Willes Little Flower School

Willes Little Flower School and College
Address
85, Kakrail, Dhaka,, 1000, Bangladesh.
Information
Type English Medium School / Bengali Medium School / English Version School
Motto Light, More Light
Established 1956
Principal Abul Hossain (Acting Principal)
Faculty 400
Grades Nursery to Grade 12 / A Level
Number of students 15,000 (2012–13)
Campus type Urban
Color(s)          Willes Blue and White
Website wlfsc.edu.bd

Willes Little Flower School and College is one of the three first English medium school in Dhaka, Bangladesh and was established in 1956 by philanthropist Josephine Willes.[1]

Location

The school is located in the Kakrail area of Dhaka city. Address: 85, Kakrail, Dhaka, 1000[2]

Campus

The school was originally housed in a two-storied building in 20th century, which formed an example of British architecture, but this building has recently been demolished. Four six-storied modern buildings have been constructed within the campus, and they house most of the academic classrooms. There is also a two storied building for Administrative & official activities. The external Willes Field is the training ground and the home ground of the Willes Little Flower Soccer Team. Besides the Willes Field the school also has a central in-field with a garden. Currently, a ten-storied building is under construction. It has a food canteen for hygienic food. Besides, there are two other canteens, one for books and accessories, and other one, for copies and other supplies. There is also an experimental shop called সততা ষ্টোর (Honesty Store) where students can buy goods, but there will be no shopkeepers and the students will drop the money which will be charged for the goods in a box.

Academics

It has both English and Bengali medium system of education. Currently around 15,000 students are studying in this school. Recently, the school changed its name to Willes Little Flower School and College from Willes Little Flower Higher Secondary School.The school began its journey in 1956 with only 30 students, being the second English Medium school in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.

Extracurricular activities

Speech and debate

Willes also has a speech and debate team, the Willes Debating Society. The speech and debate team is known as "Willes Debating Club" or WDC. Currently, around 100 members from both English Medium, Bangla Medium and English Version are regularly attending the debates in every Saturday. WDC has a very good reputation in both Bengali and English debating circuit.

Science Club

Willes has a developed science based group called "Willes Science club". It annually arranges three mandatory fests- Annual Science Festival, IT Fest and Annual Science Convention

Scout Group

Willes has a complete scout group called "40th Willes Little Flower School & College Scout group". It holds the record of most President's Scout Award winners in whole Bangladesh. Currently, there is around 200 cub scouts and scout are members of this complete scout group. There is a rover pack related to this group called "The 13th Hussars".

Model United Nations Club

Willes have a Model United Nations (MUN) Club which is also well reputed in the MUN circuit with many best and outstanding delegate awards. Already, 50 MUNers have participated in different MUN Conferences in different universities, colleges and schools from our school

Sports

Willes has three sports teams that each compete in the national level competitions. These include basketball, soccer, and cricket. The Willes Soccer Team has won the School Premier Soccer League title for a straight 3 times and in 2011, the team became runners-up. The Willes Cricket Team won the National Inter-school Cricket Cup for a record three times: 2007, 2011 and 2012, and became runners-up twice: 2008 and 2010.

Student publications

Past: The two major student publications were the Willians, a self-funded student newspaper which is printed on a monthly basis, and the Willes Year Book, the school's full-color yearbook. A student health-awareness and medical related journal, the 'Willes Journal for Health Awareness and Initiatives' (WJHAI) also was published by the student clubs once a year.

Presently the Willes Bulletin is published after each 3 months and one yearly book every year.

References

  1. ↑ "ACC probes irregularities at 15 edu instts in Dhaka". The Daily Star. 2017-01-08. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  2. ↑ "Schoolgirl stabbed in Dhaka". The Daily Star. 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2017-02-05.

Coordinates: 23°44′18″N 90°24′27″E / 23.73833°N 90.40750°E / 23.73833; 90.40750

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