Mastermind School is a British-curriculum private school in
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 ...
established in 1997. It offers English-medium education to students from Play Group age to grade 12, leading to the
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
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(under
Edexcel
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) or
GCE Ordinary Level
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(under
Cambridge
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) and
General Certificate of Education
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A-Level
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examinations, held under the Edexcel and Cambridge
examination board
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List of nati ...
.
The main buildings are located in
Dhanmondi
Dhanmondi ( bn, ধানমন্ডি) is a residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, known for its central location, cultural vibrancy and being home to the country's founder, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The origins of Dhanmondi can be traced back to t ...
, with a branch in
Uttara Uttara, which means "north" in Sanskrit and many other South Asian languages, may refer to:
Places
* Uttara Export Processing Zone, Bangladesh
* Uttara, a suburb north of Dhaka, Bangladesh
*Uttara East Thana
*Uttara West Thana
*Uttaradit, a city i ...
.
The school's principal is Syed Fakruddin Ahmed, who in the past years, doubled as the senior physics teacher. It consists of over 3200 students and 300 teaching staff. It has a debating society, a sports club, a newsletter club, and a community service club.
It runs on the British curriculum (GCE). Mastermind School won "The Most Versatile School" award in 2011 and 2015, and was the Champion of the junior category in 2015 at the Biotechnology Fest, Hosted by City Montessori School, in Lucknow, India.
Mastermind School provides extra-curricular activities of debating, community service, and sports. The school clubs are run by an executive committee, selected for each club.
Every year the Mastermind Community Service Club takes part in charitable works, including charity food sales, paying visits at Ashiq Foundation (a rehabilitation centre for under-privileged cancer-affected children), collection of winter clothes for charity distribution, a blood donation camp and art competition for autistic children.
Controversies
The school was accused by the newspaper ''Daily Star'' of excessive use of
corporal punishment.
In April 2011, then vice-principal Neera Habib was said to have physically assaulted seven students for protesting against the expulsion of their friends. The vice principal was also said to have assaulted other students previously for straying off of the strict dress code. She was later fired without an official announcement from the school itself.
Ahmede Hussain
Ahmede Hussain (born 16 July 1978) is a Bangladeshi writer.
His ancestors hail from the former Portuguese enclave of Patherghata, Chittagong in Bangladesh. He was the Literary Editor of The Daily Star (Bangladesh).
He edited ''The New Anthem: ...
, then an English teacher of this school and affiliated with the ''Daily Star'' newspaper, left Mastermind after the publication of this news.
References
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External links
Official website
Dhanmondi
Schools in Dhaka District
Cambridge schools in Bangladesh