B A F Shaheen College বি এ এফ শাহীন কলেজ |
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Type | Privatized Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary, Undergraduate |
Established | 1960 |
Enrollment | 10,000+ |
Website | bafsd |
Bangladesh Air Force Shaheen College, or BAF Shaheen College, is a privatised educational institution run by the Bangladesh Air Force in different airbases around Bangladesh. It has the largest primary, secondary and higher secondary student population in Bangladesh.
There are six Shaheen colleges and a Shaheen English medium school is operated by the Bangladesh Air Force situated near airbases around Bangladesh;
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 6000 students and 125 teaching staff. An English Version 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.
There are four parts to the institution,
Each section is independent and has separate facilities and faculties. The sections are administered under their own vice principals (education) supervised by the principal. Disciplinary administration is controlled by an adjutant, with comparable salary and privileges of a vice principal. From a purely administrative point of view, the adjutant has the office of the vice principal.
The Bangla Medium School awards the nationally recognised Secondary School Certification (comparable to year 10 graduation). Similarly the College Section awards the Higher Secondary Certification (comparable to year 12 graduation). Like the Bangla medium section, English version awards the nationally recognised Secondary School Certification (comparable to year 10 graduation). The undergraduate programme leads to a first degree with honours in general sciences, commerce, the arts or social sciences. All degree programmes are recognised by the National University.
BAF Shaheen College Kurmitola was established in 1972 as 'BAF High School'. The school was renamed as 'BAF Shaheen School' in 1980. Higher Secondary School Certificate course was introduced in the school from 1982 and then it was named as 'BAF Shaheen School and College'. In 1986 it was again renamed as 'BAF Shaheen College Kurmitola'. Students are taught from KG to XII classes in a coeducation environment.