BAF Shaheen College, Chittagong

BAF Shaheen College, Chittagong is situated in BAF Zahrul Haq Base, Patenga, Chittagong in a three-storied eagle-shape building. It was established in 1978 by the Bangladesh Air Force. The school was upgraded to Higher Secondary from 1985-86. From 2006 an English curriculum under NCTB was introduced as one section each of the classes from II to V along with the existing Bangla curriculum. “Education-Perseverance-Discipline” is the motto of the college.

The syllabus is laid dowm by the Air Headquarters and BISE Chittagong. There is coaching for the primary and junior scholarships and Model Tests along with the coaching classes for the SSC and HSC examinees.

Along with the academic activities, the college arranges extra-curricular activities such as debate club (Bangla and English), practice of cultural activities during the first period on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month. There is a library with thousands of books, and arrangement of classes on games and sports. Inter House Wall magazines are published after every four months. Shaheen magazine is published every year.

BAF Shaheen College Chittagong has 6,000 students, and a faculty of about 200. Unlike many similar institutions, Chittagong Shaheen also runs an undergraduation programme — endorsed by the Bangladesh National University — the single government-appointed higher education licensing body in the country. With an area of 1.6 square kilometers, "Chittagong Shaheen" is the largest school (and college) in the metropolitan Chittagong area.