BAF Shaheen College Dhaka ( bn, বিএএফ শাহীন কলেজ ঢাকা) is a co-education Bangladeshi college (grades KG-XII) established and controlled by the
Bangladesh Air Force
The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী, Bangladesh Biman Bahini) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The Air Force is primarily responsible for air defence of ...
.
History
The school was established on 1 March 1960 as P. A. F. Shaheen School. Originally
English-medium
An English-medium education system is one that uses English as the primary medium of instruction—particularly where English is not the mother tongue of the students.
Initially this is associated with the expansion of English from its homeland i ...
, 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).
The college is co-educational. There are about 7931 students, 276 teaching staff and 110 non-teaching staff.
Hockey field
BAF Shaheen College hockey field is a hockey field in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...
,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. 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.
Notable alumni
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Atiqul Islam
Atiqul Islam ( bn, আতিকুল ইসলাম; born 1 July 1961) is a Bangladeshi politician, businessman and the current mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation. He was elected in the position in the by-election held on 28 February 2019 an ...
, Mayor of North Dhaka.
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Shampa Reza
Shampa Reza is a Bangladeshi singer, model and actress.
Early life
Reza started singing at the age of four. She studied in Holy Cross School, Dhaka. She went to Shantiniketan to study in Visva-Bharati University in 1976. Her instructor was Gur ...
, actress
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Kazi Salahuddin
Kazi Md. Salahuddin ( bn, কাজী সালাউদ্দিন; born 23 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi former football player currently serving as a president of South Asian Football Federation. He was a member of the Shadhin Bangla ...
, Bangladesh Football Federation President
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Meher Afroz Shaon
Meher Afroz Shaon (born 12 October 1981) is a Bangladeshi actress, director and playback singer. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her performance in the film ''Krishnopokkho'' (2016). She was the wife of ...
, actress
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Sheikh Kamal
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Tarique Rahman
Tarique Rahman is a Bangladeshi politician who is the current acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since February 2018. He has been residing in London with his family since he left Bangladesh in September 2008.
Early life and ...
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M Shaheen Iqbal
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Safa Kabir
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Aupee Karim
Syeda Tuhin Ara Karim ( bn, অপি করিম), known as Aupee Karim, is a National Film Award-winning Bangladeshi actress, model, architect, and dancer. Besides, she is a faculty member at School of Architecture of American International ...
Gallery
File:International Mother Language Day celebrating by Golden Eagle 04.jpg, International Mother Language Day-2015 observed by Golden Eagle Nursery
File:International Mother Language Day celebrating by Golden Eagle 02.JPG, Kids observing International Mother Language Day-2015
File:First_Inter-Shaheen_Aero_Fest_2016.jpg, Air Chief Marshal Abu Esrar
Air Chief Marshal Abu Esrar, BBP, NDC, ACSC was the 14th Chief of the Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force. He took over as the chief on 12 June 2015 from Air Marshal Enamul Bari. He is the first four-star air officer (Air Chief Marshal) of Bang ...
observing the First Inter-Shaheen Aero Fest 2016.
References
External links
Official Website of BAF Shaheen College Dhaka
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Bangladesh Air Force
Universities and colleges in Dhaka
Schools in Dhaka District
Colleges in Dhaka District
1960 establishments in East Pakistan
Educational institutions established in 1960