BAF Shaheen College Dhaka

BAF Shaheen College Dhaka
বিএএফ শাহীন কলেজ ঢাকা
Logo of BAF Shaheen College Dhaka
Location
Birsreshto Shaheed Jahangir Gate, Dhaka Cantonment

Dhaka
1206

Bangladesh
Coordinates 23°46′37.5″N 90°23′27.5″E
Information
Other name BAFSD
Dhaka Shaheen
Former names Shaheen School
PAF Shaheen School
Shaheen High School
BAF Shaheen College Tejgaon
Type School and College
Motto Bengali: শিক্ষা-সংযম-শৃঙ্খলা
(Education-Restraint-Discipline)
Patron saint(s) Chief of Air Staff
Established 1 March 1960
Founder Pakistan Air Force
Sister school BAF Shaheen Colleges
Authority Bangladesh Air Force (with civil representatives)
School code School Code-1272
College Code-1051
EIIN-107858
Principal Group Captain Chowdhury Mohammed Zia-Ul-Kabir
Staff 107+
Faculty Science, Business Studies, Humanities
Teaching staff 276+
Grades KG to 12th
Gender co-ed
Enrollment 7975 (as of year 2023)
Education system National Curriculum of Bangladesh
Language Bengali and English
Campus BAF Base Bashar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus type Urban
Houses   Isa Khan House
  Titumir House
  Sher-e-Bangla House
  Nazrul House
Color(s) Uniform: Boys:     Sky blue and khaki
Girls:     Sky blue and white
Sports Football, cricket, squash, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, hockey, badminton, handball
Yearbook Abahon (আবাহন)
Affiliation Ministry of Education (Bangladesh)
Alumni name Ex Shaheen
Board Dhaka Education Board
Alumni association name Ex Shaheens' Association Dhaka - ESAD
Demonym Shaheens
Website bafsd.edu.bd

BAF Shaheen College Dhaka (Bengali: বিএএফ শাহীন কলেজ ঢাকা) also known as BAFSD or Dhaka Shaheen is a co-educational Bangladeshi college (grades KG-XII) established and controlled by the Bangladesh Air Force and primarily for the children of Air Force personnel, but students from the civilian section can also study at the college. This college is located at Jahangir Gate, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There are seven BAF Shaheen Colleges across the country including one more in Kurmitola, Dhaka and a BAF Shaheen English Medium College that is operated by the Bangladesh Air Force.

History

The institution was established by Pakistan Air Force near Tejgaon Airport, East Pakistan now Birsreshto Shaheed Jahangir Gate, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 1 March 1960 for the children of the Air Force personnel as Shaheen School, an English-medium school. Later in 1967 Bengali medium was introduced along with English medium. After the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 Bangladesh Air Force has been running this educational institution. Meanwhile, Shaheen School was renamed as "Shaheen High School" and within a few years was recognized by the Dhaka Education Board. In the academic year 1977-78 Shaheen High School was renamed "BAF Shaheen College Dhaka" for the purpose of upgrading it to a higher secondary college. Degree (pass course) was introduced in the academic year 1990-91 and since then BAF Shaheen College Dhaka continues to function as a degree college. However, the degree was abolished from the academic year 2006–07.

Academics

Teaching is done in Bengali and English . The institution has three parts:

  • Primary Division (KG to Class V)
  • Junior Secondary and Secondary (6th to 10th Class)
  • College (Class XI & XII)

Shaheen School Authority releases an admission circular for KG class every year (both an English version and Bengali-medium), and the college authority publishes an admission circular every year after the publication of the Secondary School Certificate results. New students (both boys and girls) are admitted to the 11th grade via online applications.

Sports facilities and hockey field

BAF Shaheen College Dhaka has several playgrounds for sports. BAFSD has teams for football, cricket, squash, basketball, table tennis, hockey, badminton, handball, and volleyball that participate in national and regional games. BAFSD also hosts many tournaments on its grounds. Within the college, teams from the houses take part in annual football, cricket, squash, basketball, table tennis, hockey, badminton, handball, and volleyball tournaments.

BAF Shaheen College Dhaka hockey field in Dhaka is the home ground for BAF Shaheen College Dhaka Hockey Team. It is the only institutional hockey ground in Bangladesh to contain artificial turf. A number of national-level tournaments are held there every year. It was constructed in 2014 to provide better infrastructural facilities to its hockey team and giving opportunities at the school and college level to arrange tournaments of international standard. Its construction began in December 2014. It was opened at the end of that month, making it the first artificial hockey turf of institutional level in Bangladesh.

Publications

BAF Shaheen College Dhaka publishes the college annual magazine Abahon (আবাহন) every year. The students and teachers of the college from infant classes to higher secondary classes enrich the college anniversary stream by writing stories, poems, essays, paintings, practical experiences, travelogues etc. Apart from this, annual programs and important activities of the college, academic and co-curricular activities, results and glorious achievements, class-wise students' photos etc. are published in the yearbook.

Notable alumni