Established 1960 (1960) School code 1052 Founded 1 March 1960 | Opened 1960 Phone +880 2-8826100 Founder Bangladesh Air Force | |
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Motto “শিক্ষা-সংযম-শৃঙ্খলা”
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BAF Shaheen College Dhaka (Bengali: বিএএফ শাহীন কলেজ ঢাকা) also known as Dhaka Shaheen or BAFSD is a co-educational Bangladeshi school (grade KG-XII) situated in Dhaka Cantonment.
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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 hsc from 2006 as per NCTB, along with the existing Bangla Curriculum.
The college is renowned & well reputed for its standard of education and discipline. Existing number of students and teaching staff are about 4500 and 125 respectively. English Medium Curriculum has been introduced in one section each of the classes from KG to V from the academic session 2006 as per NCTB along with the existing Bangla Medium.
Faculty
There are three parts to the institution (Bangla and English version)
Ranks
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.