CIDER International School is an English medium school in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is Cambridge approved and one of the only 3 schools in Chittagong that has Cambridge curriculum
| CIDER International School সাইডার ইন্টারন্যাশনাল স্কুল | |
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Techno Cider International School Rd, Chattogram, Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates | 22°22′24″N 91°48′45″E / 22.3733°N 91.8125°E |
| Information | |
| Motto | Excellence is The Highest Goal of Human Endeavour |
| Established | 1997 |
| Area trustee | Nader Khan, Rabiul Husain, Matiur Rahman, Parveen Mahmud, Md. Shamshul Alam, G. C. Tripathi |
| Chairman | Mr. Nader Khan |
| Principal | G.C. Tripathi |
| Grades | Nursery to XII |
| Enrollment | 3000 students |
| Campus size | 4.5 acres |
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| Website | https://cisbd.org/ |
History
editCIDER International School was established in 1997 by a group of social activists. It was initially to be part of a larger movement, the Chittagong Institute for Development of Education and Research (CIDER).
Organisation
editCIDER conducts its academic activities on its own campus on six acres of land. The school is coeducational, with approximately 1000 students playing sports.
Curriculum
editThe institution offers two curricula: the British curriculum, under Cambridge International Examinations, and the English-language version of the national curriculum.[1]
Affiliations
editCIDER is affiliated with the University of Cambridge International Examinations. It is also affiliated with Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Chittagong which endorses the National Curriculum in its streams.[2]
Achievements
editThe school won the national 2008 Aktel Debate Championship for English medium schools.[3] In 2016, Mayisha Mahdiya Sultana of Cider achieved the highest grades in O and A level exams in the entire Bangladesh to date.[4] Following her studies at CIDER, she attended Princeton University and the University of Oxford.[5] Notable alumni also includes Dr. Yamin Bin Baqui[6] and Dr. Yasir Bin Baqui[7] who completed their PhD from the University of Cambridge on aerospace engineering.[8] Prior to that, they had also studied at MIT, Harvard and NUS.[9]
References
edit- ^ "The journey till now". CIDER International School. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Home". CIDER International School - The Best English Medium School in Chattogram/chittagong. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ Barua, Dwaipayan (25 May 2008). "Aktel Debate Championship '08 NSU - Cider Int'l School come out winners". Star Campus. The Daily Star. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ Shuprovo Arko, Azmin Azra n (12 March 2016). "The extraordinary achievers". The Daily Star. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Mayisha Sultana: uses statistics to probe the human genome". Center for Statistics and Machine Learning. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ "Dr. Yamin Bin Baqui".
- ^ "Dr. Yasir Bin Baqui".
- ^ চট্টগ্রামের নার্চার হাসপাতালে সেবা পাবেন করোনা রোগীরা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Schools-The Foundation Builders". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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