Sunshine Grammar School and College
| Sunshine Grammar School | |
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| Address | |
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Road # 1 House # 11 Nasirabad H/S , Chittagong , 4000 Bangladesh | |
| Information | |
| Type | Cambridge Int Edexcel |
| Established | 1985 |
| Founder | Safia Ghazi Rahman |
| Principal | Safia Ghazi Rahman |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age range | 2 – 18 years |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue & White |
| Publication | Focus, La Sunshine |
| Website | sunshinegrammarschool |
Sunshine Grammar School is a British curriculum school located in Chittagong, Bangladesh.[1][2] The school provides lessons in Edexcel and Cambridge International Examinations for IGCSE and A Levels.
History
Sunshine Grammar School was established in 1985.[3] It was the first British Curriculum School in the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh, offering both IGCSE (previously O Levels) and Advanced Levels education under Britain’s Edexcel and Cambridge Boards.
The first batch of Sunshiners appeared for exams in 1987. Sunshine was one of the first Schools in Bangladesh to be allocated an 'examination centre' status in the country by a British Education Board.
Subsidiaries
Sunshine College, established in 1995, is the oldest English-medium National Curriculum based college under the Chittagong Education Board, Bangladesh. Sunshine School, a leading English-medium National Curriculum based school established in 2000 with a 100% pass rate.
Admissions
The mode of admission is selective. Admissions are based on a preliminary written exam that tests English, maths and the sciences. Following satisfactory performance in the written test, the applicant undergoes a formal interview with the school authorities, who then make a final decision to offer a place to the student based on his/her academic, extracurricular and social skills. Approximately 15% of pupils are awarded a scholarship for excellence in academics and/or extracurricular activities.
Facilities
- Auditorium and Theater Hall, which seats over 500 students
- Art Gallery
- Air-Conditioners in all classrooms
- Bookstore
- Internationally accredited Computer Lab with over 25 PCs
- Indoor Sports Room consisting of Table Tennis, Chess, Darts, Carom and Foosball
- Karate Lessons
- Fully equipped Science Laboratory approved by The British Council to conduct Practical Examinations for A Levels (Official Examination Centre)
- Mini Futsal Court
- Mini Handball Court
- Badminton Court
- Movie Club
- Well-resourced Library
- University Counseling by full-time specialist
- Dedicated School Psychologist/Psychiatrist trained in Child & Adolescent Mental Health from the United Kingdom
Activities
- Annual Programs such Award-giving ceremonies, Pohela Boishakh etc.
- Art Competitions
- Community Service
- Debate Club (competes in both National and Regional Championships)
- Spelling Bee (Active participants of Spelling Bee Tournament organized by The Daily Star News)
- Earth Club and environmental conservatism
- Sunshine Charities
- Free Friday Clinic
- Annual Inter-School (Athletics, Cricket, Football, Indoor Sports and so on)
- Karate Club
- Industrial Tours
- Business & Science Fairs
- Yearbook
Academic subjects
SGS offers the most comprehensive list of subjects offered by a Bangladeshi school for IGCSE and A Level examinations from CIE & Edexcel International. The subjects are as follows:
- Accounting
- Applied Information and Communication Technology
- Art & Design
- Bangladesh Studies
- Bengali
- Biology
- Business Studies
- Chemistry
- Commerce
- Economics
- English Language
- English as a Second Language
- English Literature
- Geography
- Hindi
- Human Biology
- Information Technology (I.T.)
- Islamic Studies
- Mathematics A
- Mathematics B
- Pure Mathematics
- Physics
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Statistics
- Urdu
References
- ^ "Sunshine Grammar School and College". Schools: The Foundation Building. The Daily Star.
- ^ http://www.sunshinegrammarschool.com/
- ^ Mazumder, Nirjhar (1 October 2011). "Sunshine Grammar School a centre of academic excellence". Daily Sun. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013.