Mastermind School
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House#5, Road#12 (New) 31 (Old), Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka. Bangladesh | |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1999 |
| Principal | S. F. Ahmed |
| Grades | Play Group to 2 (Primary School) 3 to 5 (Junior School) 6 to 12 (Senior School) |
| Website | mastermindschool |
Mastermind School is a British-curriculum schools in Bangladesh. It offers English-medium education to students from play group age to grade 12, leading to the IGCSE (under Edexcel) or GCE ‘O’ Level (under Cambridge)and GCE A-Level examinations, held under the Edexcel & Cambridge examination board.
The main buildings are located in Dhanmondi, with a branch in Uttara.
The school's principal is Syed Fakruddin Ahmed, who doubles as the senior physics teacher at the school. It has over 3000 students, and 300 teaching staff. It has a debating society, a sports club, a newsletter club, and a community service club.[1][2] It runs on the British curriculum (GCE). Mastermind School won "The Most Versatile School" award in 2011 and 2015, and was the Champion of the junior category in 2015 at the Biotechnology Fest, Hosted by City Montessory School, in Lucknow, India.
Mastermind School provides extra-curricular activities of debating, community service and sports. The school clubs are run by an executive committee, selected for each club.
Every year the Mastermind Community Service Club takes part in charitable works, including charity food sales, paying visits at Ashiq Foundation (a rehabilitation centre for under-privileged cancer-affected children), collection of winter clothes for charity distribution, a blood donation camp and art competition for autistic children.
Controversies
The school was accused by the newspaper Daily Star of excessive use of corporal punishment.[3] In April 2011, then vice principal Neera Habib was said to have physically assaulted seven students for protesting against the expulsion of their friends. The vice principal was also said to have assaulted other students previously for straying off of the strict dress code. She was later fired without an official announcement from the school itself. Ahmede Hussain, then an English teacher of this school and affiliated with the Daily Star newspaper, left Mastermind after the publication of this news.
The school is one of those that have been criticised for its high tuition fees.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Viqarunnisa, Mastermind become champions". The Daily Star. 31 October 2003.
- ^ Ahammed, Rakib (26 April 2011). "Sad incident at reputable school". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Sad incident at reputable school". The Daily Star. 26 April 2011.
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