| BAF Shaheen College Dhaka বিএএফ শাহীন কলেজ ঢাকা | |
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| Shaheen College Logo Dhaka.png | |
| Logo of BAF Shaheen College Dhaka শিক্ষা-সংযম-শৃঙ্খলা Education-Patience-Discipline
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| Location | |
| Dhaka Cantonment Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates | 23°46′37.5″N 90°23′27.5″E / 23.777083°N 90.390972°ECoordinates: 23°46′37.5″N 90°23′27.5″E / 23.777083°N 90.390972°E |
| Information | |
| Established | 1960 |
| Founder | Pakistan Air Force |
| Principal | Group Captain A K M ABDUR RAJJAQUE |
| Staff | 110 |
| Faculty | 270 |
| Grades | KG-12 |
| Gender | Co-education |
| Enrollment | 7900 |
| Language | Bengali and English |
| Publication | Abahon (আবাহন) |
| Website | bafsd.edu.bd |
BAF Shaheen College Dhaka (Bengali language: বিএএফ শাহীন কলেজ ঢাকা ) is a co-education Bangladeshi college (grades KG-XII) established and controlled by the Bangladesh Air Force.
History[]
The school was established on 1 March 1960 as P. A. F. Shaheen School. Originally English-medium, Bangla-medium was introduced in parallel from 1967. Shaheen High School was renamed BAF Shaheen College Dhaka when it began offering intermediate courses in 1977. Degree pass courses were opened in 1990. Since then the college has been functioning as a degree college. The college has classes from kindergarten to Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC).[1]
The college is co-educational. There are about 7931 students, 276 teaching staff and 110 non-teaching staff.[2]
Hockey field[]
BAF Shaheen College hockey field is a hockey field in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the ground of BAF Shaheen College Hockey Team. It is the only school hockey ground of Bangladesh containing artificial turf. A number of national level tournaments are held there every year. It was constructed in 2014 with a view to provide better infrastructural facilities to its hockey team and to give opportunity at school level to arrange tournaments of international standard. The construction began in December, 2014. It was opened in the end of that month making it the first ever artificial hockey turf of school of Bangladesh.[3][4][5][6][7]
Notable alumni[]
- Atiqul Islam, Mayor of North Dhaka.[8]
- Shampa Reza, actress[8]
- Kazi Salahuddin, Bangladesh Football Federation President[8]
- Meher Afroz Shaon, actress[8]
- Sheikh Kamal[9]
- Tarique Rahman
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ "BAF Shaheen College Dhaka". http://www.baf.mil.bd/baf_shaheencollege/baf_shaheencollege.html.
- ↑ "BAF Shaheen College Dhaka" (in bn). https://www.bafsd.edu.bd/Homes/atAGlance.
- ↑ Mahmood, Raihan (3 February 2014). "Negre confirms new turf". http://archive.dhakatribune.com/hockey/2014/feb/03/negre-confirms-new-turf-2.
- ↑ Hoque, Shishir (6 February 2014). "FIH approves new turf location". http://archive.dhakatribune.com/hockey/2014/feb/06/fih-approves-new-turf-location.
- ↑ "Negre in town". 15 December 2014. https://dev.thedailystar.net/negre-in-town-55431.
- ↑ Mahmood, Raihan (16 December 2014). "Negre eager to see Bangladesh hockey develop". http://archive.dhakatribune.com/hockey/2014/dec/16/negre-eager-see-bangladesh-hockey-develop.
- ↑ "Negre opens sand-turf". Dhaka. 16 December 2014. http://newagebd.net/76995/negre-opens-sand-turf/.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "BAF Shaheen College reunion held" (in en). The Daily Star. 26 December 2017. https://www.thedailystar.net/city/baf-shaheen-college-reunion-held-1510387.
- ↑ "OP-ED: The legacy of Sheikh Kamal". 2020-08-15. https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/08/15/op-ed-the-legacy-of-sheikh-kamal.
External links[]
The original article can be found at BAF Shaheen College Dhaka and the edit history here.