BAF Shaheen English Medium College explained

BAF Shaheen English Medium College
Native Name:বিএএফ শাহীন ইংলিশ মিডিয়াম কলেজ
Other Name:BAF SEMC[1] [2]
Former Name:BAF Shaheen English Medium School[3]
Motto:Education • Honesty • Discipline
Location:BAF Base Bashar, Dhaka Cantonment, Tejgoan
Postcode:1206
Coordinates:23.7773°N 90.3924°W
Chairperson:Air Vice Marshal Md Sharif Uddin Sarker, GUP, BPP, ndc, psc AOC, BSR
Principal:Group Captain Mehedi Hasan, afwc, psc
Gender:Boys & Girls
Age Range:6-18
Hours In Day:4-6
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Newspaper:NEWS SEMC
Footnotes:[4]
Medium Of Language:English

BAF Shaheen English Medium College (Bengali: বিএএফ শাহীন ইংলিশ মিডিয়াম কলেজ) or commonly known as BAF SEMC - is an English Medium school and college located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[5] [6] [7] Under the direct supervision of the Bangladesh Air Force, its education is based on Cambridge International Examinations, UK. Students at BAF SEMC began taking the O Level test administered by London University in 1998.[4] [8] [9] It is located inside the area of BAF Base Bashar, Dhaka Cantonment next to the BAF Shaheen College Dhaka.[10] [11]

History

When BAF Shaheen English Medium College (SEMC) was first founded in 1992, it had 150 students, six classrooms from kindergarten to fourth grade, and seven teachers. By adding one class every year, SEMC has gradually increased the size of its program. As the school began offering higher education (A level) in 2019, the name of the institution changed from BAF Shaheen English Medium School (BAF SEMS) to BAF Shaheen English Medium College (BAF SEMC). As of October 2020, there are around 1600 students enrolled in grades I through XII as a whole. From June 2022 sessions on, BAF SEMC began serving as an exam venue for the British Council Bangladesh for Cambridge school examinations.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEMC Football Fest-2024 starts .
  2. Web site: Annual cultural programme of BAF SEMS held .
  3. Web site: BAF SEMS celebrates silver jubilee . January 2017 .
  4. Web site: Welcome to our College. BAF Shaheen English Medium College.
  5. Web site: Annual sports competition of BAF SEMC held . January 2023 .
  6. News: Weighed down by too many subjects. 2017-03-03. The Daily Star. 2017-09-25. en.
  7. News: Awarding Young Talents. 2016-04-14. The Daily Star. 2017-09-25. en.
  8. Web site: BAF Shaheen English Medium College. Bangladesh Air Force. 24 September 2017. 93. en.
  9. Web site: Words Unleashed . 23 April 2015 .
  10. Web site: Successful result of BAF Shaheen English Medium College in O Level. ISPR. 20 September 2017 . 24 September 2017. bn.
  11. Web site: BAF Shaheen English medium college holds annual sports competition . 26 January 2023 .
  12. Web site: Bangladesh Air Force. https://web.archive.org/web/20230811210709/https://www.baf.mil.bd/website/shaheen_school_collage.php/. 11 August 2023.