Draft:BAF Shaheen College Shamshernagar

BAF Shaheen College Shamshernagar (বিএএফ শাহীন কলেজ শ্মশেরনগর) also known as BAFSS or Shamshernagar Shaheen is a co-educational Bangladeshi college (grades KG-XII) established and controlled by the Bangladesh Air Force and primarily for the children of Air Force personnel, but students from the civilian section can also study at the college. This college is located at Shamshernagar,Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, Sylhet Bangladesh. In 2015 it was nominated as the best college of Moulvibazar district and till 2018 it won the honor of being the best college of Moulvibazar district for 4 consecutive times and the best college of Sylhet education board for the first time. There are Eight BAF Shaheen Colleges across the country.

History
BAF Shaheen College Shamshernagar is an educational institution run by the Bangladesh Air Force in different airbases around Bangladesh. It has the largest primary, secondary, and higher secondary student population in Bangladesh. It was established in 3rd September 2011 with 1000 students in 6 classes from KG to class VI. The school opened a new class every year up to XII in 2013. The school has preliminary permission from the education board in Sylhet to run the education activities of classes VI to XII. It is now a College. About more then 2000 students study there in 48 sections. BAF Shaheen College Shamshernagar is a Bangla medium school and college. There are Science Group, Business Study Group, Arts Group, a Library, Debating club, Programming Club, English Language Club, Girls Guide, Quiz Club, B.N.C.C. unit. The aim of this college is to build students as educated, honest, healthy, patriot and ideal citizens side by side with their studies. "Education-perseverance-Discipline" is the motto of this college Students from the children's class to the twelfth class are taught here. However, teaching alone is not the only purpose of the college. One of the objectives of this college is to build educated, honest and patriotic good citizens in creative and up-to-date education. In addition to teaching by experienced teachers, the college has sports, physical exercises, dance, music, recitation, lectures, handicrafts.

Academics
Teaching is done in Bengali and English. The institution has three parts:
 * Primary Division (KG to Class V)
 * Junior Secondary and Secondary (6th to 10th Class)
 * College (Class XI & XII)

Shaheen School Authority releases an admission circular for KG class every year (both an English version and Bengali-medium), and the college authority publishes an admission circular every year after the publication of the Secondary School Certificate results. New students (both boys and girls) are admitted to the 11th grade via online applications.

Sports facilities and hockey field
BAF Shaheen College Shamshernagar has several playgrounds for sports. BAFSS has teams for football, cricket, squash, basketball, table tennis, hockey, badminton, handball, and volleyball that participate in national and regional games. BAFSS also hosts many tournaments on its grounds. Within the college, teams from the houses take part in annual football, cricket, squash, basketball, table tennis, hockey, badminton, handball, and volleyball tournaments. BAF Shaheen College Shamshernagar hockey field in Shamshernagar is the home ground for BAF Shaheen College Shamshernagar Hockey Team. It was constructed in 2019 to provide better infrastructural facilities to its hockey team and giving opportunities at the school and college level to arrange tournaments.

Publications
BAF Shaheen College Shamshernagar publishes the college annual magazine Chayatoru (ছায়াতরু) every year. The students and teachers of the college from infant classes to higher secondary classes enrich the college anniversary stream by writing stories, poems, essays, paintings, practical experiences, travelogues etc. Apart from this, annual programs and important activities of the college, academic and co-curricular activities, results and glorious achievements, class-wise students' photos etc. are published in the yearbook.