of Eng.Najib Murtaza. The Center for Engineering and Robotics has been in operation since 2003. Technical support was provided by PCS Edventures Inc. (based at Idaho, USA). Headstart-Robofort has dovetailed technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

, engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

, communications, math, problem solving

Problem solving

Problem solving is a mental process and is part of the larger problem process that includes problem finding and problem shaping. Consideredthe most complex of all intellectual functions, problem solving has been defined as higher-order cognitive process that requires the modulation and control of...

 and team skills into the existing curriculum with project-based learning.

Academic programs

The GCE O Level

Ordinary Level

The O-level is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education . It was introduced as part of British educational reform in the 1950s alongside the more in-depth and academically rigorous Advanced Level in England, Wales and Northern Ireland A-level...

 and GCE A Level

GCE Advanced Level

The Advanced Level General Certificate of Education, commonly referred to as an A-level, is a qualification offered by education institutions in England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Cameroon, and the Cayman Islands...

 programs are affiliated with University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) of Cambridge Assessment (UCLES). O Level students are required to take minimum of eight courses from a wide range. A Level students are required to choose a minimum of three subjects.

GCE O Level courses

• Additional Mathematics
• Arts
• Biology
• Business Studies
• Chemistry
• Computer Studies
• Economics
• Further Mathematics
• English Language
• English Literature
• Fashion and Fabrics
• Food and Nutrition
• Islamiat
• Mathematics
• Pakistan Studies
• Physics
• Principles of Accounting
• Urdu
• World Affairs

GCE A Level courses

• Accounting
• Art and Design
• Biology
• Business Studies
• Chemistry
• Computing
• Economics
• Literature in English
• General Paper (AS)
• Law
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Urdu