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Introduction
Maple Leaf International School, founded in 1972, is one of the most prestigious English Medium schools in Bangladesh. It is a private institution which follows the British Curriculum leading to IGCSE and A levels. The school is accredited by the Government of Bangladesh and Edexcel, UK. Since its inception the School believes in commitment to academic excellence, intellectual growth, art, athletics and community service. The school considers education to be a life-long process that should have a strong foundation. The school’s traditions and accessibility to a broad curriculum add depth to each student’s life. The goal of the school is to foster in the students a love for learning and aspiration to excel at every level. The school also aims at equipping the students with the intellectual and practical skills that are necessary to meet challenges in a competitive world.

More about the school and its facilities text
The Principal’s name is Mrs. Zeba Ali. She is leading the community, along with Mr. Ali Karam Reza, the Vice-Principal and Mr. Ali Mohiuddin Al Shams, Executive Administrator. The School is located in Dhnamondi, Dhaka. There are several buildings and Mrs. Zeba Ali has her office in Road# 11/A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka and Mr. Ali Karam Reza has his office in Road# 14/A, Dhanmondi Dhaka. The school started its journey as a coaching institution consisting of only 25 students. Now it has become one of the most renowned schools in Bangladesh and has its ten own buildings. It offers excellent facilities such as air conditioned class room, multimedia facilities and internet, games room, table tennis, enclosed play area for junior students, play ground, air conditioned auditorium, exam venues, chemistry laboratory, physics laboratory and highly qualified and dedicated faculty. To encourage students reading habit it has a well-stocked library with over 10,000 books.The school also provides scholarship to the students: from PG to IX the students get 50% tuition weaver if any of them stood 1st/2nd/ or 3rd in three consecutive years. ‘A’ Level students can get merit based scholarship for ‘O’ level result. The school also offers qualifications under Edexcel,UK and Cambrige International Examination(CIE), UK. It teaches both the Edexcel and CIE syllabi as per the requirements of individual students. Students can appear for IGCSE and GCE ‘A’ Level under Edexcel,UK and also avail the opportunity to combine subjects of GCE ’O’ and ‘A’ Level under CIE,UK.

Extracurricular Activities
Apart from the above facilities the school always encourages students to participate in different extracurricular activities. There are several clubs for students such as: Debate Club, Drama Club, Music Club, Green club, Community Service club, Photography club, Taekwondo Club and Writers club ; through these clubs the students get the chance to show their talent and nurture them by the guidance of teachers. The school has Cricket Team ,Basketball Team, Handball Team and Football Team. Again it has Students' council, Boys' scouts, Girls' Guides etc. Therefore it organizes different cultural programs for celebrating International Mother Language Day, First day of Bangla year etc.

Programmes
Maple Leaf International School is also involved with many programmes the first one is the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme. This is basically for the students whose age is from 14 to upwards; the programme offers four categories such as skill, Physical recreation, social service, Adventurous journey. The students must full fill all the categories to get the award. The next programme is Pasch programme where teachers can get the facility to learn German Language under Goethe Institute and later teach the language to the students and the another programme is British Council’s Connecting Classrooms project  where teachers get trainings about different teaching skills and use them in the class.