Bangladesh Air Force Shaheen College, Dhaka

B A F Shaheen College Dhaka

Logo of B A F Shaheen college
“শিক্ষা-সংযম-শৃঙ্খলা”(Education-Patience-Discipline)
Location
Dhaka Cantonment
Dhaka, 1206
 Bangladesh
Information
Established 1960
Opened 1960
Founder Bangladesh Air Force
Authority Board of Governors, B A F Shaheen College
School code 1272
Principal Group Captain Md. Humayun Kabir
Staff 65
Teaching staff 164(College 47,School 117)
Grades KG-12
Gender Co-educational
Age range 06-18
Number of students 5881(School 3724,College 2117)
Medium of language Bengali and English
Hours in school day 6
Campus Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka 1206
Campus type Sub-urban
Houses 4
Sports Football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, handball
Publication Abahon(আবাহন)
Board Dhaka Education Board
Website http://www.bafsd.edu.bd/

BAF Shaheen College Dhaka (Bengali:বিএএফ শাহীন কলেজ ঢাকা) is a co-educational Bangladeshi school (Grade KG-XII) situated in Dhaka Cantonment.

Overview

The college was established on 1 March 1960 as Shaheen School (English Medium). Bangla Medium was introduced from 1967, in parallel with English Medium. Shaheen High School was renamed as B A F Shaheen College Dhaka for opening Intermediate Level from 1977. Degree pass courses were opened in 1990. Since then the college has been functioning as a Degree College. The college has classes from KG to H.S.C as per the regulations of DG, Secondary and Higher Education, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Dhaka.

The college is co-educational. There are about 6000 students and 165 teaching staff. An English Medium curriculum has been introduced in one section each of the classes from KG to V from 2006 as per NCTB, along with the existing Bangla Medium.

Administration

There are four parts to the institution,

Faculty

Programmes

The Bangla Medium School awards the nationally recognized Secondary School Certification (comparable to year 10 graduation). Similarly the College Section awards the Higher Secondary Certification (comparable to year 12 graduation).

Unlike the Bangla medium section, Shaheen English Medium School (SEMS) offers a programme leading to the GCE and O-Level, recognized by the GCE board of the United Kingdom.

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