Profile of Some
Schools of Dhaka
Scholastica
Scholastica is a private English immersion school in Dhaka, Bangladesh, offering preschool to A-level courses.
Scholastica was set up in 1977 in response to the need for an organized school leaving course using English as the medium of instruction but emphasizing equal proficiency in Bangla as a necessary prerequisite for a well-rounded education for Bangladeshi students.
Scholastica's junior, middle and senior divisions are housed in several locations in the Dhaka neighborhoods of Dhanmondi, Gulshan and Uttara. Scholastica is recently working on its upcoming building soon to be compiled in the heart of Mirpur.
St. Gregory's High School
St. Gregory's High School is a Catholic High School founded in Dhaka, British India, in 1882 by Father Gregory de Groote, a Belgian Benedictine priest. The school, located on Subhas Bose Avenue of Luxmibazar neighborhood of old Dhaka, was named after Pope Gregory I (540-604 A.D.) who is also a saint. Due to funding crisis, this school could not continue long.
Students of this school are widely known as " the Gregorians". The "Gregorian Association" is the official alumni club of this school.
St. Joseph High School
Saint Joseph High School is a Catholic secondary school located at 97, Asad Avenue, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1954 as the "St. Joseph English Medium School" in 16 Monir Hossain Lane, Narinda in the current old part of Dhaka by the Congregation of Holy Cross missionaries, the institution had a General Certificate of Education(GCE) based education structure.
South Breeze
South Breeze School is an educational institution located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The medium of instruction is the English language. Founded in 1986 by principal Zeenat Chowdhury, the original campus was located in Dhanmondi. In 2000, the campus was relocated and in 2004 a new additional section was opened in Uttara.
Oxford International School
Oxford International School (OIS) is an International English medium co-education school following the academic programme of the University of Cambridge, UK up to GCE O and A Level. Oxford International School is recognized as one of the largest schools in the country. It is one of the earliest English Medium schools in Bangladesh.
SFX Greenherald International School
SFX Greenherald International School is one of the oldest private English schools in Bangladesh. Located in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, right beside St. Joseph Higher Secondary School (Dhaka). The school is administered by the Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka.
Dhanmondi Tutorial
Dhanmondi Tutorial, commonly known as DT, is a private, English-medium educational institution located at Dhamnondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1972, and has multiple campuses.
Government Laboratory High School
Government Laboratory High School is a school located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Govt.Lab. as it is popularly known was established in the 3rd September 1961.[1] This boys' school is one of the famous public school of Bangladesh.
International School Dhaka (ISD)
The School is a co-educational day school founded in 1999 and built to accommodate students from Playgroup to Grade 12. The school provides a high-quality English-medium international education for the Bangladeshi and international community.
It is an International Baccalaureate World School offering a well-established, successful and only full international curriculum in Bangladesh for children aged 2 to 19 years old. This includes the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and IB Diploma Programme (DP).
Willes Little Flower School
Willes Little Flower Higher Secondary School was established in 1956 by Josephine Willes.
The school is located in the heart of Dhaka city in the Kakrail area.
It has both English and Bengali media system of education. Currently around 5500 students are studying in this school. Recently, the school changed its name to Willes Little Flower Higher Secondary School.
Viqarunnisa Noon School
Viqarunnisa Noon is an all-girls school in Bailey Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of the renowned schools in Bangladesh. It was established in 1952 by Begum Viqarunnisa Noon, wife of Firoz Khan Noon, the then governor of East Pakistan.
Holy Cross School
Holy Cross Girl's High School' is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls founded in 1950 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States, in Tejgaon in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Adamjee Cantonment Public School & College
Adamjee Cantonment Public School & College is a Bangladeshi all-boys public school located in Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh, primarily for the primary, lower-secondary, secondary and higher secondary level education. The institution is under the supervision of the Director of Bangladesh Army Education Corps.
Among other well known Schools are Play Pen, Radiant International School, Maple Leaf, Shahid Anwar Girls High School, Rajuk School etc.
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