BAF Shaheen English Medium College

23°46′38.3″N 90°23′32.6″E / 23.777306°N 90.392389°E / 23.777306; 90.392389InformationOther nameBAF SEMCFormer nameBAF Shaheen English Medium SchoolTypeEnglish mediumMottoEducation • Honesty • DisciplineEstablished1992 (1992)FounderBangladesh Air ForceSchool boardCambridge Assessment International EducationSchool districtDhakaAuthorityBangladesh Air ForceChairpersonAir Vice Marshal Md Sharif Uddin Sarker, GUP, BPP, ndc, psc AOC, BSRPrincipalGroup Captain Mehedi Hasan, afwc, pscGradesStandard 1 - A LevelGenderBoys & GirlsAge range6-18LanguageEnglishHours in school day4-6Campus typeurbanSportsFootball, Cricket, Basketball, Volleyball, Table tennis, Badminton, Handball, Hockey, Indoor SportsNewspaperNEWS SEMCWebsitebafsemc.edu.bd^[1]

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.^[2][3] 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.^[1][4] It is located inside the area of BAF Base Bashar, Dhaka Cantonment next to the BAF Shaheen College Dhaka.^[5]

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.^[6]

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